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Riveters at work on fuselage of Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Working inside fuselage of a Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Working inside fuselage of a Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Working on wing of Consolidated Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Drilling on a Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Workers on the Liberator Bombers, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Drilling on a Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Working on wing of Consolidated Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Assembling Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Riveters at work on fuselage of Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

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12002-19.

Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

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01/01/1939
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consolidated aircraft corporation airplane industry world war assembly line methods bombers texas fort worth transparencies color farm security administration office of war information color photographs howard r hollem photo liberator bomber ultra high resolution high resolution kodachrome film transparencies united states history wwii world war ii women in world war ii art deco world war 2 aircraft 1940s aircrafts wwii aircraft 1940 s library of congress wwii photographs