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Photograph caption dated August 19, 1961 reads, "Slitting machine cuts exacting widths - R and R Tool and Die Company's slitting machine enables operator Gene Valentine, 20410 Marilla St., Chatsworth, to cut various width stock to exacting strips. Costing some $17,500, machine is so accurate that Van Nuys firm can cut stock down to .001 of an inch in thickness and .01 of an inch in width."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
R and R Tool and Die Company R and R Tool and Die Company--Employees Men--California--Los Angeles Die-casting industry--California--Los Angeles Die-casting industry--California--Los Angeles--Employees Industrial equipment--California--Los Angeles Metalworking industries--California--Los Angeles Metal-cutting--California--Los Angeles Machine-tools--California--Los Angeles Industrial buildings--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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