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The silent sorrow of the enfranchised slave.

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Erie County Hall, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

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Buffalo, New York. Willert Park housing project. U.S. Housing Authority

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Oil burners to machine gun parts. Machining of a fixture to be used on milling machines which have been converted from production of oil burners to the manufacture of small precision parts for machine guns. Location: a factory in upper New York State. Reif-Rexoil Company, Buffalo, New York

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Auto conversion to airplane engines. With normal operations of this automobile factory suspended for the duration, the gigantic task of converting the entire plant (floor space: 500' x 900') to war production was taken over by the National Defense Plant Corporation. This involved all degrees of remodelling, the removal of old and installation of new machinery, and extensive rebuilding of the plant itself. This hand milling machine, formerly used in manufacture of automobile motors, has been converted to production of airplane engines. In peacetime it was used to mill the pulley keyway on the front of crankshafts. It cost $150 to convert this $1,800 machine with installation of a special fixture to enable milling of staking nicks at each end of crankpin oil hobs. Chevrolet, Buffalo, New York

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Oil burners to machine gun parts. Oil burners are the normal product of this Eastern factory now undergoing conversion to production of small precision parts for machine guns. This machine has been converted to production of gun parts. Reif-Rexoil Company, Buffalo, New York

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Auto conversion to airplane engines. With one hundred percent conversion of this automobile factory to production of airplane engines, the gigantic task of remodelling old machinery, removal of old and installation of new equipment, and extensive rebuilding of the plant itself was formidable--but speedy. Under terms of its contract, production was not scheduled until October, but Herulean efforts of management and labor reduced this to early spring of this year. Carloads of scrap material torn out of the plant are shown here at a siding back of the factory. Chevrolet, Buffalo, New York

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Auto conversion to airplane engines. With normal operations of this automobile factory suspended for the duration, the gigantic task of converting the entire plant to war production was taken over by the National Defense Plant Corporation. This involved all degrees of remodelling, the removal of old and installation of new machinery, and extensive rebuilding of the plant itself. An ex-automobile worker is pictured here operating a centering machine to determine the plain and stroke of an airplane engine crankshaft. Chevrolet, Buffalo, New York

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Oil burners to machine gun parts. Oil burners are the normal product of this Eastern factory now undergoing conversion to production of small precision parts for machine guns. This milling machine has not yet been converted to the war effort and is still turning out parts for burners. Reif-Rexoil Company, Buffalo, New York

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Auto conversion to airplane engines. Automobile company personnel and U.S. Army inspectors view expanse of freshly laid cement covering track wells where freight cars rolled before December 1941. With one hundred percent conversion to airplane motor production, new machinery and equipment will occupy this space. Other requirements of conversion included the denuding of five and one-half miles of overhead conveyers. Chevrolet, Buffalo, New York

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Oil burners to machine gun parts. Fixture which holds bare of raw materials from which small pieces, cut to size, are obtained for production of precision parts for Uncle Sam's machine gun squads. Site of these operations is an Eastern factory which has been converted from manufacture of oil burners to production of war essentials. Reif-Rexoil Company, Buffalo, New York

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Oil burners to machine gun parts. With conversion of a New York State oil-burner plant to production of precision parts for machine guns, additional equipment and manpower were mandatory. Unable to purchase sufficient new machines, these two used to hand operated milling machines were installed. The young worker was recruited from a defense vocational training school. Reif-Rexoil Company, Buffalo, New York

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Auto conversion to airplane engines. "We'll be turning out as many airplane engines as Carter does pills," employees of a converted automobile factory told OEM (Office of Emergency Management) photographer. Now undergoing one hundred percent conversion to airplane motor production, this factory employs thousands of workers who are familiarizing themselves with the newly installed tools and machines. Two workers here lathe the cylinder of an airplane motor. Under terms of its contract, production was not scheduled until October, but Herculean efforts of management and labor completed the conversion this spring. Chevrolet, Buffalo, New York

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Oil burners to machine gun parts. Using a micrometer to check this small part for an army machine gun, this worker must achieve tolerance not greater than 1/10,000 of an inch. This upper New York state factory, which formerly produced oil burners, is under contract for 75,000 small precision parts for the Army. Its employees are super-skilled workmen, many of whom have been with the firm for decades. Reif-Rexoil Company, Buffalo, New York

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Oil burners to machine gun parts. Painted olive-drab, this oil burner awaits shipment to American armed forces--somewhere in the field. Converted to a large degree to production of precision gun parts, the factory which manufactures these oil burners ships most of them either to the Army or abroad under lend-lease contracts. Reif-Rexoil Company, Buffalo, New York

