Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. Soldier sweeping up the buffing dust in the recapping shop which will be turned into the United States Army quartermaster for salvage. Both crude and cured rubber are salvaged as is the Holland paper which covers the surface of the uncured rubber when it
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- 1943-05
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"Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. Soldier sweeping up the buffing dust in the recapping shop which will be turned into the United States Army quartermaster for salvage. Both crude and cured rubber are salvaged as is the Holland paper which covers the surface of the uncured rubber when it" (1943-05). FSA/OWI. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holabird_ordnance_depot_8d28984v.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 120378.
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