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Empty collapsible tubes: a tin mine for war industry. Some of the millions of old tooth paste, shaving cream and other metal tubes received at the Newark, New Jersey reclamation plant of the Tin Salvage Institute. Frank Thomas, age 19, works at the trimming of the huge pile of squeezed-out tubes
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Empty collapsible tubes: a tin mine for war industry. Some of the millions of old tooth paste, shaving cream and other metal tubes received at the Newark, New Jersey reclamation plant of the Tin Salvage Institute. Frank Thomas, age 19, works at the trimming of the huge pile of squeezed-out tubes

United States. Office Of War Information, Hollem, Howard R. · 1943-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineEmpty collapsible tubes: a tin mine for war industry. Some of the millions of old tooth paste, shaving cream and other metal tubes received at the Newark, New Jersey reclamation plant of the Tin Salva. 1943-01-01. United States. Office Of War Information, Hollem, Howard R.. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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