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Auto conversion to airplane engines. "We'll be turning out as many airplane engines as Carter does pills," employees of a converted automobile factory told OEM (Office of Emergency Management) photographer. Now undergoing one hundred percent conversion to airplane motor production, this factory employs thousands of workers who are familiarizing themselves with the newly installed tools and machines. A worker here operates a vertical Bullard turtle lathe, machining part of the aluminum crank case of a fourteen-cylinder airplane engine. Chevrolet, Buffalo, New York

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Auto conversion to airplane engines. Some of the equipment impossible to convert from automobile engine manufacture to production of airplane motors is shown back of a huge automobile factory. A dismantled paint booth (left foreground) is among the scrap. In the background, against the rising glass roofs of the plant, tar-covered sheds house valuable machines which could not be converted, and are being stored for the duration to make room for the new war equipment. Chevrolet, Buffalo, New York

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Oil burners to machine gun parts. A battery of oil burners ready for shipment. Now undergoing conversion to production of machine gun parts for Uncle Sam's army, this plant has only a small percentage of its equipment still producing oil burners. Those still rolling off the assembly lines are sent primarily to U.S. Army agencies or shipped abroad under lend-lease contracts. Reif-Rexoil Company, Buffalo, New York

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Oil burners to machine gun parts. Not marbles or thimbles, but row upon row of completed machine gun parts, today's production of an oil-burner factory in upper New York State. Manufacture of these small parts requires top skill, for tolerance of 1/10,000 of an inch is demanded by U.S. ordnance officers. Reif-Rexoil Company, Buffalo, New York

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Auto conversion to airplane engines. Once vital to automobile production, these dust pipes, ventilators of spray booths and other relics of pre-war days are relegated to the dump heap, useless now that the plant is one hundred percent converted to production of airplane motors. Chevrolet, Buffalo, New York

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Buffalo, New York. These huge machines cut and slice imperfections from steel castings, in this case, gun barrels. They are manned by a man and a woman helper in the processing department of Republic Steel

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Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Grimm, in the black dress, a twenty-six year old widow, with six children under twelve, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth. Her two youngest children, Mona, two, and Carol, five, live in a foster home during the week. Mrs. Hehr, holding the rabbit, is their foster mother, and is giving a birthday party for Mona

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Buffalo, New York. Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship and railroad parts. Woman operator of a five ton crane picking up rough castings of truck train for railroads. She operated this same crane in the last war; in between was a housewife

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Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at the tuition fee of three dollars weekly. A mother bringing her child

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Buffalo, New York. A Sunday afternoon meeting of the rubber workers union. Despite the fact that the industry has only recently employed women, many of them are attending the meeting

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Buffalo, New York. Parade held to raise money for the cruiser Buffalo

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Buffalo, New York. Purse checkroom at the swingshift dance held weekly from midnight until four a.m. at the Main-Utica ballroom

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Buffalo, New York. At the wedding of Cedelia Wrazen and Bronislaus Nowak, who are of Polish descent. They are employed at Ross Heater, makers of condensers for the Navy. He is temporarily deferred from the Army due to essential work. They apologized for the smallness of the wedding, blamed it on rationing of food, talked of how their parents' weddings had lasted for four days of feasting

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Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Children from outside looking into the nursery school yard longingly

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Buffalo, New York. Grain elevators and coal barge

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Buffalo, New York. Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship, and railroad parts. Rod department. Metal rods are used to reinforce the sand in most molds. After the mold has been used, rods are shaken out of the sand and transported to the Rod department. Here women sort them, and will then straighten them or curve them depending on individual requirements

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Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at the tuition fee three dollars weekly. A mother saying goodbye to her child as she goes to work

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Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Playing in the well-equipped yard

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Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Lee comes to school before breakfast, so has it there

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Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Taking naps after lunch

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Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at the tuition fee of three dollars weekly. An eleven year old boy brings his young sister and brother to school at 6:30 a.m. and stays with them until school opens. Their mother goes to work at 6:00 a.m.

