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The careful hands of women are trained in precise aircraft engine installation duties at Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif

Women are trained to do precise and vital engine installation detail in Douglas Aircraft Company plants, Long Beach, Calif.

Women are trained to do precise and vital engine installation detail in Douglas Aircraft Company plants, Long Beach, Calif

Women are trained as engine mechanics in thorough Douglas training methods, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

With careful Douglas training, women do accurate electrical assembly and installation work, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif

Women are trained as engine mechanics in thorough Douglas training methods, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif

With careful Douglas training, women do accurate electrical assembly and installation work, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Woman at work on motor, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Carefully trained women inspectors check and inspect cargo transport innerwings before they are assembled on the fuselage, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

The careful hands of women are trained in precise aircraft engine installation duties at Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

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Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

WWII color photographs. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Color Photographs from the Library of Congress. The original images are color transparencies ranging in size from 35 mm. to 4x5 inches. Photographers working for the U.S. government's Farm Security Administration (FSA) and later the Office of War Information (OWI) between 1939 and 1944 made approximately 1,600 color photographs that depict life in the United States, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The pictures focus on rural areas and farm labor, as well as aspects of World War II mobilization, including factories, railroads, aviation training, and women working.

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douglas aircraft company airplane industry women employment world war assembly line methods california long beach transparencies color hands aircraft engine installation duties aircraft engine installation duties douglas company long beach ww 2 in color american workers in color economic and social conditions workers worker kodachrome 1940 s women young woman interior factory 1940 s 40 s united states history library of congress
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01/01/1939
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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
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American Workers in Color

WWII color photographs.
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Long Beach ,  33.76696, -118.18923
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Library of Congress
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douglas aircraft company airplane industry women employment world war assembly line methods california long beach transparencies color hands aircraft engine installation duties aircraft engine installation duties douglas company long beach ww 2 in color american workers in color economic and social conditions workers worker kodachrome 1940 s women young woman interior factory 1940 s 40 s united states history library of congress