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Construction Workers

Construction workers, ca. 1941
Workers help construct a dock at the American air naval base in Argentia. About 4,000 labourers from Newfoundland and Labrador were employed on the base at any one time during construction.

Photographer unknown. Reproduced by the permission of the Archives and Manuscripts Division (Coll. 302 1.03.020), Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University, St. John's, NL.
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