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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. As part of their campaign to collect goods for the Victory Campaign, Boy Scouts of Troop 121 of the United Church of Van Nest, Bronx, New York are shown pushing in one of their collection items, an old Ford jalopy, into the Westchester Auto Wrecking Company yard at 1400 Blondell Avenue in the Bronx. Shown in the photo pushing the car are Scouts of Troop #121 while Edward G. Bellmaire, Scoutmaster, David Lanoff of the wrecking company, and Frank O. March, Vice Chairman of the Bronx Salvage Campaign Committee look on

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. As part of their campaign to collect goods for the Victory Campaign, Boy Scouts of Troop 121 of the United Church of Van Nest, Bronx, New York are shown pushing in one of their collection items, an old Ford jalopy, into the Westchester Auto Wrecking Company yard at 1400 Blondell Avenue in the Bronx. Shown in the photo pushing the car are Scouts of Troop #121 while Edward G. Bellmaire, Scoutmaster, David Lanoff of the wrecking company, and Frank O. March, Vice Chairman of the Bronx Salvage Campaign Committee look on

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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 1917.

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01/01/1942
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bronx
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Library of Congress
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