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Metal collected for war effort in Carthage

Metal collected for war effort in Carthage

Metal scraps piled in a vacant lot. Scrap metal was collected and recycled or sold for the war effort during WWII. Note man in foreground, about one third the height of this pile. Circa 1940s. Carthage, NY. Photo scanned from the Republican Tribune, a Carthage newspaper.

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