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Ray-O-Vac President and Employees
February 26, 1945
William W. Cargill, President of Ray-O-Vac, and a Mr. Krug, watching company employees making electric batteries.
Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-Vac Personnel
April 4, 1945
People signing up to work at RMR (Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-Vac), a battery manufacturer.
Ray-O-Vac Employees Association
February 1945
Three men and two women, members of the Ray-O-Vac Employees Association.
Two Ray-O-Vac Employees
August 7, 1945
Two Ray-O-Vac employees who have returned to work from serving in World War II.
Maj. General Harry C. Ingles Inspecting Battery Production
January 17, 1945
Maj. Gen. Harry C. Ingles, Chief Signal Officer, United States Army, watching two women make batteries at Ray-O-Vac, or RMR (Ruben Mallory Ray-O-Vac).
Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-Vac Workers Inspecting Batteries
January 10, 1945
Lorraine Gray in the storage room inspecting some of the more than 300,000 batteries made in one day at the RMR (Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-Vac) plant, a division of Ray-O-Vac located in the 1400 block of...
