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New use for surplus cotton. Washington, D.C., Sept. 1st. In connection with the program of the A.A.A. to divert surplus cotton from the normal channels of trade for the purpose of developing new commercial uses for cotton and cotton materials, apiculturists of the Dept. of Agriculture at the Beltsville, MD. experimental station are testing the use of cotton fabric as a protective covering for the hives of bees. The hive coverings are designed to protect the bees from cold during the winter hibernation period. Dr. W.J. Nolan, of the Dept. of Agriculture is shown placing cotton around one of the hives, 9/1/38

New use for surplus cotton. Washington, D.C., Sept. 1st. In connection...

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Air raid protection--what to do in your home. It is important to make your window lightproof. Emergency window coverings for blackouts do not have to be black in color--just heavy or thick enough to keep light from shining through. Be sure, however, that it is big enough to cover the window with a generous overlap at the sides to prevent an outline of light from showing. It is well to tack the edges down

Air raid protection--what to do in your home. It is important to make ...

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An interior of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) experimental trailer-house, looking through the living-dining room into the kitchen. Walls, ceilings and floors are plywood, and the floor coverings are linoleum. Of the numerous built-in items of furniture and equipment in the house, the picture shows built-in seat, built-in kitchen stove,

An interior of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) experimental trail...

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Rags. Collection and processing. Bales of scrap paper and rags standing on the unloading platform outside a large Maryland plant which uses this scrap material in the manufacture of roofing felt and bases for linoleum floor coverings. Shapiro Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Rags. Collection and processing. Bales of scrap paper and rags standin...

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"Putting on the skin" of this rowing shell was the type of work formerly done by a New England boat builder. The company now produces plywood rafts and instrument coverings under navy contracts

"Putting on the skin" of this rowing shell was the type of work former...

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Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. These women war workers at a Midwest supercharger plant are buffing small delicate airplane engine parts. Note protective head coverings and comfortable slack suits. Allis Chalmers Manufacture Company

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. These women war workers at a...

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Rags. Collection and processing. Truckman unloading bales of waste paper outside a large Maryland plant which uses this scrap material in the manufacture of roofing felt and bases for linoleum floor coverings. Shapiro Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Rags. Collection and processing. Truckman unloading bales of waste pap...

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Twisting outside wire coverings on small insulated cables

Twisting outside wire coverings on small insulated cables

Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. No. 12223. No. U-191212. Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public doma... More

Air raid protection--what to do in your home. It is important to make your window lightproof. Emergency window coverings for blackouts do not have to be black in color--just heavy or thick enough to keep light from shining through. Be sure, however, that it is big enough to cover the window with a generous overlap at the sides to prevent an outline of light from showing. It is well to tack the edges down

Air raid protection--what to do in your home. It is important to make ...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Air raid protection--what to do in your home. It is important to make your window lightproof. Emergency window coverings for blackouts do not have to be black in color--just heavy or thick enough to keep light from shining through. Be sure, however, that it is big enough to cover the window with a generous overlap at the sides to prevent an outline of light from showing. It is well to tack the edges down

Air raid protection--what to do in your home. It is important to make ...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description