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Tire retreading. Ready to keep èm rolling for a while longer, these newly recapped tires will be soon shipped out to perform new duty. Recapped in a large Eastern plant, they will deliver as much as eighty-five percent the normal wear of new tires
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Tire retreading. Ready to keep èm rolling for a while longer, these newly recapped tires will be soon shipped out to perform new duty. Recapped in a large Eastern plant, they will deliver as much as eighty-five percent the normal wear of new tires

1942-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineTire retreading. Ready to keep èm rolling for a while longer, these newly recapped tires will be soon shipped out to perform new duty. Recapped in a large Eastern plant, they will deliver as much as e. 1942-01-01. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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