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A huge forge manner is taken off its regular peacetime duties in an automobile plant and put on war Production. When workmen have finished their conversion job, the big fellow began shaping crankshafts for defense. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan
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Credit lineA huge forge manner is taken off its regular peacetime duties in an automobile plant and put on war Production. When workmen have finished their conversion job, the big fellow began shaping crankshaft. 1942-01-01. United States. Office For Emergency Management, Palmer, Alfred T.. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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