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Skilled machine operator. A finishing cut on a turbine wheel in an eastern Navy arsenal where production has been stepped up to top speed to meet war needs

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

New York, New York. Pressers in the N.M. dress shop which is now making blouses for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC). They are members of local 89 of the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union, predominantly Italian

Citizens' Glass Co., Evansville, Ind. Over ten small boys on day shift in one department, were counted. Location: Evansville, Indiana

It has to be right. Gauging the diameter of the barrel of a Garand rifle following grinding. An eastern armory is turning out these rifles for the war program

Crimping an innerspring mattress so the tufts will be more easily put in. Mattress factory. San Angelo, Texas

A black and white photo of men working in a factory. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

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Skilled machine operator. A finishing cut on a turbine wheel in an eastern Navy arsenal where production has been stepped up to top speed to meet war needs

Squaring part of a torpedo. Skilled machine operator working on the process of torpedo manufacture in an eastern Navy arsenal

Squaring part of a torpedo. Skilled machine operator working on the process of torpedo manufacture in an eastern Navy arsenal

Forged steel to make the lungs of a torpedo. Smoothing down the outside of torpedo air flasks is this man's job. Production is going at top speed at the eastern Navy arsenal in which this equipment is produced

Expert machinist on armaments. Boring and facing a setter fuze in one operation at a large eastern arsenal working full speed for total war

Production. Marine boilers. A turning operation on a large gun mount casting in a big Midwest plant backing the war production drive with all its facilities

Production. Aircraft. A master mechanic works over a Flying Fortress power plant at a big Western aircraft factory

Skilled workers needed on torpedoes. Skilled drill press operator working on a torpedo bulkhead in an eastern Navy arsenal

Expert machinist on armaments. Boring and facing a setter fuze in one operation at a large eastern arsenal working full speed for total war

Skilled machine operator. A finishing cut on a turbine wheel in an eastern Navy arsenal where production has been stepped up to top speed to meet war needs

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

Caption edited by agency.

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 37, frame 37.

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01/01/1942
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Production. Parachute making. There is far more to hemming this parachute than running the sewing machine. The operator must match pencil marks on the braid with pencil marks on the seams to turn out infallible parachutes for men in the Air Force. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

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

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Wings for "Valiant" basic trainers at Vultee's Downey, California plant. At the Downey plant is made the BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainer--a fast, sturdy ship powered by a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine

A black and white photo of two women working in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

Shipbuilding (Newport News). These are mold loft workers laying out patterns for various parts of naval vessels under construction. These patterns are subsequently transferred to steel

Alexander McConnell House, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Tire recapping. A recap job on a passenger car tire. The tire with a tread strip of reclaimed camelback rubber is put into a curing mold. The old tread surface had previously been ground down evenly and coated with rubber adhesive. The plan to recap passenger tires with reclaimed rubber camelback, approved by rubber director William M. Jeffers, was put into effect in February 1943 to reduce the demand for replacement tires and still keep civilian cars in service

Col. Knox appears before Senate Naval Affairs Committee. Washington, D.C., July 2. A general view of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee room as Col. Frank Knox testified today regarding his qualifications to be secretary of the Navy. Knock can bee seen on the right facing the Committee, 7-2-40

Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia. In the Mary-Leila cotton mill

Church of St. Clement, 1701 N. Quaker Lane, Alexandria, Virginia. Exterior detail

U.S.S. New York, 3 legged race, anniversary of Santiago

U.S.S. Vixen, machine gun and crew

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