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This young woman and her family moved from the area taken over by the Army to a prefabricated house built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) to take care of some of the farmers who had to move. Milford, Caroline County, Virginia

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Left to right: Mrs. Henrietta Nesbitt, White House housekeeper; Mrs. Roosevelt, Assistant Director of the Office of Civilian Defense: Harriet Elliott, Associate Administrator in charge of the Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA). Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Nesbitt, took the "Consumer Pledge for Total Defense" drafted by Miss Harriet Elliott. The pledge reads: "As a consumer, in the total defense of democracy, my country ready, efficient, and strong; I will buy carefully. I will take good care of the things I have. I will waste nothing"

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Left to right: Mrs. Henrietta Nesbitt, White House housekeeper; Mrs. Roosevelt, Assistant Director of the Office of Civilian Defense: Harriet Elliott, Associate Administrator in charge of the Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA). Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Nesbitt, took the "Consumer Pledge for Total Defense" drafted by Miss Harriet Elliott. The pledge reads: "As a consumer, in the total defense of democracy, my country ready, efficient, and strong; I will buy carefully. I will take good care of the things I have. I will waste nothing"

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Antiaircraft gun carriage. The elevating mechanism is assembled on a thirty-seven-millimeter antiaircraft gun carriage nearing completion. Care and precision is the watchword in the assembling of these mechanisms. A 300-mile-per-hour target requires a precision instrument to allow the gunner to stay with it. War program production scene in one of Pennsylvania's heavy industry plants now converted to the production of vitally needed military equipment. AETNA. Ellwood City, Pennsylvania

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Making the wire beads. Beads which reinforce the tire and hold it firmly on the rim, are made of the highest grade piano wire, and are extremely tough and durable. They must be made to precisely the correct length, and are foiled on the machine illustrated here. Care must be taken that there are no burrs, slivers or rough spots which might cut into the bead wrapping or fabric. General Tires, Akron, Ohio

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Bulk wheat elevator on farm. This elevator was built from plans drawn up and furnished by the State Extension Service and AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration). These farm elevators are designed to take care of the bumper crop of wheat this year for which there is not adequate storage space. Walla Walla County, Washington

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Group of prefabricated houses and privies that have been built by the FSA (Farm Security Administration) to take care of some of the white farmers who had to move out of the area taken over by the Army for maneuver grounds. Milford, Caroline County, Virginia

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The Herbster youngsters are hard on shoes, clothes and the larder. Left to right they are: Robert, 12; Irene, 11; Joseph, 14; and Ruth, 9. The boys belong to the Service League of Mravlag Manor. They act as junior police, taking care of the young children and seeing there is peace and order in the neighborhood. The girls belong to the cooking and sewing classes held by the Manor

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Prefabricated houses built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) to take care of some of the Negro farmers who had to move out of the area being taken over by the Army. Milford, Caroline, Virginia

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Civilian defense volunteers receiving instruction in proper care for man with spine injury. First aid class. American Red Cross, New York City

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This woman and her family moved from the Army maneuver ground area to a prefabricated house built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) to take care of some of these families. Milford, Caroline County, Virginia

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Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. Substation no. 38 window display: Take care of what you have

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Mr. La Rosa, Italian vegetable farmer in Methuen, Massachusetts. Both he and a son work at the Plymouth mill in Lawrence, and in the summer the son takes care of the farm

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Farm wheat elevator, Walla Walla County, Washington. The estimated 1941 crop was 55,000,000 bushels for the state, 15,000,000 bushels of last year's wheat was still in storage--making a total of 70,000,000 bushels of wheat to be stored. After all available storage facilities were used there would be at least 10,000,000 bushels over. State Farm Extension Service and AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration) had drawn up plans for farm elevators to take care of this wheat

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Prefabricated houses built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) to take care of some of the colored families that had to move out of the area taken over by the Army in Caroline County, Milford, Virginia

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The air raid protective services. No single factor is more important in the maintenance of high morale among bombing victims than the helping hand of the Emergency Food and Housing Corps. A glass of milk, a cup of coffee, a cigarette, a clean cot--these are vital to the proper care of air raid sufferers, injured or not

