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Drives
The
local branch of the Citizens Service Corps asked residents to donate
old pots and pans to make war planes. Unfortunately, aluminum lacked
the strength needed for airplane construction. The government melted
down much of the aluminum to make new kitchen utensils.
Local
residents collected and scrapped all kinds of materials including
metals, paper, cooking fat, and rubber. Appletonians alone collected
1,540,818 pounds of paper and 576 tons of tin during the war.
Companies
used lower-grade aluminum to make consumer goods like this skillet
during the war.
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Outagamie County scrap aluminum for defense drive, circa
1942
Courtesy of the Henry Lefebvre Collection of the
Neville Public Museum of Brown County
Cooking skillet, circa 1942
OCHS # 1997.47.3
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