Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Milad's compact goes to war as a compass case. When operators at a Kentucky watch case factory ran the last batch of compacts through the automatic polishing machine, they immediately began work on war essentials. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville i.e. D
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- 1942-02
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"Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Milad's compact goes to war as a compass case. When operators at a Kentucky watch case factory ran the last batch of compacts through the automatic polishing machine, they immediately began work on war essentials. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville i.e. D" (1942-02). photographer, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milad%27s_compact_goes_to_war_as_a_compass_case._When_operators_at_a_Kentucky_watch_case_factory.tifNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 122447.
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