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LaBelle Iron Works, Thirtieth & Wood Streets, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

A black and white photo of a man loading a truck. Ohio during Great Depression.

Women in industry. Tool production. The hum of whirling machinery accompanies the work of these women cut-off machine operators who are processing small machine parts in a Midwest drill and tool plant. Although this work is relatively unskilled, industrial experience was new to most of these women, many of whom had previously been waitresses, schoolteachers or saleswomen. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

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A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

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Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches).

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 41, frame 527.

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illinois cook county chicago nitrate negatives lot 1982 ann rosener united states office of war information women work tool production tool plant tool company ultra high resolution high resolution office of war information farm security administration united states history workers industrial history library of congress
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01/01/1942
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chicago
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Library of Congress
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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

Chicago, Illinois. Lake Michigan beach

Street scene in the Negro district on Easter morning. Chicago, Illinois

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

Miss Anita Francois, left, salesgirl in the Rosetta Frocks dress shop, selling a skirt to a customer. Chicago, Illinois

In the kitchen of the Carr home. Ida B. Wells Housing Project, Chicago, Illinois

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

Citation winners. Donald M. Nelson, (extreme left) Chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), and William G. Marshall (extreme right) director of the WPB, are here shown outside the White House with certificate winner Stanley Crawford, (second from left) and citation winner Edwin Curtiss Tracy, both employees of the RCA Manufacturing Company, Camden, New Jersey

New York, New York. Industrial training for war work offered to women by New York University under United States government sponsorship. Former jewelery [i.e., jewelry] designer, who made the pin and earrings she wears, learning to weld and solder by constructing these miniature radio towers

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

Squatters' shacks along the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. Many of the men living here during the winter work in the nearby orchards of the Williamette and Yakima Valley in the summer

In time of war there is no excuse for carelessness, and it is carelessness that is responsible for the loss of most tire mileage. Running into a curb can mean a break in the tire wall, or at least a weakening. Blowouts are more apt to occur when these sidewalls are in bad condition

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illinois cook county chicago nitrate negatives lot 1982 ann rosener united states office of war information women work tool production tool plant tool company ultra high resolution high resolution office of war information farm security administration united states history workers industrial history library of congress