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Delicate instruments are mounted on instrument panels by this North American woman employee

Delicate instruments are mounted on instrument panels by this North American woman employee

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Engineers study the flight characteristics of a North American B-25 scale model in the wind tunnel

A scale model of North American's B-25 bomber is placed in the company's new wind tunnel

A scale model of North American's B-25 bomber is placed in the company's new wind tunnel

A scale model of North American's B-25 bomber is placed in the company's new wind tunnel

An experimental scale model of the B-25 plane is prepared for wind tunnel tests in the plant of North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif. This plant produced the B-25 bomber

A scale wind tunnel model of North American Aviation's P-51 fighter is prepared by two model shop employees before another test is made to determine its flight characteristics. All measurements on these models are within two thousandths of an inch

An experimental scale model of the B-25 plane is prepared for wind tunnel tests in the plant of the North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif. The model maker holds an exact miniature reproduction of the type of bomb the plane will carry. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 bomber used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

B-25 bombers and P-51 fighters stand side by side on North American's flight ramp

Partial view of North American Aviation's B-25 final assembly line

Engineers study the flight characteristics of a North American B-25 scale model in the wind tunnel

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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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Film copy on SIS roll 20, frame 448.

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california los angeles county inglewood safety film negatives lot 1986 alfred t palmer photo north american b 25 scale model engineers study flight characteristics wind tunnel office of war information farm security administration united states history library of congress
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01/01/1942
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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

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Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Wings for "Valiant" basic trainers at Vultee's Downey, California plant. At the Downey plant is made the BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainer--a fast, sturdy ship powered by a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine

Subject File: Wind Tunnel--Correspondence, 1912-1928, 1938-1946

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The captain of the Charles T. Campbell, a coal-burning towboat on its way down the Ohio River near Gallipolis, Ohio

Tire recapping. A recap job on a passenger car tire. The tire with a tread strip of reclaimed camelback rubber is put into a curing mold. The old tread surface had previously been ground down evenly and coated with rubber adhesive. The plan to recap passenger tires with reclaimed rubber camelback, approved by rubber director William M. Jeffers, was put into effect in February 1943 to reduce the demand for replacement tires and still keep civilian cars in service

V.C. Morris Store, 140 Maiden Lane, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Roosevelt Base, Bounded by Ocean Boulevard, Pennsylvania Avenue, Richardson Avenue, & Idaho Street, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

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Production. Jeep engines. This grinding machine in a Midwest plant is doing yeoman service in the production of jeep engines for the Army. Continental Motors, Michigan

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california los angeles county inglewood safety film negatives lot 1986 alfred t palmer photo north american b 25 scale model engineers study flight characteristics wind tunnel office of war information farm security administration united states history library of congress