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On board S.S. Athenia. Machinist working on a winch

Wrapping truck tires. All sizes of tires can be wrapped by this machinery, which has an opening just large enough for the tire to pass through. It throws a semi-circular catapult through the middle of the tire; the catapult carries the roll of paper with it, unwinding as it goes. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

A black and white photo of a fire hydrant, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

Conversion. Auto body plant. Machines that once turned out hoods and fenders for the family sedan are undergoing transformation to accomodate a far more important product. This plant is being converted from automobile body manufacture to production of airplanes. Briggs Manufacturing Company, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Auto body plant. Machines that once turned out hoods and fenders for the family sedan are undergoing transformation to accomodate a far more important product. This plant is being converted from automobile body manufacture to production of airplanes. Briggs Manufacturing Company, Detroit, Michigan

Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. Final assembly of the Vengeance (V72) bomber

A woman working on a machine in a factory. War Poduction. Office of War Information.

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Elizabeth Little, age thirty, the mother of two children, spraying small parts. Her husband runs a farm

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Mrs. Angeline Kwint, age forty-five, an ex-housewife, checking the tires of trailers. Her husband and son are in the U.S. Army

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Helen Ryan (left) age forty-one, widow, who used to work in shoe factory. Her brother is in the U.S. Army. Agnes Clienka (right), age twenty-three, married, who used to be a clerk in a department store. Her brother is in the U.S. Army

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Mrs. Angeline Kwint, age forty-five, an ex-housewife, checking the tires of trailers. Her husband and son are in the U.S. Army

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Elizabeth Little, age thirty, the mother of two children, spraying small parts. Her husband runs a farm

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Irean Smotinski, age twenty-nine, and ex-housewife, cleaning a chassis before it goes to the paint room

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Elizabeth Little, age 30, the mother of two children, spraying small parts. Her husband runs a farm

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mrs. Angeline Kwint, age 45, an ex-housewife, checking the tires of trailers. Her husband and son are in the U.S. Army

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mrs. Angeline Kwint, age 45, an ex-housewife, checking the tires of trailers. Her husband and son are in the U.S. Army

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Enola O'Connell, age thirty-two, widow and mother of one child, welding part of a trailer. She is the only woman welder in the plant. This is her first job outside her house

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wisconsin milwaukee county milwaukee safety film negatives south milwaukee wis production workers war production workers heil company heil company gasoline trailer tanks gasoline trailer tanks army air corps army air corps enola connell thirty two age thirty two widow mother child one child part woman welder woman welder plant job first job house 1940 s women military us army united states army 1940 s 40 s wwii world war ii women in world war ii art deco world war 2 library of congress
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01/01/1943
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Hollem, Howard R., photographer
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South Milwaukee (Wis.) ,  42.91056, -87.86056
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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

label_outline Explore Age Thirty Two, Gasoline Trailer Tanks, Woman Welder

[Turkish porter carrying tanks of kerosene on his back]

CONNELL, R.E. - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

Pouring gasoline into combine engine. Walla Walla County, Washington

Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Gardner, Joseph and Enola Lee, 1884-1904

Heil dir, Columbia! - Public domain American sheet music, 1885

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

Dalecarlia Reservoir. Tanks filtration, Dalecarlia Reservoir II

Dr. J.J. O'Connell - Public domain portrait photograph

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

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

Clara Barton Papers: General Correspondence, 1838-1912; Gardner, Joseph and Enola Lee, 1884-1904

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