Empty collapsible tubes: a tin mine for war industry. Pure tin recovered from old tooth paste, shaving cream and other tubes is drawn off from a electric furnace in the Newark, New Jersey, plant of the Tin Salvage Institute. A blow torch is used to expedite the flow of tin until the molten metal heats the channel sufficiently to permit steady flow
Summary
Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1943
Contributors
Hollem, Howard R., photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
Location
Newark (N.J.), 40.73556, -74.17250
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain