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Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Everyone was asked to dump his scrap in a vacant lot at the center of town. It was then bought by a junk man and salvaged. Salvaging this scrap proved to be difficult because of the wholesale, indiscriminate method of collecting
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Credit lineLancaster, Pennsylvania. Everyone was asked to dump his scrap in a vacant lot at the center of town. It was then bought by a junk man and salvaged. Salvaging this scrap proved to be difficult because . 1942-01-01. Collins, Marjory. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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