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Production. War housing trailers. Paper replaces steel as material for wheel wells at the Western Trailer Company's plant in Los Angeles. Wadded-up paper, impregnated with a glue-like solution is smoothed into place over molds in continuous layers. The material is self-hardening and self-compressing
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Credit lineProduction. War housing trailers. Paper replaces steel as material for wheel wells at the Western Trailer Company's plant in Los Angeles. Wadded-up paper, impregnated with a glue-like solution is smoo. 1942-01-01. United States. Office For Emergency Management, Bransby, David. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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