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On the mill rollers. First the raw rubber is wedged into the revolving steel drums and mashed into a flat sheet which clings to one of the rollers like clothes sometimes stick to a clothes-wringer. Powders and liquids tossed into the center of this surging mass soon become a part of it. Firestone (G
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On the mill rollers. First the raw rubber is wedged into the revolving steel drums and mashed into a flat sheet which clings to one of the rollers like clothes sometimes stick to a clothes-wringer. Powders and liquids tossed into the center of this surging mass soon become a part of it. Firestone (G

Palmer, Alfred T., United States. Office For Emergency Management · 1941-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineOn the mill rollers. First the raw rubber is wedged into the revolving steel drums and mashed into a flat sheet which clings to one of the rollers like clothes sometimes stick to a clothes-wringer. Po. 1941-01-01. Palmer, Alfred T., United States. Office For Emergency Management. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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