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Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Many rough spots on the metal surface of the truck cab are quickly and effectively smoothed out by means of electrically operated sanders or buffers such as that being operated by the metal finisher at the right. Note the cab doors being delivered to their proper places by the overhead conveyor in the upper background of the picture
Summary
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Film copy on SIS roll 30, frame 485.
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michigan
wayne county
detroit
safety film negatives
alfred t palmer
united states office for emergency management
photo
truck cab
army truck
cab doors
office of war information
farm security administration
united states history
industrial history
factory
truck
detroit publishing company photograph collection
library of congress
Date
01/01/1940
Location
detroit
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain