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Production. 155mm shells. Careful inspection precedes the operations which form the noses of 155mm shells in a converted auto plant. Willy's, Toledo, Ohio

A young spinner in Yazoo City (Miss) Yarn Mills. Said he was thirteen, but doubtful. Location: Yazoo City, Mississippi

Drilling tubes - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Packing salmon into cans at the Columbia River Packing Association, Astoria, Oregon

Splint workshop, 183 Rue Lecourbe, Paris, under supervision of American Red Cross, showing thigh and leg splints finished and hinged half ring thigh and leg splints, the latter awaiting transportation to the padding shop

The hog cut: hogs come chilled and split, and go through the crew of butchers on a moving belt. Packing plant. Austin, Minnesota

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Production. 155mm shells. Careful inspection precedes the operations which form the noses of 155mm shells in a converted auto plant. Willy's, Toledo, Ohio

Production. 155mm shells. Inspecting 155mm shells, on which all machining operations have been completed, before painting in a converted auto plant. Willy's, Toledo, Ohio

Production. 155mm shells. Threads cut in the noses of 155mm shells by Less-Bradner thread mills are inspected in a converted auto plant. Willy's, Toledo, Ohio

Production. 155mm shells. Threading the nose ends of 155mm shells in a Less-Bradner thread mill at a converted auto plant. Willy's, Toledo, Ohio

Production. 155mm shells. Inspection after the finish turning of straight and profile diameters of 155mm shells in a converted auto plant. Willy's, Toledo, Ohio

Production. 155mm shells. Noses are formed on 155mm shells in the Watson Stillman hydraulic press of a converted auto plant. Willy's, Toledo, Ohio

Production. 155mm shells. Inspecting 155mm shells, on which all machining operations have been completed, before painting in a converted auto plant. Willy's, Toledo, Ohio

Production. 155mm shells. Threads cut in the noses of 155mm shells by Less-Bradner thread mills are inspected in a converted auto plant. Willy's, Toledo, Ohio

Production. 155mm shells. Finish turning of the straight diameter and profile of a 155mm shell on a Stamets lathe in a converted auto plant. Willy's, Toledo, Ohio

Production. 155mm shells. Careful inspection precedes the operations which form the noses of 155mm shells in a converted auto plant. Willy's, Toledo, Ohio

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Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).

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

Film copy on SIS roll 31, frame 1398.

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ohio lucas county toledo safety film negatives lot 2221 alfred t palmer united states office of war information photo shells careful inspection auto plant office of war information farm security administration united states history industrial history factory workers library of congress
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01/01/1941
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lucas county
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label_outline Explore Lot 2221, Auto Plant, Lucas County

Brown hoist, Ohio Central coal dock, Toledo, Ohio

Three-inch A.A. cartridge cases. Cartridge cases for three-inch antiaircraft shells are produced by a series of operations that transform a flat brass disc into a case ready for loading with propelling charge and shell. Between each operation there is careful washing to remove all scale and adhesion and to leave surfaces clean for later processing. The big Midwest plant doing the work is well equipped to handle it in stride

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Fiberglass yarns are twisted and plied on standard textile machinery as a step in the manufacture of tapes and cloths, used principally to insulate electric equipment operating under heavier loads today than ever before

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

Detroit, Michigan. Steps in the manufacture of casings for 105 mm. shells in the Budd wheel plant. Machining the rotating band on the shell

[Artillery position showing guns, ammunition shells, sandbags, and lean-tos]

Water front, Toledo, Ohio - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). Ten thousand skilled workers at the huge Chrysler tank arsenal,in Detroit,turning out twenty-eight ton M-3 tanks. This pair is attaching a hinge plate to the cupola of a gun turret which will be set on one of these rolling arsenals

Accurate workmanship is required to make perfectly uniform shells for the Army. Inspectors are on the alert to reject those which fail to meet requirements. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

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

Production. 105 mm. howitzers. Norma K. Jones used to be a high school teacher and now teaches two nights a week. She inspects 105 mm. howitzers at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin plant of Chain Belt Company

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. The conversion of a big auto manufacturing plant to production of machine guns for the Air Corps continues without letup until the job is done. Electricians extending power lines are often among the first at the new machine locations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

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ohio lucas county toledo safety film negatives lot 2221 alfred t palmer united states office of war information photo shells careful inspection auto plant office of war information farm security administration united states history industrial history factory workers library of congress