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Tire retreading. With the old tread buffed off, these tires are ready to be recapped. This worker at a large Eastern plant specializing in recapping is covering the buffed surface with rubber cement
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Credit lineTire retreading. With the old tread buffed off, these tires are ready to be recapped. This worker at a large Eastern plant specializing in recapping is covering the buffed surface with rubber cement. 1942-01-01. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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