First call for rubber belongs to these devices for defense – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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The caption announces that the first call on rubber now belongs to devices for defense, a blunt statement of the priorities that shaped American industry in 1942. That spring, Japanese forces had taken the Southeast Asian plantations that supplied most of the world's natural rubber, leaving the United States to rely on its limited stockpile. Military and ordnance production was given precedence over civilian use, and the government soon rationed tires and other rubber goods, ran scrap drives, and launched a crash program to build synthetic rubber plants. The photograph, issued in a periodical, reflects how the shortage was presented to the public.
| Created / published | 1942 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1940-1950 Reproductions.Photographic prints 1940-1950. |
| Subjects | World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Ordnance industry--United States--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,274 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-179089 |
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