The photograph shows employees of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company working in the Wire Department of Plant 2. Large bundles of wire lay on tables in the middle of the work area. Women sit to the sides of the room in front of large hoods with large pipes attached to them and the windows are open. The women wear gloves and apply a liquid to the wires with a rag. In the background employees sit in an enclosed office space. The negative is titled by the photographer "Dayton-Wright Airplane Plant 2 - Wire Dept. Apr. 3-18." and numbered 28.

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