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United States. War Production Board Bureau of Industrial Conservation Your scrap brought it down

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09520.05 Author/Creator: United States. War Production Board Bureau of Industrial Conservation Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Poster Date: 1942 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 101.4 cm, Width: 71.9 cm Order a Copy

Government Printing Office # O-471454. Conservation Poster by Zudor showing showing a German Heinkel HE-111 bomber spinning out of control engulfed by fire streaming from both engines; enemy bomber succumbed to bullets or flak made from recycled scrap metal. Caption reads: "Give to a collector, salvage depot or sell to a dealer, keep scrapping rubber, metal and rags."

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