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Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. A special machine drills and reams holes in relay lighting charge housings for 37mm shells. The work is done in a converted cash register factory. National Cash Register Compnay, Dayton, Ohio
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Credit lineConversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. A special machine drills and reams holes in relay lighting charge housings for 37mm shells. The work is done in a converted cash register factory. National. 1942-01-01. Palmer, Alfred T.. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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