New York City's Aluminum Collection. The aluminum collected will be used to replace new aluminum in the manufacture of comsumer goods.
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- 1941-07-21
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- U.S. National Archives (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
- Original size
- 2,315 × 3,000 pixels
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