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Tire recapping. A newly recapped passenger car tire to go back on the wheel. The plan to recap passenger tires with reclaimed rubber camelback, approved by Rubber Director William M. Jeffers, was put into effect in February 1943 to reduce the demand for replacement tires and still keep civilian cars
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Tire recapping. A newly recapped passenger car tire to go back on the wheel. The plan to recap passenger tires with reclaimed rubber camelback, approved by Rubber Director William M. Jeffers, was put into effect in February 1943 to reduce the demand for replacement tires and still keep civilian cars

Palmer, Alfred T., United States. Office Of War Information · 1943-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineTire recapping. A newly recapped passenger car tire to go back on the wheel. The plan to recap passenger tires with reclaimed rubber camelback, approved by Rubber Director William M. Jeffers, was put . 1943-01-01. 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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