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Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Clearing away for war production. The last batch of watch case backs will soon be cleaned and another skilled operator at a large Kentucky plant will work on the production of compass cases, bomb fuse baffles and parts for carbine and machine guns. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky

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Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Clearing away for war production. The last batch of watch case backs will soon be cleaned and another skilled operator at a large Kentucky plant will work on the production of compass cases, bomb fuse baffles and parts for carbine and machine guns. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky

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Empty collapsible tubes: a tin mine for war industry. Squeezed-out metal tubes, donated by patriotic Americans, are sorted in the Newark, New Jersey plant of the Tin Salvage Institute. Tin and lead are separated from containers made of aluminum and other metals. James Butler, age 18, is waiting for his call to the service, brings up another batch, which will be expertly sorted by Mrs. Martha Brawn

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Clearing away for war production. The last batch of watch case backs will soon be cleaned and another skilled operator at a large Kentucky plant will work on the production of compass cases, bomb fuse baffles and parts for carbine and machine guns. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky

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01/01/1942

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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer

United States. Office for Emergency Management.

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Louisville-Jefferson County, 38.20924, -85.70385

Google Map of 38.209237, -85.7038502

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