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Aircraft life raft manufacturing. Woman worker in balloon room applies tape to inflatable seat which will become part of emergency life raft for military aircraft. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Aircraft lifeboat manufacture. Balloon room worker makes sleeves which look like stove pipe joints, but ultimately will be parts of inflatable rubber boats used in emergency by military fliers. Akron, Ohio

Aircraft lifeboat manufacture. Balloon room worker makes sleeves which look like stove pipe joints, but ultimately will be parts of inflatable rubber boats used in emergency by military fliers. Akron, Ohio

Aircraft life raft manufacturing. Woman worker in balloon room applies tape to inflatable seat which will become part of emergency life raft for military aircraft. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. This balloon room worker is assembling fabric tubes which will comprise inflatable seats in finished boat. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Supervisor instructs employee in the balloon room in one of the production steps in boat manufacture. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Workers in the balloon room apply inflatable tubular guard rail around outer circumference of boat. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Flotation bag manufacturing. Woman balloon room worker applying finishing touches to inflatable flotation bags used to float marine aircraft forced down at sea. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Workmen in the balloon room is inserting compressed gas bottle used for inflation of boats in the container preparatory to packing boat for shipment. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Aircraft life raft manufacturing. Valve fitting for emergency life raft for military aircraft is applied by balloon room worker with special tools. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

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Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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01/01/1941
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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
United States. Office for Emergency Management.
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Akron (Ohio) ,  41.08139, -81.51889
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Library of Congress
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Self-sealing fuel tanks. Not only as nurses behind the battle lines, but as workers in the factory producing important war goods, women are doing much to win this war and to spare the lives of the men doing the actual fighting. These girls are stitching inner ply to a building form used in the manufacture of self-sealing tanks. Goodrich

Log raft in Columbia River. Cowlitz County, Washington

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Los Angeles County, California. Japanese farmer packing up his tools before he is evacuated from West coast areas under United States Army war emergency order

Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. Converted from the production of such items as soft drink dispensers and game boards, this Eastern manufacturing firm now produces precision tools for cartridge manufacture, brass quadrants and other essentials for the armed forces. Personnel has jumped from 12 to 76 workers. In this machine shop different types of measuring gauges, bullet tools, dies and punches for use in America's arsenals are produced. Bristol and Martin Company, New York, New York

Flotation bag manufacturing. Stack of flotation bags made of rubberized fabric inflated for test purposes, preparatory to deflation for insertion in wings of military airplanes. These bags are used to support planes forced down at sea. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Winona, Minn., log raft passing draw bridge

[Pipe valve for the Washington Aqueduct]

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