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Idle scrap- it belongs in the scrap 8b07441v

Idle scrap- it belongs in the scrap 8b07440v

Salvage. Chicago automobile graveyard. Idle scrap: it belongs in the scrap. Covering well over an acre of ground, this automobile graveyard in Chicago holds tons of vital scrap metal and rubber for which Uncle Sam has urgent need in the manufacture of armaments and other war materials

A black and white photo of a pile of tires. Office of War Information Photograph

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A black and white photo of a train yard. Office of War Information Photograph

Salvage. Scrap for steel mills. Graded scrap metal, collected from Midwest homes and farms, is received at a Chicago steel mill where it will be processed into weapons of war

A black and white photo of a parking lot full of old cars. Office of War Information Photograph

Salvage. Requisitioning auto graveyards. Hundreds of junked cars, containing tons of metal and rubber scrap were denied to the war effort by the Lenox Motor Company whose auto graveyard is at Colmar Manor, Maryland. Donovan, the owner, refused to sell at established junk prices. The material has since been requisitioned by the U.S. government

Salvage. Chicago automobile graveyard. Idle scrap: it belongs in the scrap. Covering well over an acre of ground, this automobile graveyard in Chicago holds tons of vital scrap metal and rubber for which Uncle Sam has urgent need in the manufacture of armaments and other war materials

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Public domain photograph of an automobile, car, the 1920s or 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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01/01/1942
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Rosener, Ann, photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
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chicago
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Library of Congress
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Biggest wheel on earth (240 ft. diam.) with heaviest axle ever forged (56 tons), World's Fair, St. Louis, U.S.A.

Son in law. Libretto. Libretto. English

Rags. Collection and processing. Bales of scrap paper and rags standing on the unloading platform outside a large Maryland plant which uses this scrap material in the manufacture of roofing felt and bases for linoleum floor coverings. Shapiro Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Son in law. Libretto. Libretto. English

Transformer manufacture. Welding is an intrinsic part of the manufacture of transformers. This welder is employed by a large Eastern electrical company whose power transformers are needed by many factories engaged in war production. He's welding cover flanges for steel transformer tanks. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Arthur Henri Poole - Bringing out the big guns

Airplanes - Engines - Manufacture of 80 H. P. LE Rhone engine by Union Switch and Signal Co., Swissvale, PA. Inside of building showing engine under first test (three hours)

Lebango, Moyen Congo bush, French Equatorial Africa. Monthly wild rubber market at which natives sell what they have gathered to administered or commercial representatives. On this long table made of branches, the natives deposit their rubber while they await their turn at the scales

A group of men standing in front of a brick building. Office of War Information Photograph

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illinois cook county chicago nitrate negatives automobile graveyard chicago automobile graveyard idle scrap idle scrap acre ground automobile graveyard tons rubber uncle sam uncle sam manufacture armaments war materials farm security administration 1940 s united states history great depression car library of congress