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Conversion. Safe and lock company. Guns to blast the Axis from the earth. A factory which formerly produced locks and safes now produces thirty-seven-millimeter guns and gun mounts. Here the grinder goes into action on a gun. York Safe and Lock Company, York, Pennsylvania
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Credit lineConversion. Safe and lock company. Guns to blast the Axis from the earth. A factory which formerly produced locks and safes now produces thirty-seven-millimeter guns and gun mounts. Here the grinder g. 1942-01-01. Hollem, Howard R., United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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