Conversion. Auto body plant. He used to be an automobile worker, but he's one of Uncle Sam's war workers these days, with the conversion of his company to the production of airplane parts. In the picture above, he's polishing a wing segment. Briggs Manufacturing Company, Detroit, Michigan

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 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 30, frame 1790.