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Salvage. Scrap metal. The magnet loader of a large Southern junkyard operates continuously to keep our steel mills supplied with scrap metal needed to make the tools of war. Location: a large New Orleans yard

Salvage. Scrap metal. The magnet loader of a large Southern junkyard operates continuously to keep our steel mills supplied with the scrap metal needed to make the tools of war. Location: in a large New Orleans yard

Salvage. Scrap metal. The magnet loader of a large Southern junkyard operates continuously to keep our steel mills supplied with the scrap metal needed to make the tools of war. Location: in a large New Orleans yard

Salvage. Scrap metal. Some of America's most important iron mines are located above ground, in the nation's junk yards. Every citizen can help to keep these mines from running out by selling them the scrap iron and steel which is as necessary as iron ore for making the tools of war. Location: a large New Orleans yard

Salvage. Scrap metal. Some of America's most important iron mines are located above ground, in the nation's junk yards. Every citizen can help to keep these mines from running out by selling them the scrap iron and steel which is as necessary as iron ore for making the tools of war. Location: a large New Orleans yard

Salvage. Scrap metal. Some of America's most important iron mines are located above ground, in the nation's junk yards. Every citizen can help to keep these mines from running out by selling them the scrap iron and steel which is as necessary as iron ore for making the tools of war. Location: a large New Orleans yard

Salvage. Scrap metal. Some of America's most important iron mines are located above ground, in the nation's junk yards. Every citizen can help to keep these mines from running out by selling them the scrap iron and steel which is as necessary as iron ore for making the tools of war. Location: a large New Orleans yard

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 train yard. Office of War Information Photograph

Salvage. Scrap metal. The magnet loader of a large Southern junkyard operates continuously to keep our steel mills supplied with scrap metal needed to make the tools of war. Location: a large New Orleans yard

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Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).

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Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

Film copy on SIS roll 31, frame 1736.

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louisiana orleans parish new orleans safety film negatives howard r hollem united states office of war information photo scrap new orleans yard magnet loader southern junkyard steel mills office of war information farm security administration united states history library of congress
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01/01/1942
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A black and white photo of a group of men on a boat. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two women working in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

Citation winners. Donald M. Nelson, (extreme left) Chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), and William G. Marshall (extreme right) director of the WPB, are here shown outside the White House with certificate winner Stanley Crawford, (second from left) and citation winner Edwin Curtiss Tracy, both employees of the RCA Manufacturing Company, Camden, New Jersey

New Orleans, Louisiana. Connecting air lines from tractor to trailer at the Herrin Company terminal

Tire recapping. A recap job on a passenger car tire. The tire with a tread strip of reclaimed camelback rubber is put into a curing mold. The old tread surface had previously been ground down evenly and coated with rubber adhesive. The plan to recap passenger tires with reclaimed rubber camelback, approved by rubber director William M. Jeffers, was put into effect in February 1943 to reduce the demand for replacement tires and still keep civilian cars in service

Aerial photographs - Louisiana - New Orleans

In time of war there is no excuse for carelessness, and it is carelessness that is responsible for the loss of most tire mileage. Running into a curb can mean a break in the tire wall, or at least a weakening. Blowouts are more apt to occur when these sidewalls are in bad condition

A black and white photo of a man carrying a barrel. Office of War Information Photograph

Power and conservation. Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee Valley Authority. Insulators and transmission wires in the switchyard of the TVA's Chickamauga Dam, located near Chattanooga, 471 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River. The dam has an authorized power installation of 81,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system. The power that passes through this switchyard serves many useful domestic, agricultural and industrial uses

Victory food from American waters. Tomorrow's fishermen--young Gloucester boys push wagons of rosefish from the unloading pier to the processing plant where the fish are filleted and frozen. Many of the boys will follow their forefathers and fishermen in New England waters

American Red Cross - Classes in Red Cross Work - Women's war activities in New Orleans. Ladies of the Red Cross in show window display

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. Army trucks and other vehicles at Fort Knox, Kentucky, are checked thoroughly, and at regular intervals. Wherever possible, motorized military equipment is maintained in constant tip top shape, instantly ready for strenuous action

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louisiana orleans parish new orleans safety film negatives howard r hollem united states office of war information photo scrap new orleans yard magnet loader southern junkyard steel mills office of war information farm security administration united states history library of congress