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Construction of the liberty ship "Booker T. Washington." Workers of many racial groups participated in the construction of the liberty ship "Booker T. Washington," named for the great Negro educator. Edward Char, Chinese welder, is shown fabricating the double bottom for the ship at the California Shipbuilding Corporation yards

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Working on the power plant installation of a fifty-foot steel ramp boat in a Southern boatyard. This ramp boat, which will be used in landing men, tanks and other equipment on hostile shores, is powered by twin diesel engines. Made at this same boat yard are torpedo boats, smaller wooden ramp boats, and other Navy craft

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A worker at the Fourteenth Street coal dock of the Milwaukee Western Fuel Company

Detroit, Michigan. Steps in the manufacture of casings for 105 mm. shells in the Budd wheel plant. Shot blasting the inside of a shell

Floyd Swick, welder from Newton, Kansas worked in oil fields about ten years; cutting tool joints off a drill pipe in Goodrich field of Continental oil company. Valley Center oil field near Wichita, Kansas

Shopton, near Fort Madison, Iowa. Otis Johnson, machinist's helper in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway roundhouse

Shopton, near Fort Madison, Iowa. Otis Johnson, machinist's helper in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway roundhouse

A black and white photo of a man wearing a hat. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man sitting on the ground, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

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Chicago, Illinois. A welder at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad repair shops

Chicago, Illinois. A welder at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad repair shops

A black and white photo of a man with a baseball bat. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a hat. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man in overalls. Office of War Information Photograph

Chicago, Illinois. A welder at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad shops

A black and white photo of a man in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man wearing goggles. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man in overalls. Office of War Information Photograph

Chicago, Illinois. A welder at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad repair shops

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Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1942
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Delano, Jack, photographer
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chicago
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Library of Congress
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Transformer manufacture. Welding is an intrinsic part of the manufacture of transformers. This welder is employed by a large Eastern electrical company whose power transformers are needed by many factories engaged in war Production. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Warner Robins, Georgia. Air Service Command, Robins Field. Master Sergeant H.W. Halvorsen, an instrument repair man, checking instruments at electrical test panel. Sergeant Halvorsen comes from Washington, D.C.

Rushing the SS George Washington Carver to completion. Negro skilled workers played an important part in the construction of the SS George Washington Carver, second Liberty Ship named for a Negro, in the Richmond Shipyard No. 1 of the Kaiser Company. Mack Hayes, journeyman welder, graduated from the Richmond welding school before beginning work for Kaiser eight months ago

Chicago, Illinois. Locomotive lubrication chart in the laboratory of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. The laboratory assistant in foreground is working at a precision balance

Transformer manufacture. Welding is an intrinsic part of the manufacture of transformers. This welder is employed by a large Eastern electrical company whose power transformers are needed by many factories engaged in war production. He's welding cover flanges for steel transformer tanks. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Working with a small steam drop hammer at the blacksmith shop in the Santa Fe R.R. shops, Topeka, Kansas

Truck repair, Plain City, Ohio. Great Depression public domain photograph.

California Shipbuilding Corporation, Wilmington, California. Welder working on the hull of a Liberty ship

The air raid protective services. Civilian protection workers go after damaged lines to restore service immediately. Insignia is that of road repair squads, but rescue squad and utility repair squad members may do similar work

San Bernardino, California. Donitilla Gonzales, a sweeper in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad carpenter shops

Chicago, Illinois. Workmen studying blueprints in the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad repair shops

Gallup, New Mexico. Ben Acory, an Indian worker employed at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad car shops

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