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Scene in one of the basements of a Brooklyn apartment house with a squad of women volunteers at work on tin can salvage, organized by a Brooklyn housewife in the interest of the national war effort
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Scene in one of the basements of a Brooklyn apartment house with a squad of women volunteers at work on tin can salvage, organized by a Brooklyn housewife in the interest of the national war effort

1942-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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new yorknew york (state)safety film negativesunited statesbrooklyn
Credit lineScene in one of the basements of a Brooklyn apartment house with a squad of women volunteers at work on tin can salvage, organized by a Brooklyn housewife in the interest of the national war effort. 1942-01-01. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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