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Buried trolley tracks salvaged to aid war program. Old tracks for new guns. One of the ways many American cities are responding to Uncle Sam's call for scrap is by pulling out abandoned trolley tracks. This apparatus, developed by an Asheville, North Carolina machine shop operator, is being used to
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Buried trolley tracks salvaged to aid war program. Old tracks for new guns. One of the ways many American cities are responding to Uncle Sam's call for scrap is by pulling out abandoned trolley tracks. This apparatus, developed by an Asheville, North Carolina machine shop operator, is being used to

United States. Office Of War Information · 1942-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineBuried trolley tracks salvaged to aid war program. Old tracks for new guns. One of the ways many American cities are responding to Uncle Sam's call for scrap is by pulling out abandoned trolley tracks. 1942-01-01. United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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