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On guard against sabotage, this patrolman at a large defense production plant gives soldierly care to a rifle that may stop a saboteur. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

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Group of prefabricated houses for Negroes built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) to take care of some of the families who had to move out of the area taken over by the Army for maneuver grounds. Milford, Caroline County, Virginia

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Civilian defense volunteers receiving instruction in proper care for man with spine injury. First aid class. New York City

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Prefabricated houses built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) to take care of some of the Negro farmers who had to move out of the area being taken over by the Army. Milford, Caroline, Virginia

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The air raid protective services. One of the vital cogs in the civilian defense machine is the volunteer driver, whose duties include transportation of personnel and materials wherever they are needed. These volunteers are trained in the essentials of auto-mechanics, so that they may take care of minor motor troubles themselves"

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The air raid protective services. No single factor is more important in the maintenance of high morale among bombing victims than the helping hand of the Emergency Food and Housing Corps. A glass of milk, a cup of coffee, a cigarette, a clean cot--these are vital to the proper care of air raid sufferers, injured or not

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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Henry Colomy, Jr., is the beauty expert at the trailer camp. She does not charge for her services, and young housewives return her kindness by taking care of Mrs. Colomy's young son when she does her weekly shopping, or sometimes in the form of gifts. The husbands of both Mrs. Colomy and Mrs. Rogan (seated) are employed at the General Electric plant in Erie, Pennsylvania

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Group of prefabricated houses and privies that have been built by the FSA (Farm Security Administration) to take care of some of the white farmers who had to move out of the area taken over by the Army for maneuver grounds. Milford, Caroline County, Virginia

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Prefabricated houses built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) to take care of some of the Negro farmers who had to move out of the area being taken over by the Army. Milford, Caroline County, Virginia

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Civilian defense volunteers receiving instruction in proper care for man with spine injury. The first aid class of the American Red Cross, at New York City

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This woman and her family moved from the Army maneuver ground area to a prefabricated house built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) to take care of some of these families. Milford, Caroline County, Virginia

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Weighing ingredients. As in any recipe, this measuring of ingredients for the "batch" of the rubber must be done with great care. At this point it is determined whether the raw rubber will be converted into tread stock, fabric gum, tube stock, repair material or mechanical rubber stock. All ingredients--rubber, chemicals, liquids--are placed in the metal tub, and delivered to the mill room for processing. General Tires, Akron, Ohio

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Sabine Farms homesteaders sign contract for medical care with Dr. A.O. Lee, Negro physician of Marshall, Texas. Sabine Farms near Marshall

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This young woman and her family moved from the area taken over by the Army to a prefabricated house built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) to take care of some of the farmers who had to move. Milford, Caroline County, Virginia

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Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. Substation no. 38 window display: Take good care of the appliances you have

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Beltsville, Maryland. Employees of the United States Department of Agriculture experimental farm demonstrating the care and repair of farm machinery for posters to be used in a "Share and Repair" conservation program

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Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Draft Board Number 5 which takes care of Lititz cases along with neighboring towns. Left to right: back to camera, John L. Bowman, attorney; George C. Ballman (secretary), hat manufacturer; Harold Shirker, full time clerk; W.E. Buchholder (chairman), Justice of the Peace, and insurance and real estate man in Ephrata; and A.L. Douple, Lititz banker

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Hitler's helpmates. Mabel Wattwaster is helping to win the war--but she's working for the wrong side. As she drones gossip into the telephone, her toast burns merrily away. She is not only wasting food and power, but is also impairing the efficiency of her toaster by letting it overheat. Mabel knows that much household equipment like toasters will be irreplacable for the duration. She also believes in the consumer's victory pledge ("I will take good care of the things I have . . ."), but still there are times Hitler is counting on her to lower America's civilian resources, and ultimately to weaken America's morals

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High school Victory Corps. In true commando style, this young student at Flushing High School, Queens, New York, is learning to take care of himself no matter what the circumstances may be. High cliffs and walls won't stop him when he is old enough to serve in the armed forces

