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Piles of worn-out automobile tires in oil fields at Kilgore, Texas. Bad roads and heavy trucking in the oil fields cause great wear on both tires and automobiles
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Piles of worn-out automobile tires in oil fields at Kilgore, Texas. Bad roads and heavy trucking in the oil fields cause great wear on both tires and automobiles

Lee, Russell · 1939-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit linePiles of worn-out automobile tires in oil fields at Kilgore, Texas. Bad roads and heavy trucking in the oil fields cause great wear on both tires and automobiles. 1939-01-01. Lee, Russell. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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