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A group of men sitting next to each other on a train - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

California shipyard workers. Thousands of workers bound for the Richmond shipyards in San Francisco's East bay area leave the ferry and cross the ramp leading to the yards

A black and white photo of a pier with people on it. Office of War Information Photograph

A large group of people standing on top of a boat. Office of War Information Photograph

California shipyard workers. These shipbuilders enjoy a scenic ride to work every day aboard a special ferry going from San Francisco to the giant shipyards across the bay

A black and white photo of a man and a woman - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

California shipyard workers. Workers on the day shift at the Richmond, California shipyards leaving the ferry in San Francisco

California shipyard workers. Workers on the day shift at the Richmond, California shipyards leaving the ferry in San Francisco

California shipyard workers. Eight hours of work in a Richmond, California shipyard find these two workers grateful for the calm and quiet of the ferry trip back to San Francisco

California shipyard workers. En route to the shipyards across the bay, tin-hatted San Francisco war workers have time for relaxation and discussion on the fourty-five minute ferry ride to the Richmond Shipbuilding Company yards

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Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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california san francisco bay nitrate negatives shipyard workers california shipyard workers route en route bay war san francisco war workers relaxation discussion fourty five minute ferry fourty five minute ferry richmond company yards san francisco farm security administration shipbuilding industry 1940 s united states history great depression library of congress
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01/01/1943
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Rosener, Ann, photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
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label_outline Explore California Shipyard Workers, Relaxation, En Route

Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. The SS Booker T Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro slides down the ways at the Wilmington yards of the California Shipbuilding Corporation at its launching on September 29, 1942

Denver, Colorado. The interior of a shipbuilding plant, showing a workman who previously worked on incubator parts and amusement park devices, now working on parts of hulls and decks of escort vessels. He and his co-workers will be invited to Mare Island, 1,300 miles away, to help launch the ships they are building

Kenya Colony. En route to Zanzibar. Tanga on the east coast

Tanganyika. En route to Arusha. Looking east across plain. Mount Meru, faintly seen in distance

Street scene in Oakland, California. One person out of every eighteen on the streets of the East Bay area is Portuguese

Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. America needs ships to carry its guns and tanks and planes to the battlefronts of the world. A few minutes after the SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro, was launched at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's Wilmington yards, workmen were busy laying the keel for a new ship in America's growing Victory Fleet

Pilots of the United States Army air transport command in discussion

Tanganyika. En route to Longido. Two native women hikers, Tanzania

Checking weight of five-pound cans of cherries. Canning plant, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Production. Steam power plant equipment. Looking down a drilling and finishing bay of a plant engaged in the production of high-pressure boilers. Steam boilers and other power-house equipment to supplement the hydroelectric installations of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) system are produced in the large Chattanooga shops of the Combustion Engineering Company

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Sandwiches, smokes and soft drinks are available to workers at a number of canteens on the grounds. There are also several cafeterias serving hot meals

Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. Shipfitter and his helper

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california san francisco bay nitrate negatives shipyard workers california shipyard workers route en route bay war san francisco war workers relaxation discussion fourty five minute ferry fourty five minute ferry richmond company yards san francisco farm security administration shipbuilding industry 1940 s united states history great depression library of congress