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Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Sergeant Williams receiving dental care at the 41st Engineers clinic

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Beltsville, Maryland. Employees of the United States Department of Agriculture experimental farm demonstrating the care and repair of farm machinery for posters to be used in a "Share and Repair" conservation program

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New York, New York. The Lincoln School of Teachers' College, Columbia University. Learning how to take care of a broken leg in first aid class

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Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workers in chemical plant receive free medical care

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Conversion. Frying pans to aircraft parts. One of the owners of an Eastern manufacturing company explains the workings of a soundproof auxiliary engine cover to a friend. He's producing this engine cover on an experimental basis now, along with small aircraft parts, instead of the egg poachers and frying pans he used to make before converting his plant to war production. This cover will enclose motors used on four-engine bombers to take care of retracting gear and other essentials not connected with the main drive engine. Precision Metal Company, New York City, New York

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Turlock, California. Women have been active in Red Cross work. They have perfected plans for taking care of possible evacuees from the coast

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Greenbelt, Maryland. Tenants cultivating their garden plot. Each tenant receives a fifty foot plot. It costs him a dollar to have it plowed, and he must then take care of it himself, or make some arrangement with a neighbor. Plots are situated outside the housing zone

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Operations department of pursuit squadron. These men take care of records and of other details necessary for operation of the pursuit squadron. Lake Muroc, California

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Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Reaming rocker shaft bushings for Pratt and Whitney airplane motors at a large Eastern plant. The care with which work of this kind is done goes a long way toward explaining the excellent performances of American airplane engines in action. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

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Nyssa, Oregon. FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile camp now inhabited by Japanese-Americans who volunteered to do farm work. The U.S. Employment Service and the local sugar beet companies made agreements as to wages, working conditions, transportation, recreational facilities and medical care

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Conservation of durable goods. There'll be a long wait between new stoves, so it's smart to take care of the one you've got. Whether it operates by gas or electricity, coal or wood, there's one motto to hand above it: Keep it clean. A little soap and water will go a long way toward keeping it functioning at its best. If it is encrusted with grease or

Production. Making boilers. Great care is taken in producing steam boilers for the Army in a big Midwest plant. A defect detected by X-ray examination of the steel is chipped out by an air hammer

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Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. A completed Pratt and Whitney airplane motor ready for installation in a plane is prepared for shipment from a large Eastern plant. The care that is taken producing this fine engine extends even to the work of packing it properly, with every assurance that it will not be damaged in transit. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

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Beltsville, Maryland. Employees of the United States Department of Agriculture experimental farm demonstrating the care and repair of farm machinery for posters to be used in a "Share and Repair" conservation program

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Nurse training. Taking care of an oxygen-tent patient is one of the many duties which students like young Susan Petty must perform during their apprenticeship

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Washington, D.C. United States Office of Civilian Defense worker taking care of people who have been driven from their home by flood waters

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Pinedale (Calif.) Assembly Center - the women look tidy here as they take care of the family washing

Photograph shows several Japanese American women, detainees at an assembly center, washing clothes in large galvanized washtubs. Signal Corps photo: 9CA-42-2880-PSF. S 77. Blind stamped in lower right: U.S. Ar More

Nurse training. Nurses must not only know how to care for infants themselves, but they must also be able to instruct each mother in the proper care of her child

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Nyssa, Oregon. FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile camp now inhabited by Japanese-Americans who volunteered to do farm work. The U.S. Employment Service and the local sugar beet companies made agreements as to wages, working conditions, transportation, recreational facilities and medical care

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Nurse training. The utmost skill is required of nurses who care for children in the orthopedic ward

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Newport, New Jersey (vicinity). Ellis Handby takes care of the rabbits and ducklings on his father's farm

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Childersburg, Alabama. Cousa Court defense housing project. Dupont powder plant defense worker, Albert Forest Smith, JR., and his wife, Fay Saunders Smith, look forward to using their car for the duration of the war, by slow driving and constant care

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Beltsville, Maryland. Employees of the United States Department of Agriculture experimental farm demonstrating the care and repair of farm machinery for posters to be used in a "Share and Repair" conservation program

