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De Land pool. La Roe shop. Mrs. Earl La Roe of Eustis, Florida, a grandmother with two sons in the army, doing her daily shift in the family's garage workshop. She is cutting worm gears needed for the army aircraft equipment made by the De Land, Florida industrial pool
De Land pool. La Roe shop. Fifty-three-year-old Earl La Roe, commander-in-chief of the La Roe family war production army at Eustis, Florida, used to be an automobile mechanic. He came from Akron, Ohio in 1920. He is drilling a much needed gear for the De Land community pool's million-dollar war contract. Eight machines work at full speed in his three-car-garage; all of them operated by his wife, sister, both grandmothers, his son, and one helper
De Land pool. La Roe shop. The La Roe family of Eustis, Florida, after a day's work for the De Land pool. Left is Mrs. La Roe with her two-year-old granddaughter, next is four-year-old Eugene, Clarence La Roe's son, and Mr. La Roe
De Land pool. La Roe shop. Two grandmothers who are keeping up the production schedule of the La Roe's family shop at Eustis, Florida in processing vital parts for the De Land pool. At the left is Mrs. Ruby Laurence, Mr. La Roe's sister who came down from the north for a visit and stayed south to work on war production. At right is Mrs. La Roe
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De Land pool. La Roe shop. Fifty-three-year-old Earl La Roe and his wife, of Eustis, Louisiana, solved one of the De Land industrial pool's most difficult problems by subcontracting part of a war order in their garage workshop. Mr. La Roe helps his wife in the operation of cutting worm gears on their machine
Summary
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
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Date
01/01/1942
Location
de land
Source
Library of Congress
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Public Domain