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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, and Phelps Vocational School has become an important training center for workers in war plants. Photo shows young women operating a lathe in the machine shop at this school

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 at Phelps Vocational High School class in aircraft maintenance and repair, learning the intricacies of an airplane motor

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 at Phelps Vocational High School class in aircraft maintenance and repair, learning the intricacies of an airplane motor

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. Many of the schools have their Victory Gardens. Photo shows boys preparing the soil for their community Victory Garden under supervision of one of their teachers

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. Photo shows vocational high school pupil learning welding preparatory to becoming an industrial war worker

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

A black and white photo of a woman in a kitchen. Office of War Information Photograph

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

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 and at the Margaret Murray Washington Vocational School, courses in home-making and the preservation of foods are now taught all young women. Photo shows Miss Elizabeth Wood blanching carrots to loosen skin for removal

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, and Phelps Vocational School has become an important training center for workers in war plants. Photo shows young women operating a lathe in the machine shop at this school

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Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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district of columbia washington dc safety film negatives washington schools war sections country curricula pupils participation effort war effort program civilian defense civilian defense phelps vocational school phelps vocational school center workers plants war plants photo women lathe machine shop machine shop 1940 s women young woman 1940 s 40 s industrial facilities machine shops united states history library of congress
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01/01/1943
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Smith, Roger, photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States ,  38.90719, -77.03687
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Fair employment practices in defense industries. A poster distributed by the OEM (Office of Emergency Management) Labor Division and the President's Committe on Fair Employment Practice to war plants and employment offices throughout the United States

War production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. The War Production Board (WPB) produced these stickers for distribution in war plants. They were designed for pasting on workers' machines to stimulate output of vital war materials. Sheets of assorted stickers may be obtained by writing Distribution Section, War Production Drive Headquarters, Washington, D.C

Federal Board [of] Vocational Education, 10/10/23

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

Production. Copper (refining). Casting house in a large copper refining operation. Here sheets of pure copper, formed by electrolysis, are melted and cast into ingots. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Give It Your Best. Three-color (red, white and blue) poster designed and distributed July 1 by the Division of Information, Office for Emergency Management (OEM) , for display in war plants throughout the nation. Sizes available: 40 x 56 in., 28 x 40 in. 28 12 x 20 in., 14 x 20 in. and 10 x 18 in

Aluminum casting. One of the skilled workers in an aluminum foundry pictured ramming the drag side of a sand mold. This foundry is producing aluminum equipment for Uncle Sam's war effort, under subcontract to other factories producing war items. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Woman volunteer checking and posting ceiling prices for the U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Casting ingots from copper at a Phelps Dodge refining company plant

The air raid protective services. Civilian protection workers go after damaged lines to restore service immediately. Insignia is that of road repair squads, but rescue squad and utility repair squad members may do similar work

Two men working on a piece of wood. Office of War Information Photograph

Morenci, Arizona. Bulldozer operator at one of the open-pit copper mines of the Phelps Dodge mining corporation

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district of columbia washington dc safety film negatives washington schools war sections country curricula pupils participation effort war effort program civilian defense civilian defense phelps vocational school phelps vocational school center workers plants war plants photo women lathe machine shop machine shop 1940 s women young woman 1940 s 40 s industrial facilities machine shops united states history library of congress