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Buffalo, New York. Polish-American woman operating a lathe which finishes part of the locomotive wheel at the New York Car Wheel Company, makers of locomotive wheels for the railroads

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Buffalo, New York. Parade held to raise money for the cruiser Buffalo

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Buffalo, New York. After being interviewed as to past history and work qualifications, Mabel Goodwin has a physical examination at the Bell Aircraft plant. A nurse records her height and weight. She is forty-five, worked in a factory in the last war, and has since been a housewife and has two children over fourteen

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Buffalo, New York. Carol Grimm, five, getting ready to go to bed in the foster home where she and her sister Mona, two, live during the week. Sundays they are taken home to their mother's. She is a widow of twenty-six, with six children under twelve, and works as a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

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Buffalo, New York. Inside the nearly-emptied hatch of a Duluth grain boat unloading wheat in a grain elevator on the Erie Canal. Men who work here are called scoopers. Here they are guiding the ropes of a shovel which scoops grain into range of the "leg" which drives grain into the tower of an endless belt of buckets

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Buffalo, New York. At the wedding of Cecelia Wrazen and Bronislaus Nowak, who are of Polish descent. They are employed at Ross Heater, makers of condensers for the Navy. Guests and orchestra at the wedding feast

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Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, leaving the store after making the family purchases from a list left that morning by her twenty-six year old widowed mother who is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

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Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at the tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Teacher examining child's throat

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Buffalo, New York. Frank and Laura Czaya praying in church one week after Easter. They were married six months before Frank was drafted. He is now a corporal, stationed in Arkansas and is home on a ten day furlough. Laura works in the Symington-Gould plant; lives in an apartment with her family in Depew. The Czayas are of Polish descent

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Buffalo, New York. Easter high mass at the Corpus Christi church in the Polish community

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Buffalo, New York. Mabel Goodwin, forty-five, poses for an identification photograph at the Bell Aircraft plant. She worked in a factory in the last war; has since been a housewife and has two children over fourteen

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Buffalo, New York. Children of the Polish community leaving church with baskets of food on the day before Easter. The food has been blessed by the priest to celebrate the breaking of Lenten fasting, and is eaten Easter day

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Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Mother, who has come to pick up her child after work plays with other children

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Buffalo, New York. Women have entirely replaced men as chainmen or "hookers" in the finishing department of Republic Steel. "Hookers" place slings and chains around material to be hoisted by cranes so that it can be moved to another section of the plant or loaded onto freight trains

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Buffalo, New York. Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) coeducational recreation program for third shift and swing shift workers from 9 a.m. and 1 and midnight to 5 a.m. includes sports, singing and dancing. Sign in the lobby

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Buffalo, New York. Easter high mass at the Corpus Christi church in the Polish community

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Buffalo, New York. Symington-Gould, makers of tank, ship and railroad parts. Operator of a five-ton crane in the finishing department who operated a crane in the same plant in the last war

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Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, purchasing meat and other groceries from a list left that morning by her twenty-six year old widowed mother who is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

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Buffalo, New York. Peter Grimm, age ten, waiting with his wagon outside Loblaw's grocery store for customers to ask him to deliver their groceries. This was a rainy day with few customers. Sometimes Peter makes as much as three dollars on a Saturday. He pays for all his school supplies and much of his clothing. His mother, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

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Buffalo, New York. Grain boats and grain elevators on the Erie Canal

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Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Each child has own comb and towel, washes himself and combs his won hair

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Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Children from outside looking into the nursery school yard longingly

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Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Reactions to Mother Goose during morning play period

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Buffalo, New York. Woman who already is working in an aircraft factory attending the Burgard Vocational School at night, to learn heavier welding. Brazing an automobile casting

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Buffalo, New York. Patsy Grimm, age six, dusting and Mary Grimm, eight, sweeping in the front room. Their mother, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

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Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Children from outside looking into the nursery school yard longingly

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Buffalo, New York. People waiting to be interviewed at the employment agency of the Bell Aircraft plant

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Buffalo, New York. Swingshift dance held weekly at the Main-Utica ballroom from midnight to four a.m.

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Buffalo, New York. Procession and high mass on Easter at the Corpus Christi church in the Polish community

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Buffalo, New York. People waiting to be interviewed at the employment agency of the Bell Aircraft plant. This woman is sixty-five, and has never been anything but a housewife, she is told that she cannot be of use right now. It is feared that she wouldn't have the strength to stay on a factory job

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Buffalo, New York. Bronislaus Nowak, precision lathe operator, is engaged to Cecelia Wrazen. Both work at Ross Heater, makers of condensers for the Navy. He is temporarily deferred from the Army because of his essential work. They are of Polish descent

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Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Eating lunch which consists of meat and vegetables, milk, prune whip

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Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Frances O'Neil, a "hooker," has been with Republic Steel since December, 1942. Hookers place slings and chains around material to be hoisted by the crane

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Buffalo, New York. Soda bar at the swingshift dance held weekly at the Main-Utica ballroom. Drinking of hard liquor is forbidden

