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Empty collapsible tubes: a tin mine for war industry. Can you find your favorite brand? A small section of the stockpile of old tooth paste, shaving cream and other metal tubes received for reclamation at the Newark, New Jersey plant of the Tin Salvage Institute. Some 400,000 pounds of these tubes a
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Credit lineEmpty collapsible tubes: a tin mine for war industry. Can you find your favorite brand? A small section of the stockpile of old tooth paste, shaving cream and other metal tubes received for reclamatio. 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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