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Rags. Collection and processing. Truckman unloading bales of waste paper 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
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Credit lineRags. Collection and processing. Truckman unloading bales of waste paper outside a large Maryland plant which uses this scrap material in the manufacture of roofing felt and bases for linoleum floor c. 1942-01-01. United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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