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War Department besieged by job applicants. Washington, D.C., June 12. Defense preparations have resulted in an unusual rush of applicants for jobs in the War Department. So much so, War Department officials have set aside a special space on the ground floor for interviews and the fillings out of application blanks
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War Department besieged by job applicants. Washington, D.C., June 12. Defense preparations have resulted in an unusual rush of applicants for jobs in the War Department. So much so, War Department officials have set aside a special space on the ground floor for interviews and the fillings out of application blanks
War worker goes to Washington. Acting on the advice of the personnel advisor in her section of the War Department, Miss Clara Camille Carroll registers at the War Housing desk at the United States Informational Service, Fourteenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, North West. This office was established to aid war workers in obtaining suitable living quarters
Working on emergency war office space. Washington, D.C.
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. Photo shows pupils from model airplane class demonstrating types of fighter planes
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. Photo shows class in model airplane construction at Phelps Vocational High School
Office of Civilian Defense worker help protect nation's capital. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they may encounter are the volunteer auxiliary firemen of Washington, D.C. Trained to fight incendiary and fires of other causes during raids, they are shown carrying hose into a building during a drill
Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. Well-equipped machine shops and competent teachers help make competent war workers at this WPAd vocational training school in Washington, D.C. A large percentage of the students of this school are absorbed by war industries immediately after completing the course
War Labor Board. Here are eleven of the twelve members of the War Labor Board, pictured before their initial meeting on January 16, 1942. Seated are, left to right, vice chairman George W. Taylor, chairman William H. Davis and Frank P. Graham, three of the four public members of the board. The fourth, Wayne L. Morse, was not present. Standing are, left to right, E. J. McMillan, employers, Matthew J. Woll, labor, Walter C. Teagle, employers, A. W. Hawkes, employers, Roger D. Lapham, employers, three labor members: George Meany, Thomas Kennedy and R.J. Thomas
Priorities unemployment. New skills, new opportunities. The U.S. employment office advised John Jones to enroll in a defense training course in his own community. There were vocational courses in local schools to choose from or opportunites for training right on the job through the Office of Production Management's (OPM) training within industry program. Training within industry has been installed in nearly 2000 defense plants employing over 2,000,000 workers
War Department besieged by job applicants. Washington, D.C., June 12. Defense preparations have resulted in an unusual rush of applicants for jobs in the War Department. So much so, War Department officials have set aside a special space on the ground floor for interviews and the fillings out of application blanks
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Date
1910 - 1920
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Harris & Ewing, photographer
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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38.90719, -77.03687
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Library of Congress
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