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Bantam, Connecticut. These two drill press operators are natives of the section. Barbara Bongiolotti is one of the twelve Colleoni children, all natives of Bantam. Both her father and her husband work in a Torrington foundry going full blast on defense orders. Lilian Madeux is a Torrington girl who still lives in Torrington with her family. She used to be a waitress in a Torrington hospital

Bantam, Connecticut. Barbara Bongiolatti is a native of Bantam, one of the twelveColleoni children. She operates a drill press at the Warren McArthur Plant, and usually lunches with a sister and brother who also work at the plant. She lives comfortably in a low-ceilinged three-room attic flat with her husband, who works in a Torrington foundry engaged in defense work. On Sundays she likes to bake pies and do housework

Bantam, Connecticut. Barbara Bongiolatti is a native of Bantam, one of the twelveColleoni children. She operates a drill press at the Warren McArthur Plant, and usually lunches with a sister and brother who also work at the plant. She lives comfortably in a low-ceilinged three-room attic flat with her husband, who works in a Torrington foundry engaged in defense work. On Sundays she likes to bake pies and do housework

Bantam, Connecticut. Dolly Colleoni is one of the veterans at the Warren McArthur plant, having been there longer than any other local girl. Dolly, one of twelve children, has a brother and a married sister working in the plant

Bantam, Connecticut. Fred Heath has been operating at a turret lathe at the Warren McArthur plant since August 1941, leaving a job as machinist in Torrington to work here. With his wife and their three-year-old daughter, Heath was among the first to move into the new government housing project near the plant, leaving a furnished room in Torrington to occupy a spacious four-room apartment in the eighty-unit project

Bantam, Connecticut. Tony's spaghetti is a daily treat to many workers at the Warren McArthur plant, some of whom eat both lunch and dinner at Tony's Bantam Inn. In the corner is Foreman Bundock of the upholstery shop, and sitting with him is a young draftsman who just came to Bantam from a job in New York City, his home. At the table in the foreground are four office workers from the plant. Two of these girls are recent college graduates

Bantam, Connecticut. Assembling bomber seats at the Warren McArthur plant is Ralph DePino who commutes from Naugatuck, a heavy industrial town just below Waterbury. Depino came to America fourty-three years ago from his native Italy at the age of six months, and has been at the Bantam plant since June 1941. He formerly worked at Winchester Arms, in New Haven and at the Boston Navy Yard

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

Bantam, Connecticut. Sheet metal foreman at the Warren McArthur plant is John Scott, who formerly worked in Bridgeport at United Aircraft's Sikorsky plant. The Scotts are one of the four honeymoon couples in the new defense homes project a few minutes' walk from the factory. He kept company with the present Mrs. Scott, a former office worker in New Haven, for seven years before they were married

Bantam, Connecticut. These two drill press operators are natives of the section. Barbara Bongiolotti is one of the twelve Colleoni children, all natives of Bantam. Both her father and her husband work in a Torrington foundry going full blast on defense orders. Lilian Madeux is a Torrington girl who still lives in Torrington with her family. She used to be a waitress in a Torrington hospital

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connecticut litchfield county bantam safety film negatives drill press operators two drill press operators natives section barbara bongiolotti barbara bongiolotti colleoni children twelve colleoni children father husband work husband work torrington foundry torrington foundry blast defense orders defense orders lilian madeux lilian madeux girl torrington girl lives waitress united states history library of congress
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Boat drill KAISER WILHELM II - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Knight Foundry, 13 Eureka Street, Sutter Creek, Amador County, CA

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Mrs. Tony Totore or Totoro?, 428 E. 116th St. 2nd floor back, makes from $2.00 to $2.50 a week making lace for a Contracter, Mrs. Rosina Schiaffo, 301 E 114th St, 3rd floor. Mrs. Sohiaffo, in turn, sends her lace to a manufacturer, M. Weber Co., 230 E 52nd St. Husband and two children, 4 and 7 yrs. Old. Mrs. Totoro said, "I rather work for a factory. They pay more." Husband is a cement laborer with irregular work. Location: New York, New York (State)

Cincinnati, Ohio. Preparing canned pork (Russian: "svinaia tushonka") for lend-lease shipment to the USSR at the Kroger grocery and baking company. Girls placing lard, spice and onions in cans before the pork is added. Left to right: Bonnie Williams, age twenty-one, used to work in shirt factory, has a husband in the U.S. Army; Elta Wininger, age twenty-nine, ex-housewife, has a brother in North Africa

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connecticut litchfield county bantam safety film negatives drill press operators two drill press operators natives section barbara bongiolotti barbara bongiolotti colleoni children twelve colleoni children father husband work husband work torrington foundry torrington foundry blast defense orders defense orders lilian madeux lilian madeux girl torrington girl lives waitress united states history library of congress