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Salvage. Chicago automobile graveyard. Idle scrap: it belongs in the scrap. Covering well over an acre of ground, this automobile graveyard in Chicago holds tons of vital scrap metal and rubber for which Uncle Sam has urgent need in the manufacture of armaments and other war materials
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Salvage. Chicago automobile graveyard. Idle scrap: it belongs in the scrap. Covering well over an acre of ground, this automobile graveyard in Chicago holds tons of vital scrap metal and rubber for which Uncle Sam has urgent need in the manufacture of armaments and other war materials

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

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Credit lineSalvage. Chicago automobile graveyard. Idle scrap: it belongs in the scrap. Covering well over an acre of ground, this automobile graveyard in Chicago holds tons of vital scrap metal and rubber for wh. 1942-01-01. United States. Office Of War Information, Rosener, Ann. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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