Salvage. Des Moines collection center. A Des Moines garage and salvage center strings up a "come on" display of rubber articles to stimulate contributions
- Date
- 1942-09
- Collection
- FSA/OWI
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 1,024 × 725 pixels
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Reason: a US government work (Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information).
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"Salvage. Des Moines collection center. A Des Moines garage and salvage center strings up a "come on" display of rubber articles to stimulate contributions" (1942-09). FSA/OWI. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Des_Moines_garage_and_salvage_center_8b07394v.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 115682.
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