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Washington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Powerful hydraulic press for pressing metal scrap into blocks in the yard of a wholesale junk company
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Credit lineWashington, D.C. Scrap salvage campaign, Victory Program. Powerful hydraulic press for pressing metal scrap into blocks in the yard of a wholesale junk company. 1942-01-01. Collins, Marjory. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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