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Production. Willow Run bomber plant. That thirty-minute lunch period has earnest and enthusiastic devotees at the Willow Run bomber plant. To save time, workers bring lunches from home and eat close to the job. Ford plant, Willow Run

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. Thousands of miles of tubing, stacked in one of Willow Run's enormous supply rooms, await bending. More than a thousand separate tubing pieces go into the fuel, de-icing, hydraulic and other systems of a bomber plane. Ford plant, Willow Run

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. The outer wing panel of a bomber undergoes assembly in the giant Willow Run plant. When finished, this section will be removed and cranes will install another section in the fixture. Ford plant, Willow Run

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. A small part of the world's largest one-story war production plant, the giant bomber factory at Willow Run, Michigan. Fixtures in background hold bomber wings during assembly. Ford plant, Willow Run

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. Steady of eye and hand, women workers at the great Willow Run bomber plant are among those throughout the country who are relieving serious shortages of skilled workers by doing such semi-skilled jobs as the one shown here. She's welding parts of the cooling system direct to the supercharger. Ford plant, Willow Run

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. A small part of the world's largest one-story war production plant, the giant bomber factory at Willow Run, Michigan. Fixtures in background hold bomber wings during assembly. Ford plant, Willow Run

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. Steady of eye and hand, women workers at the great Willow Run bomber plant are among those throughout the country who are relieving serious shortages of skilled workers by doing such semi-skilled jobs as the one shown here. She's welding parts of the cooling system direct to the supercharger. Ford plant, Willow Run

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. Assembly takes place on this lineup of bombardier enclosures in the Willow Run bomber plant. Ford plant, Willow Run

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. Spot welding parts for the nacelle of an aircraft engine. These women work in the largest one-story building in the works, the giant bomber plant at Willow Run, Michigan. Ford plant, Willow Run

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. That thirty-minute lunch period has earnest and enthusiastic devotees at the Willow Run bomber plant. To save time, workers bring lunches from home and eat close to the job. Ford plant, Willow Run

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01/01/1942
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Mrs. Larocca, 233 E. 107th St., N.Y., making willow plumes in an unlicensed tenement. Photo taken Feb. 29, 1912. License was revoked Dec. 19, 1911.Applied for again Feb 7, 1912, inspected Feb. 13 and refused Feb 14, 1912. Feb. 29, 1912 I found nine families (including the janitress) at work on feathers or with traces of the day's work still on the floor. Still other families were reported to be doing the work also, but were not home. When our investigator made her first calls here, she found the whole tenement in much worse condition (see schedule) Children had bad skin trouble, fever, etc. Grandmother was working the day this photo was taken. New York, New York (State)

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Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Another B-24E (Liberator) bomber nears completion on one of the assembly lines at Ford's big Willow Run plant. A paint job comes next. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Children (pupils of one-room schoolhouse) eating lunch. Grundy County, Iowa

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