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Phelps Dodge refining company, El Paso, Texas. Sheets of pure copper, which had been formed by electrolysis in huge tanks, being melted now and cast into ingots

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Phelps Dodge refining company, El Paso, Texas. Sheets of pure copper, which had been formed by electrolysis in huge tanks, being melted now and cast into ingots

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Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1942
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Henle, Fritz, photographer
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El Paso, 31.76004, -106.48729
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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