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Photograph of four people riding in an old time jalopy. Photograph of an old wrecker pulling a jalopy. Photograph of two jeeps with several people in each one. Photograph of several men riding on a jalopy painted with patriotic sayings.

Photos from the Jalopy Parade in April of 1943. Jalopy cars that would later be used for scrap metal were paraded around downtown to raise awareness for the use of scrapping old cars for the war effort. Decatur the first city to do this and was used…