Rubber sandwiches which form a cushion 8d16191v
Baltimore, Maryland. Rubber sandwiches which form a cushion between the thread and the axle of PCC trolley wheels. These are hard to get now
- Date
- 1943-04
- Collection
- FSA/OWI
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 482 × 378 pixels
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Reason: a US government work (Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information).
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