Foundry making utensils from aluminum scrap, July 20, 1947
Item — Box: 1, item: G-147
Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Small Okinawan foundry making utensils from aluminum scrap from wrecked planes. The shelter is made of poles and canvas, the furnace is an oil drum in which charcoal is burned, the crucibles are discarded American infantry helmets, and the utensils are muffin pans, rice boilers, and large pans. Little girl is in common dress; man is filing edges of muffin pan. Thatched roofs are houses beyond... the foundry."
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- Creation: July 20, 1947
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Hornbake Library
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College Park Maryland 20742
301-405-9212
askhornbake@umd.edu