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Formerly a sociology major at the University of Southern California, Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis (right) now "keeps 'em flyin'" at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. She is a supervisor under civil service in the Assembly and Repair Department. It is her job to maintain morale among the women to help them solve housing and other personal problems. With her is Jo Ann Whittington, an NYA trainee at the plant

Formerly a sociology major at the University of Southern California, Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis (right) now "keeps 'em flyin'" at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. She is a supervisor under civil service in the Assembly and Repair Department. It is her job to maintain morale among the women by helping them solve housing and other personal problems. With her is Jo Ann Whittington, an NYA trainee at the plant

Formerly a sociology major at the University of Southern California, Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis (right) now "keeps 'em flyin'" at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. She is a supervisor under civil service in the Assembly and Repair Department. It is her job to maintain morale among the women by helping them solve housing and other personal problems. With her is Jo Ann Whittington, an NYA trainee at the plant

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Formerly a sociology major at the University of Southern California, Mrs. Elouise J. Ellis (right) now "keeps 'em flyin'" at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. She is a supervisor under civil service in the assembly and repair department. It is her job to maintain morale among the women by helping them to solve housing and other personal problems. With her is Jo Ann Whitington, a National Youth Administration (NYA) trainee at the plant

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Formerly a sociology major at the University of Southern California, Mrs. Elouise J. Ellis (right) now "keeps 'em flyin'" at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. She is a supervisor under civil service in the assembly and repair department. It is her job to maintain morale among the women by helping them to solve housing and other personal problems. With her is Jo Ann Whitington, a National Youth Administration (NYA) trainee at the plant

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Mrs. Elouise J. Ellis has been appointed by the civil service to be senior supervisor in the assembly and repairs department at the Naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. She buoys up feminine morale in her department by arranging suitable living conditions for out-of-state employees and by helping them with their personal problems

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Mrs. Elouise J. Ellis has been appointed by the civil service to be senior supervisor in the assembly and repairs department at the Naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. She buoys up feminine morale in her department by arranging suitable living conditions for out-of-state employees and by helping them with their personal problems

Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis has been appointed by civil service to be senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. She buoys up feminine morale in her department by arranging suitable living conditions for out-of-state employees and by helping them with their personal problems

Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis has been appointed by civil service to be senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. She buoys up feminine morale in her department by arranging suitable living conditions for out-of-state employees and by helping them with their personal problems

Formerly a sociology major at the University of Southern California, Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis (right) now "keeps 'em flyin'" at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. She is a supervisor under civil service in the Assembly and Repair Department. It is her job to maintain morale among the women to help them solve housing and other personal problems. With her is Jo Ann Whittington, an NYA trainee at the plant

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12002-18.

Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

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01/01/1939
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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. A fast friendship developed between these two civil service employees in the assembly and repairs department of the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. One of the few lathes bought by a small Eastern manufacturing firm. Unable to purchase much new machinery, the owner of the company installed and remodelled old equipment to produce war essentials under subcontract. First orders were delivered thirty days after contract, an amoazingly short time considering that conversion of machines took two weeks of it. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Feeding an SNC advanced training plane its essential supply of gasoline is done by sailor mechanics at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. Standing on the wing is Floyd Helphrey who came from Iowa to join the Navy early in the year. At right is W. Gardner of Illinois who used to be a crane operator

Mrs. Cora Ann Bowen (left) works as a cowler at the Naval Air Base; Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis is a senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department, Corpus Christi, Texas

Glenn L. Martin Co. airplane factory. Airplanes in factory I

Women war workers during World War I

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Perched high in the nose of a plane, this sailor mechanic is inspecting a Navy PBY at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. The ship has been reconditioned by civil service employee in the assembly and repair Department at the base. Every ship, after fulfilling its schedule of service, must be completely reconditioned. This work is done by the assembly and repair department

Switch boxes on the firewalls of B-25 bombers are assembled by women workers at North American [Aviation, Inc.]'s Inglewood, Calif., plant

Conversion. Food machinery plant. Cutting of spouts for anti-tank guns is the present work of this lathe, shown here at its former job-shaping wooden rollers used with a belt control to carry steaks into the cube steak machine which is this New England plant's normal production. Conversion of this lathe, and the stepping up of its speed, has turned his skill from peacetime work to war production. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts

Production. Minesweepers. Grandad's doing a grand job. Two grandfathers, both seventy, D.L. Zimbrough and F.M. Webb, work on nearby lathes in an Eastern shipyard now turning out minesweepers for the Navy. The yard has kept up an excellent production by bringing many older workers out of retirement. Gibbs Cass Company

Part of the cowling for one of the motors for a B-25 bomber is assembled in the engine department of North American [Aviation, Inc.]'s Inglewood, Calif., plant

Assembling Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

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united states navy women employment air bases airplane industry world war civil service texas corpus christi transparencies color farm security administration office of war information color photographs howard r hollem photo print naval air base jo ann whittington southern california repair department nya trainee ultra high resolution high resolution us navy kodachrome film transparencies