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Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. Once the two-half cylinders are joined together into a complete shatterproof high altitude flying oxygen cylinder on the production line of a huge rubber factory now producing metal essential for the Army, all traces of inside weld scale
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Credit lineConversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. Once the two-half cylinders are joined together into a complete shatterproof high altitude flying oxygen cylinder on the production line o. 1942-01-01. United States. Office Of War Information, Palmer, Alfred T.. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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