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In the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, Connecticut

Fifteen-pound shells for light artillery. Finish turning 75 mm shells which are coming out of an eastern arsenal on a steady production line

A black and white photo of a man holding a piece of paper. World War Two Era FSA/OWI Photograph.

The "Victory Ram". Abu Fahdi with son & friend in his store

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

Buffalo, New York. Laura Czaya painting snubbers, a part of railroad car couplers at Symington-Gould. She is of Polish descent and formerly worked at Gould Battery. Previously she was forelady of a WPA (Work Projects Administration) sewing project. Her husband is in the Army

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Buffalo, New York. Laura Czaya painting snubbers, a part of railroad car couplers at Symington-Gould. She is of Polish descent and formerly worked at Gould Battery. Previously she was forelady of a WPA (Work Projects Administration) sewing project. Her husband is in the Army

Buffalo, New York. Laura Czaya painting snubbers, a part of railroad car couplers at Symington-Gould. She is of Polish descent and formerly worked at Gould Battery. Previously she was forelady of a WPA (Work Projects Administration) sewing project. Her husband is in the Army

Buffalo, New York. Laura Czaya painting snubbers, a part of railroad car couplers at Symington-Gould. She is of Polish descent and formerly worked at Gould Battery. Previously she was forelady of a WPA (Work Projects Administration) sewing project. Her husband is in the Army

Buffalo, New York. Laura Czaya passing cherry pop to her two sisters-in-law who have dropped in on Sunday afternoon. Laura's husband is a Corporal stationed in Arkansas. She works in Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship, and railroad parts. The sisters-in-law also works in war plants. They are all of Polish descent

Buffalo, New York. Laura Czaya passing cherry pop to her two sisters-in-law who have dropped in on Sunday afternoon. Laura's husband is a Corporal stationed in Arkansas. She works in Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship, and railroad parts. The sisters-in-law also works in war plants. They are all of Polish descent

Buffalo, New York. Laura Ozaya writing to her husband, a corporal stationed in Arkansas. This is Sunday, and she has washed and set her hair. Her mother is reading a prayer book in the background. Laura works in the inishing department of Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship and railroad parts. The Czayas are of Polish descent

Buffalo, New York. The wedding of Cecelia Wrazen and Bronislaus Nowak, who work at Ross Heater, makers of condensers for the Navy. They are of Polish descent. He is temporarily deferred from the Army because of his essential work. They will live with her mother

Buffalo, New York. Frank and Laura Czaya praying in church one week after Easter. They were married six months before Frank was drafted. He is now a corporal, stationed in Arkansas and is home on a ten day furlough. Laura works in the Symington-Gould plant; lives in an apartment with her family in Depew. The Czayas are of Polish descent

Buffalo, New York. Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship and railroad parts. Woman operator of a five ton crane picking up rough castings of truck train for railroads. She operated this same crane in the last war; in between was a housewife

Buffalo, New York. Laura Czaya painting snubbers, a part of railroad car couplers at Symington-Gould. She is of Polish descent and formerly worked at Gould Battery. Previously she was forelady of a WPA (Work Projects Administration) sewing project. Her husband is in the Army

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Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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new york erie county buffalo safety film negatives north buffalo junction laura czaya laura czaya snubbers part railroad car couplers railroad car couplers symington gould polish descent polish descent gould battery gould battery forelady wpa work projects administration work projects administration project husband army 1940s 40s united states history industrial history factory workers 1940 s library of congress
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01/01/1943
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Collins, Marjory, 1912-1985, photographer
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North Buffalo Junction ,  42.94394, -78.89221
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

label_outline Explore Czaya, Laura Czaya, Symington Gould

Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under FSA (Farm Security Administration) management. A Japanese-American girl in the apartment she has arranged for her husband and herself in the barrack building

A couple of women that are standing on a stage. Office of War Information Photograph

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

Washington, D.C. Jewal Mazique [i.e. Jewel], worker at the Library of Congress, getting dinner for her husband who interns at Howard University Hospital

One way to keep the children out of the mill. Mrs. D.E. Hudson, South Boston, Virginia Her children are seated around her. In the chairs are some of her boarders. Children are well-kept. The home showed her thrift. Husband is in the cotton mill. Location: South Boston, Virginia.

"New Deal" WPA art, Clarkson S. Fisher Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse, Trenton, New Jersey

Buffalo, New York. Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship and railroad parts. Woman operator of a five ton crane picking up rough castings of truck train for railroads. She operated this same crane in the last war; in between was a housewife

Hoisting works. Gould & Curry. Ophir. Hales & Norcross. Savage. Chollar

Buffalo, New York. Laura and Frank Czaya, a couple of Polish descent, in the bedroom in the home which they share with Laura's mother, aunt, and brother, in Depew. Frank is home on a ten-day furlough. Laura works in the nearby Symington-Gould plant

Wife of farmer now on WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration) roadwork making blackberry pie. Near Sallisaw, Oklahoma

Childersburg, Alabama. Defense worker's child in WPA (Work Projects Administration) day nursery

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new york erie county buffalo safety film negatives north buffalo junction laura czaya laura czaya snubbers part railroad car couplers railroad car couplers symington gould polish descent polish descent gould battery gould battery forelady wpa work projects administration work projects administration project husband army 1940s 40s united states history industrial history factory workers 1940 s library of congress