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Conversion. Automobile industry. This mammoth machine has just been set in place; a few months ago much lighter equipment made automobile bodies on this spot. The Plymouth Company, Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan
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Credit lineConversion. Automobile industry. This mammoth machine has just been set in place; a few months ago much lighter equipment made automobile bodies on this spot. The Plymouth Company, Chrysler Corporatio. 1942-01-01. Palmer, Alfred T., United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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