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Buffalo, New York. Pratt and Letchwork, makers of all types of casting for ships, tanks, etc. This women is a grinder. Grinding is the process of smoothing off the surface of a casting

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Buffalo, New York. Italian-American woman eating her lunch brought from home in the shop at the New York Car Wheel Company, makers of locomotive wheels for the railroads. This woman is a combination hooker (one who hooks things onto crane chains) and grinder

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Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, serving an omelette for Saturday lunch for her sisters and herself, while Pasty looks on. Their mother, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

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Buffalo, New York. Recently-employed women being sworn into the rubber workers union at a Sunday meeting. Most of them have never worked before and know little about trade unionism

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Buffalo, New York. Bystanders at a parade held to raise money for the cruiser Buffalo

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Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Grimm, a twenty-six year old widow with six children under twelve, works as a crane operator in a war plant. For work she wears slacks, which can be buttoned around, and safety shoes, which have inner metal plates in toes for protection from falling weights

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Buffalo, New York. Italian-American woman grinding the end of a locomotive wheel at the New York Car Wheel Company, makers of wheels for the railroads

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Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Gary playing in the yard which is well-equipped

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Buffalo, New York. Tired swingshift workers sitting on the sidelines at the swingshift dance held weekly from midnight to 4 a.m. at the Main-Utica ballroom

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Buffalo, New York. Altar boys in the procession at the Easter high mass at the Corpus Christi Church in the Polish community

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Buffalo, New York. Procession of the Blessed Sacrament during Easter high mass at the Corpus Christi church in the Polish community

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Buffalo, New York. All "hookers" in the processing department of Republic Steel are women. Resting on a pile of billets, they are eating lunch on the job

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Buffalo, New York. Laura Czaya painting snubbers, a part of railroad car couplers at Symington-Gould. She is of Polish descent and formerly worked at Gould Battery. Previously she was forelady of a WPA (Work Projects Administration) sewing project. Her husband is in the Army

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Buffalo, New York. Recently employed women being sworn into the rubber workers union at a Sunday meeting. Most of them have never worked before and know little about trade unionism

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Buffalo, New York. Playing volleyball at Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) coeducational recreation program for third shift and swing shift workers from 9 a.m. to 1 and midnight to 5 a.m.; includes sports, singing and dancing

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Buffalo, New York. Woman learning to be an automobile mechanic at the Burgard Vocational High School. She is drawing down the cylinder head of an automotive engine with the use of a toisinal wrench

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Buffalo, New York. Women employees eating lunches brought from home at Ross Heater, makers of condensers for the Navy. There are no eating facilities in the plant, and since there is only a thirty-minute period, most workers bring lunches

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Buffalo, New York. Soda bar at the swingshift dance held weekly at the Main-Utica ballroom. Drinking of hard liquor is forbidden

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Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, the oldest of six children, stops to listen to the radio while sweeping the front room. Her mother, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

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Buffalo, New York. Grain elevators and railroad yards near the Erie Canal

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Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at a tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Children from outside looking into the nursery school yard longingly

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Buffalo, New York. Peter Grimm, age ten, waiting with his wagon outside Loblaw's grocery store for customers to ask him to deliver their groceries. This was a rainy day with few customers. Sometimes Peter makes as much as three dollars on a Saturday. He pays for all his school supplies and much of his clothing. His mother, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

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Buffalo, New York. Women employees eating lunches brought from home at Ross Heater, makers of condensers for the Navy. There are no eating facilities in the plant, and since there is only a thirty-minute period, most workers bring lunches

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Buffalo, New York. Lakeview nursery school for children of working mothers, operated by the Board of Education at the tuition fee of three dollars weekly. Teacher examining child's throat

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Buffalo, New York. Naturalized citizens attending an "I am an American" day rally at the Memorial Auditorium

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Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Grimm, a twenty-six year old widow with six children who is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth, having her hair done after work

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Buffalo, New York. Breaking up of the swing shift dance held weekly at the Main-Utica ballroom from midnight to four a.m.

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Buffalo, New York. A scooper unloading a grain boat from Duluth at a grain elevator on the Erie Canal. Scoopers are hired at each port to aid the crew in loading and unloading. They guide the ropes of the shovel which scoops the grain into range of the "leg" which draws grain into elevator by means of an endless belt of buckets. They sweep and shovel grain from corners and ledges of the hatch after the unloading is practically finished

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Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann, eleven, Mary, eight, and Patsy Grimm six, eating lunch of canned chicken soup and omelette which Beverly Ann prepared. Their mother, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

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