Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Compacts out, war production in. One of the last batches of luxury items is put through a Kentucky watch case plant now engaged in the production of gun parts, fuse baffles, compass cases and other essentials for our fighters. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky

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01/01/1942

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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer

United States. Office for Emergency Management.

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Preston Park Seminary Historical Marker, Kentucky

Google Map of 38.209237, -85.7038502

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Library of Congress

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http://www.loc.gov/

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