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Conversion. Floor waxer plant. Through the skill and ingenuity of the entire personnel of this small Eastern manufacturing firm, machinery formerly used in production of floor waxers has been converted to production of war essentials. Pictured here are the shop's owner (right) and night foreman, bot
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Credit lineConversion. Floor waxer plant. Through the skill and ingenuity of the entire personnel of this small Eastern manufacturing firm, machinery formerly used in production of floor waxers has been converte. 1942-01-01. Hollem, Howard R., United States. Office For Emergency Management. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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