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Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Milad's compact goes to war as a compass case. When operators at a Kentucky watch case factory ran the last batch of compacts through the automatic polishing machine, they immediately began work on war essentials. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentu
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Credit lineConversion. Watch cases to war production. Milad's compact goes to war as a compass case. When operators at a Kentucky watch case factory ran the last batch of compacts through the automatic polishin. 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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