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A poster comes to life. Background: the raw materials. Foreground: the men who mould and use them. Composite result: winning a war. The three men are shown in the scrap yards of a plant of Allegheny-Ludlum. In that heap in the background, incidentally, may be that old bedspring or stove cover that y
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Credit lineA poster comes to life. Background: the raw materials. Foreground: the men who mould and use them. Composite result: winning a war. The three men are shown in the scrap yards of a plant of Allegheny-L. 1942-01-01. Palmer, Alfred T., United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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