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Conversion. Safe and lock company. He ran a lathe in '17, and he's running one for Uncle Sam again. Harry Melhorn is one of America's soldiers on the second line of defense; he's producing thirty-seven-millimeter guns in a factory which formerly made safes and locks. York Safe and Lock Company, York
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Credit lineConversion. Safe and lock company. He ran a lathe in '17, and he's running one for Uncle Sam again. Harry Melhorn is one of America's soldiers on the second line of defense; he's producing thirty-seve. 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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