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Bert Reales sharpening a cutting tool prior to using it in his lathe. In larger shops tool cutters were a separate specialty, but at Watson, machinists cut their own tools.

Hooking on three bales of cotton for hoisting into ship's hold. Port of Houston, Texas

A black and white photo of a man working on a car engine. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. A top-notch mechanic, Mary Josephine Farley expertly rebuilds airplane engines. Although she's only twenty-years-old, she has a private pilot's license and has made several cross country flights. She ranked highest of all competitors on her civil service examination with a grade of eighty-nine. Since her arrival at the Corpus Christi Air Base four and one half months ago, she has been made a crew leader

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Machine used for smoothing rough castings at the Hamilton Standard Propeller Corporation. East Hartford, Connecticut

General view of propeller grinding and finishing operations at the Hamilton Standard Propeller Corporation. East Hartford, Connecticut

Propellers in the rough on the floor of the Hamilton Standard Propeller Corporation. East Hartford, Connecticut

Finishing the base of a rough cut propeller at the Hamilton Standard Propeller Corporation. East Hartford, Connecticut

General view of propeller grinding and finishing operations at the Hamilton Standard Propeller Corporation. East Hartford, Connecticut

Propellers in the rough on the floor of the Hamilton Standard Propeller Corporation. East Hartford, Connecticut

General view of propeller grinding and finishing operations at Hamilton Standard Propeller Corporation. East Hartford, Connecticut

Finishing the base of a rough cut propeller at the Hamilton Standard Propeller Corporation. East Hartford, Connecticut

General view of grinding and polishing operations on propeller parts at the Hamilton Standard Propeller Corporation. East Hartford, Connecticut

Machine used for smoothing rough castings at the Hamilton Standard Propeller Corporation. East Hartford, Connecticut

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01/01/1940
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Delano, Jack, photographer
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Production. Parachute making. There is far more to hemming this parachute than running the sewing machine. The operator must match pencil marks on the braid with pencil marks on the seams to turn out infallible parachutes for men in the Air Force. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Richmond, California. Permanente Metals Corporation, shipbuilding division, yard number two. Pietro Cressano worked at the yard for seven months, and was in building construction work before that. He was born in America but both parents were born in Italy

Jackson Street Shops, Machine Shop, Jackson Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN

A man sitting on top of a pile of wood. Office of War Information Photograph

Aluminum casting. Shelf after shelf of aluminum castings on their way to the heat treating oven for low temperature precipitation treatment. These castings are for aluminum piston heads. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. A new Pratt and Whitney airplane motor running on a test stand at a large Eastern plant. Before being shipped to one or another of our aircraft factories, the engine must demonstrate its ability to meet rigid Air Force requirements. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Buffalo, New York. These huge machines cut and slice imperfections from steel castings, in this case, gun barrels. They are manned by a man and a woman helper in the processing department of Republic Steel

Trailer camp opposite United Aircraft where many Pratt and Whitney workers live with their families, because of housing congestion in and near Hartford, Connecticut

A black and white photo of a woman working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

Trailer camp opposite United Aircraft where many Pratt and Whitney workers live with their families because of housing congestion in and near Hartford, Connecticut

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

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. If it isn't level, it won't work accurately. Milling the bottom bearing pads of a milling machine column casting. Location: a large Midwest machine tool plant

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