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Ready for a bath. Ready for a bath in oil are these gun stocks. The oil will preserve them in the strenuous days ahead in war work
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Credit lineReady for a bath. Ready for a bath in oil are these gun stocks. The oil will preserve them in the strenuous days ahead in war work. 1940-01-01. United States. Office For Emergency Management, Palmer, Alfred T.. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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