Drying floor at the Atlantic Terra Cotta Co. plant in Perth Amboy, NJ. Clay bodies for manufacturing Drop Bomb Mark I are being dried on plaster saddles before burning. This photograph was taken in January 1919 as part of a series documenting American military activities during World War I. Image number AU Atlantic Terra Cotta Co. 56122. Photographer: Jan. 1919 BECO. FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY. Issued Noted B 22.

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