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Buried trolley tracks salvaged to aid war program

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U.S. Office of War Information.

Date created
May 1942
License
This work is believed to be in the public domain. Users are advised to make their own copyright assessment and to understand their rights to fair use.
Source
Original image housed by LIbrary of Congress

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  • World War II on the home front: Rationing: During World War II, the United States asked citizens at home to cut back on food, fuel, shoes, and consumer goods and to turn in scrap metal, rubber, paper, and even used cooking grease for recycling. Photographs, posters, and artifacts tell the story. (Page 7)

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men salvaging buried trolley tracks

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Caption read, “Removing abandoned trolley tracks to provide much needed scrap for Uncle Sam. Here, in Asheville, North Carolina, a local inventor demonstrates his ‘railjerk’ for doing the trick. He claims his device, employing three men, can pry loose a mile of track a day.”