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Production. Milling machines and machine castings. A view of the manufacturing area of a large machine tool plant. The finished parts and sub-assemblies stacked in the foreground give some idea of the complexity of machine tools. One average milling machine has about 2000 separate metal parts, most of which require much more skill and care than those of the automobile

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Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workers in chemical plant receive free medical care

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Nyssa, Oregon. FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile camp now inhabited by Japanese-Americans who volunteered to do farm work. The U.S. Employment Service and the local sugar beet companies made agreements as to wages, working conditions, transportation, recreational facilities and medical care

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Eleven Mile Corner, Arizona. FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm workers' community. Girls, who live at the NYA (National Youth Administration) resident center learning baby care. The nurse, who divides her time between working at the hospital and instructing the NYA girls, is showing them how to care for a well baby

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Women at war (Mrs. Smuda). "The sweetest lady I ever met.. Dear Mother, I won't forget." So reads this pillow, sent Mrs. Smuda by her youngest son now at camp. But unlike Whistler's immortalized parent, the mother of the Smuda family spends little time in an armchair. She's much too busy working for Uncle Sam at the Frankford Arsenal and taking active care of her home and family after hours

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Pinedale (Calif.) Assembly Center - the attention of a dentist was part of the medical care afforded evacuees, licensed dentists amoung the evacuees performing this service / U.S. Army Signal Corps.

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Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. A power section for a Pratt and Whitney airplane engine is installed at a large Eastern plant. This, like all other manufacturing or assembly operations, is handled with the greatest care to assure faultless operation of a fine engine for a fine plane. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Answering the nation's need for womanpower, Mrs. Virginia Davis made arrangements for the care of her two children during the day and joined her husband at work in the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. Both are employed under civil service in the assembly and repair department. Mrs. Davis' training will enable her to take the place of her husband should he be called by the armed service

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Nyssa. Oregon. FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile camp now inhabited by Japanese-Americans who volunteered to do farm work. The U.S. Employment Service and the local sugar beet companies made agreements as to wages, working conditions, transportation, recreational facilities and medical care

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Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under FSA (Farm Security Administration) management. In the clinic at the camp which now houses Japanese-American farm workers. Medical care is provided by the sugar beet companies

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Nurse training. Care of prematurely born babies is one of the most complicated procedures which must be learned by the student nurse. Feeding, bathing and diaper changing are carried on inside the incubator, in which temperature, humidity and oxygen must be carefully regulated. The oxygen tank can be seen in the background

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Nurse training. Nurses learn the care of patients suffering from burns. Here, the nurse paints a boy's burned back with sulfathiasol. The treatment of burns is of much public interest in these days of warfare on civilian populations with incendiary bombs

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A woman in a nurse's uniform sitting at a table. Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches). Annotation on negative. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Div More

Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. Girls learn first aid care as part of Roosevelt High School's Victory Corps activities. Students at this Los Angeles, California, school are trained to fit into many phases of war work

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Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Draft Board Number 5, which takes care of Lititz cases along with neighboring towns. Left to right: back to camera, A.L. Douple, Lititz banker; W.E. Buchholder (chairman), Justice of the Peace, and insurance and real estate man in Ephrata; Harold Shirker, full time clerk; George C. Ballman, secretary, hat manufacturer; John L. Bowman, attorney

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Conversion. Auto plant to 75- and 155-mm shell production. The work of pointing shells must be conducted with care. Shells must be perfect to insure accurate performance. But high standards of accuracy are nothing new to the former automobile plant where these shells are being made. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

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Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. A power section for a Pratt and Whitney airplane engine is installed at a large Eastern plant. This, like all other manufacturing or assembly operations, is handled with the greatest care to assure faultless operation of a fine engine for a fine plane. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

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Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Workers in chemical plant receive free dental care

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Production. Parachute making. These women sew yards of silk together into flare parachutes, a task which requires just as much care and skill as does working on parachutes that will bear men. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

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Beltsville, Maryland. Employees of the United States Department of Agriculture experimental farm demonstrating the care and repair of farm machinery for posters to be used in a "Share and Repair" conservation program

