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Incubators of Doom: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 12/16/2007 - 5:56am.
February 1942. "A battery of 1,000- and 2,000-pound furnaces roaring threats to the Axis. These are rotary oil-fired melting furnaces at Aluminum Industries Inc. Destination of the finished aluminum products is kept secret." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer, Office of War Information.
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Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 12/18/2007 - 12:32am.
Ya wouldn't want anyone to know we used this stuff on airplanes.
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