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Conversion. Auto body plant. Machines that once turned out hoods and fenders for the family sedan are undergoing transformation to accomodate a far more important product. This plant is being converted from automobile body manufacture to production of airplanes. Briggs Manufacturing Company, Detroit
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Credit lineConversion. Auto body plant. Machines that once turned out hoods and fenders for the family sedan are undergoing transformation to accomodate a far more important product. This plant is being converte. 1942-01-01. Palmer, Alfred T.. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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