Salvage. Scrap for steel mills. Charging boxes loaded with scrap metal are dumped into electric furnaces where the scrap is melted down with steel and fluxing materials. Workers here wear dark glasses to protect their eyes from the glare
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- 1942-10
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- Related Names: United States. Office of War Information.
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"Salvage. Scrap for steel mills. Charging boxes loaded with scrap metal are dumped into electric furnaces where the scrap is melted down with steel and fluxing materials. Workers here wear dark glasses to protect their eyes from the glare" (1942-10). Related Names: United States. Office of War Information.. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charging_boxes_loaded_with_scrap_metal_8b07779v.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 117478.
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