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Salvage. Wool reclamation. A battery of rag-picking machines in an Eastern wool-reclaiming plant. These machines shred woolen rags to break them down into wool fiber, which is then mixed with virgin wool. The resulting mixture will be spun into yarns from which new woolen fabrics will be woven
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Credit lineSalvage. Wool reclamation. A battery of rag-picking machines in an Eastern wool-reclaiming plant. These machines shred woolen rags to break them down into wool fiber, which is then mixed with virgin w. 1942-01-01. Gruber, Edward, United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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