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A Glimpse from the Outside into The World Furniture Co., Evansville, Ind. During working hours. Location: Evansville, Indiana.

Cattle trucks at the stockyards. South Omaha, Nebraska

A black and white photo of men working on a boat. Office of War Information Photograph

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A black and white photo of men working on a boat. Office of War Information Photograph

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. A new vessel has just moved off these ways, and the keel is being assembled for yet another in a large Eastern shipyard. The bottom and side shell plating and the inner tank sections are being assembled. All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flat cars

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Here are prefabricated tanks and deck girder sections ready to be hoisted up and set in their place in one of the new merchant ships under construction in a large Eastern shipyard. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. A new vessel has just moved off these ways, and the keel is being assembled for yet another in a large Eastern shipyard. The bottom and side shell plating and the inner tank sections are being assembled. All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flat cars

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. The propellers and shafting pieces are awaiting installation in the ships of the Liberty Fleet being built at a large Eastern shipyard

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. This is the midship section of a new member of the Liberty Fleet, nearing completion at a large shipyard. In the background is a maze of scaffolding and cranes typical of the scene in many large American shipyards as builders work to make Uncle Sam master of the seas

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. The propellers and shafting pieces are awaiting installation in the ships of the Liberty Fleet being built at a large Eastern shipyard

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. These are prefabricated bulkhead sections for ships of the Liberty Fleet being welded together before they are hoisted into position in a new ship in front of a large Eastern yard. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. These workers are making the final fitting and checking of the rigging of the masthead of a new member of the "Liberty Fleet" at a large Eastern shipyard. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Nearly ready to be hoisted into place on the deck of a new ship under construction at a large Eastern yard, this mast is given its final coat of paint

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Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1941
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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
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Baltimore (Md.) ,  39.29028, -76.61222
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Library of Congress
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Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. A section of a ship's bottom being lowered into place

Blitz buggies. After it has been totally assembled, the car is painted. Here the paint is being drilled under infrared rays, which process dries the paint from the inside out, thus giving it a slicker finish. Ford River Rouge plant

Richmond, California. Permanente Metals Corporation, shipbuilding division, yard number two. Pietro Cressano worked at the yard for seven months, and was in building construction work before that. He was born in America but both parents were born in Italy

Sec. Wilbur inspecting Sub. V-1 at Navy Yard, 12/3/24

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Shell plates of a ship at the bow, where the inner plates are first bolted to the outer plates for added strength. The rivets are countersunk to be flush on the outer side. Production scene in a large Eastern shipyard. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Wrapping the finished tire. Seeing is not necessarily believing. Even when you see the tire-wrapping machine in operation, it is difficult to understand how it works....spinning a strand of paper around a tire as fast as the operator can feed them in. All the operator need do is place the tire in position; the machine does the rest. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Manpower. Southern shipyard workers. A keen eye and a steady hand guide Olie R. Cawethon in hobbing gears for ships of the United Nations. Cawethon, a former diesel engineer, answered the Navy's call for skilled workers, and is today operating a milling machine in a Southern Navy yard

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

[Men putting in place the keystone of the S.W. clerestory arch of the rotunda of the Library of Congress]

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

Barrels of perique tobacco during process of aging. Perique tobacco is raised in one parish in Louisiana, and this is the only place in the world where this tobacco is raised. Saint James Parish, Louisiana

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

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