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Centering fabric on the drum. The fabric layer is slipped onto the drum, layer upon layer, by the use of a rod forced between the last layer applied and the one being applied while the wheel is spinning. This rod stretches the new fabric sufficiently to permit the loop to fit snugly in place--clear on the carcass. After the fabric is in approximate position, the tire builder checks it for accuracy by stopping the wheel, bending the overhanging edges over to see that they each overhang the same distance. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

A rugged, efficient power plant goes aboard the chassis of a halftrac scout car an Ohio truck plant is producing for our new mechanized Army. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

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A rugged, efficient power plant goes aboard the chassis of a halftrac scout car an Ohio truck plant is producing for our new mechanized Army. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

A black and white photo of trucks in a warehouse. Office of War Information Photograph

Halftrac scout cars. Laying the foundation of another power plant for an Army halftrac scout car. An engine block, already fitted with studs and bearing caps, starts its journey down the assembly line of a large Ohio plant. It will come off that line as part of a powerful, dependable engine, ready to take its place in the chassis that will be waiting for it. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

A black and white photo of a man working on an engine. Office of War Information Photograph

Two men working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

Halftrac scout cars. It won't be long before this capable-looking engine becomes the power plant of a halftrac scout car. Right now it's being hoisted to the assembly floor of a Midwest truck plant turning out a large order for the Army. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Power for the Army! The engine for an halftrac scout car is raised by electric hoist to the assembly floor of Midwest truck plant. Scout cars in which these engines were and are installed are expected to play a vital role in the war program. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Two men working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man holding a sign. Office of War Information Photograph

A rugged, efficient power plant goes aboard the chassis of a halftrac scout car an Ohio truck plant is producing for our new mechanized Army. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

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Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1941
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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
United States. Office for Emergency Management.
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label_outline Explore Ohio Truck Plant, Halftrac Scout Car, White Motor Company

Detroit, Michigan. Steps in the manufacture of casings for 105 mm. shells in the Budd wheel plant. Machining the rotating band on the shell

Good men, good machines, good materials mean good gears for the rear axles of halftrac scout cars now being produced for our Army in an Ohio truck plant. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Halftrac scout cars. When the American assembly line gets down to business, things gets done and done well. The assembling of engines for the Army's new halftrac scout cars is a job well done and understood by the trained men of a large Ohio truck plant. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Arrangements are made by phone, and Don's car is left at home. The few miles left in those tires of his can be used for emergency, or the car may be put completely out of service for the duration. Here, Don leaves the plant ready for the trip home under new car pooling arrangement

A black and white photo of a conveyor belt. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Michigan

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. A new Pratt and Whitney airplane motor running on a test stand at a large Eastern plant. Before being shipped to one or another of our aircraft factories, the engine must demonstrate its ability to meet rigid Air Force requirements. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Huber Coal Breaker, Power Plant, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Tank car and storage tanks at the Phillips gasoline plant

The tracks for an Army halftrac scout car begins to take shape on the "building wheel" of a Midwest tire plant. Goodrich, Akron, Ohio

The chassis of an Army halftrac scout car get a workout. When this test driver at a large Midwest plant has put the machine through its paces, he'll know if the machine meets the exacting specifications of the Army. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

A coat of paint makes anything look better. But the purpose of spraying the undercarriages of the Army's halftrac scout cars is for protection. The job is part of the production routine on a large order being filled by a Midwest truck manufacturer. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Bombs hurtle toward a Nazi highway bridge. With their rail and shipping facilities almost completely disrupted, the Germans were forced to resort to motor transport. All roads and bridges in central Italy became targets for Allied aerial assaults

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ohio cuyahoga county cleveland nitrate negatives power plant chassis halftrac scout halftrac scout car truck ohio truck plant army white motor company white motor company farm security administration 1940s united states history 1940 s library of congress car plant car power plants electric power