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Study in concentration. Apprentice at an eastern arsenal, operates an engine lathe under the watchful eye of an instructor. Many such study operators are being trained for the war program

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Study in concentration. Apprentice at an eastern arsenal, operates an engine lathe under the watchful eye of an instructor. Many such study operators are being trained for the war program

Apprentice training. Apprentice training for the war program. Here is a student ordinance worker at an eastern arsenal

Brushing up. Apprentices study drafting-room technique in classes at an eastern arsenal. Every kind of skill is going into preparation for war work

Massachusetts attack. Problems of production for war work are studied by apprentices in an eastern arsenal. Instructors explain the operation of a radical drill

Massachusetts attack. Problems of production for war work are studied by apprentices in an eastern arsenal. Instructors explain the operation of a radical drill

Apprentice training. Apprentice training for the war program. Here is a student ordinance worker at an eastern arsenal

Brushing up. Apprentices study drafting-room technique in classes at an eastern arsenal. Every kind of skill is going into preparation for war work

War program keeps its eye on the ballistics. These 50 caliber machine guns are being inspected in the ballistics laboratory at an eastern armory

Inspectors instructed. Student inspectors learn the ins and outs of their trade at an eastern arsenal. The mechanism under discussion is that of a 37 mm gun anti-aircraft carriage, M-3, one of the army being turned out for war work

Study in concentration. Apprentice at an eastern arsenal, operates an engine lathe under the watchful eye of an instructor. Many such study operators are being trained for the war program

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Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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01/01/1942
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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
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Fort Worth, Texas. Meacham Field. Instructor and students

PREPAREDNESS PARADE. MANY WOMEN CARRYING HUGE FLAG

Canning plant employees grading beans. Dania, Florida. Many of these workers are migrants

War production drive. The war production drive committee in the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company plant in Cleveland approved this pledge card. The signing of each card impressed the worker with his individual responsibility for the success of the drive. Many other plants have used similar pledges and many plants forward these signed pledges to Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), as a gesture of their commitment to increase production

Conversion. Food machinery plant. This turret lathe was purchased second-hand from a nearby shoe factory to speed production on war subcontracts held by a New England plant which formerly turned out cube steak machinery. Edwin Becker is checking on a retooling job in progress which will eventually fit the new lathe to thread three-and-a-quarter-inch hexagonal nuts. Becker is checking the measurements of the tool hole in the turret with those of the specially-built tap which will do the threading. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts

Sweeper and Doffer Boys, Lancaster Mills (Cotton). S.C. Many more as small. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina.

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. Top-notch performance of our big bombers is made a matter of certainty by the ground crews of the Air Force. A soldier-mechanic at Langley Field, Virginia makes an engine adjustment on a mighty YB-17 bomber under the critical eye of a sergeant

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. This is a South Bend swing lathe used formerly in the manufacture of merry-go-rounds. This machine, along with others in this New York state plant is now turning out bits and pieces for our war program. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Full rigged ship "Joseph Conrad" used for training apprentice seamen of the United States Maritime Service

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, Apprentice School, 97 East Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

Parris Island, South Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps glider detachment training camp. Trainees and instructor

Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington, D.C., like those in most other sections of the country, have revised their curricula to fit the pupils for fuller participation in the war effort. They have gone all-out for the Program of Civilian Defense, which includes child care and training. At the Margaret Murray Washington Vocational School, pre-school guidance as well as free play activities are provided. Miss L.C. Randolph is principal and Mrs. Vivian T. Turner, instructor in the child care and training classes

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safety film negatives study concentration apprentice engine lathe engine lathe eye instructor many operators study operators war program 1940s 40s united states history workers 1940 s library of congress