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Beltsville, Maryland. Employees of the United States Department of Agriculture experimental farm demonstrating the care and repair of farm machinery for posters to be used in a "Share and Repair" conservation program

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Need a spring coat? Be sure to look at the label to find the wool content of the garment. If you know exactly what you're buying, you'll know what the cost should be and how to take care of it

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Taking care of the kick-back. Recoil rails are assembled for a medium caliber gun rushed for the war production program in an eastern arsenal

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A black and white photo of a woman holding a baby. Office of War Information Photograph

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Corpus Christi, Texas. Privately supported tuberculosis clinic supervised by a doctor. Majority of the patients are Latin-American. Making plans for medical care

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Beltsville, Maryland. Employees of the United States Department of Agriculture experimental farm demonstrating the care and repair of farm machinery for posters to be used in a "Share and Repair" conservation program

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Agriculture. Women on farms. There's a feminine hand at the controls of many of America's activities these days. Like many other farm wives whose husbands are engaged in war work, Mrs. William Wood manages a 120 acre farm in Colona, Michigan, with little male assistance. With a crop of corn, tomatoes and rasberries to harvest, she still finds time to care for her own Victory garden and to attend a first-aid class. And for the scrap drive Mrs. Wood salvaged 1,600 pounds of outworn metal and rubber articles from the farm, and contributed them to her local collection agency

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Nurse training. Care of infants is included in all nurses training. This youngster is about to get an eye irrigation. Note that nurse wears goggles for self-protection from possible infection

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Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. Substation no. 38 window display: Take good care of what you have

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Washington, D.C. United States Office of Civilian Defense worker taking care of people who have been driven from their home by flood waters

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Nurse training. Care of infants is part of every student nurse's training

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Beltsville, Maryland. Employees of the United States Department of Agriculture experimental farm demonstrating the care and repair of farm machinery for posters to be used in a "Share and Repair" conservation program

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There'll be a long wait for new stoves, so take care of the one you own. Whether it operates by gas or electricity, coal or wood, hang this motto above it: Keep it Clean. A little soap and warm water will go a long way toward preserving its life and usefulness. If it's encrusted with grease, use steel wool to clean it

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Girls who live at the NYA (National Youth Administration) resident center, located at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm workers' community at Eleven Mile Corner, learn baby care. The nurse, who divides her time between work at the hospital and instruction of NYA girls, is showing the girls how to care for a baby. Eleven Mile Corner, Arizona

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Fort Knox. Earth moving equipment. The big "shoes" of a carryall scraper, working on a new access road at Fort Knox, Kentucky, are given the best of care. A mechanic removes nails and bits of glass and metal from a costly tire that must give many more miles of service

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Forming lucite (a shatter-proof plastic "glass") for war plane enclosures requires extreme care. Here an employee at North American Aviation's Inglewood, California plant cleans a mold with compressed air before forming the part. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

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Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Veneer panels for our combat planes will be made from this half-round log of walnut being withdrawn from the steaming vat of a Midwest factory. Great care must be taken in this vatting operation to raise various species of wood to the temperatures at which they can be cut smoothly. Louisville, Kentucky

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Nurse training. Post-operative care of patients is part of every nurse's responsibility. This nurse is showing a patient, recovering from a mastectomy, how to exercise her arm properly

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Beltsville, Maryland. Employees of the United States Department of Agriculture experimental farm demonstrating the care and repair of farm machinery for posters to be used in a "Share and Repair" conservation program

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Beltsville, Maryland. Employees of the United States Department of Agriculture experimental farm demonstrating the care and repair of farm machinery for posters to be used in a "Share and Repair" conservation program

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At the well baby clinic at the Cairns General Hospital at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm workers' community. The well baby clinic meets once a week and babies are weighed, measured, and others given instructions as to their care, feeding, etc. Three of those babies were born at the Cairns Hospital. Eleven Mile Corner, Arizona

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Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under FSA (Farm Security Administration) management. In the clinic at the camp which now houses Japanese-American farm workers. Medical care is provided by the sugar beet companies

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