The white and the black hammers
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The white and the black hammers

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926 · 1917

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

"The biggest hammer in the world,' said the foreman. Maybe - anyway, the shop was amongst the most pictorial of all those I have drawn devoted to shell making. 'Say, Friend,' said the workman, 'won't they let yer use a machine in war time? Is that who youse does it by hand?'" Joseph Pennell.

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