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Aluminum casting. One of the many operations essential to production of aluminum articles for the Army and Air Forces: lowering basket into quench tank from high temperature heat treating solution furnace. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio
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Credit lineAluminum casting. One of the many operations essential to production of aluminum articles for the Army and Air Forces: lowering basket into quench tank from high temperature heat treating solution fur. 1942-01-01. Palmer, Alfred T., United States. Office For Emergency Management. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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