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> Suppose Nazis destroy 80,000 American tanks. It takes approximately 15 tons of scrap to build one medium tank. 80,000 tanks would require 1,200,000 tons of scrap. It would be unbelieveable and fantastic. Yet every day we delay getting in every available pound of iron and steel scrap we are helping to make this supposition come true. Only we will be the ones who destroyed the tanks not the Nazis. We "destroyed" them even ... [Verso:] Suppose Nazis destroy ...
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Suppose Nazis destroy 80,000 American tanks. It takes approximately 15 tons of scrap to build one medium tank. 80,000 tanks would require 1,200,000 tons of scrap. It would be unbelieveable and fantastic. Yet every day we delay getting in every available pound of iron and steel scrap we are helping to make this supposition come true. Only we will be the ones who destroyed the tanks not the Nazis. We "destroyed" them even ... [Verso:] Suppose Nazis destroy ...
Collection TitlePoster collection
Date Created1942
Description
Drawing of Nazi soldier standing by smoking American tanks. Verso: Photographs of ads for the salvage drive. Double-sided.
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Country of Origin
Country of OriginUnited States
DimensionsOverall: 36 x 24 in. (91.4 x 61 cm)
FormatPoster
Medium
political posters
Color
color
Hoover IDPoster US 6176
Record NumberXX343.30252
Collection Guidehttps://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt829015km
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