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A black and white photo of a woman in front of a mirror, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

Cheney Silk Mills. Favorable working conditions. [Young girl worker at Cheney Silk Mills, leaning on scrap metal wagon, S. Manchester, Conn.] (No. 5002). Location: [South Manchester, Connecticut] / Photo by Lewis W, Hine.

Cheney Silk Mills. Favorable working conditions. Young girl worker at Cheney Silk Mills, leaning on scrap metal wagon, S. Manchester, Conn. (No. 5002). Location: South Manchester, Connecticut Photo by Lewis W, Hine

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Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. This 5B spinning machine in the plant of an Eastern parachute manufacturer is the latest type doubling and twisting machine. It makes shroud lines for parachutes

Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. A 5B spinning machine in the plant of an Eastern parachute manufacturer. This is the latest type doubling and twisting machine. It makes shroud lines for parachutes

Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. A 5B spinning machine in the plant of an Eastern parachute manufacturer. This is the latest type doubling and twisting machine. It makes shroud lines for parachutes

Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. An Eastern manufacturer uses this 5B spinning machine of the older type in manufacturing warp threads for weaving into parachute cloth

Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. An Eastern manufacturer uses this 5B spinning machine of the older type in manufacturing warp threads for weaving into parachute cloth

Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. A warping machine for preparing nylon threads for the making of parachute cloth in an Eastern plant. This is one of the largest machines of highest speed in the country. It carries one thousand spools of nylon in its rack

Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. Warping operation in preparing silk for parachute cloth manufacture in an Eastern plant. Looking toward the reel on which the silk is wound in preparation for the weaving machine

Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. A warping machine for preparing nylon threads for the making of parachute cloth in an Eastern plant. This is one of the largest machines of highest speed in the country. It carries one thousand spools of nylon in its rack

Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. The water stretching machine of an Eastern parachute manufacturer stretches shroud lines so as to make them more adaptable to the finished product

Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. This 5B spinning machine in the plant of an Eastern parachute manufacturer is the latest type doubling and twisting machine. It makes shroud lines for parachutes

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01/01/1942
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Rittase, William M., 1894-1968, photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
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A special drill press cuts a great number of holes simultaneously in casings for engines at the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corporation. East Hartford, Connecticut

Miscellaneous subjects. Printer setting type

Rags. Collection and processing. A portion of the sorting room in a large Eastern rag processing plant. In this room new rag remnants, consisting chiefly of cuttings received from clothing factories, are sorted. The rags are classified and separated according to the type of cloth; colored rags are graded according to the ease with which they can be bleached. The baskets in back of the women are filled with rags that have been sorted and classified. The women work in teams of two; it takes a team about two hours to sort the rags in one full bale. In another part of the plant, a room of the same size and general appearance as this is used for sorting used rags. Shapiro Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Cylinder heads for R-1340 Wasp planes are inspected in a large Eastern plant now producing a huge number of fine American engines for our fighting air forces. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Cheney Silk Mills. Favorable working conditions. Location: South Manchester, Connecticut

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

Cheney Silk Mills. Favorable working conditions. Location: South Manchester, Connecticut

The air raid protective services. Civilian protection workers go after damaged lines to restore service immediately. Insignia is that of road repair squads, but rescue squad and utility repair squad members may do similar work

Old harness maker. Manchester, New Hampshire

A coat of paint makes anything look better. But the purpose of spraying the undercarriages of the Army's halftrac scout cars is for protection. The job is part of the production routine on a large order being filled by a Midwest truck manufacturer. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

New Britain, Connecticut A core blowing machine. Sand is blown into the core box as it travels away from the machine on a conveyor

Rolfe Lawrence Chickering, farmboy from Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, who came to work at Pratt and Whitney United Aircraft in January 1941. Because of congested housing conditions, he commutes twenty miles each way daily from East Hartford to Suffield Connecticut, where he lives with a private family, pays eight dollars weekly for room and board. He is single, about twenty years old

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