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New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Waste paper is picked up off floor, placed in bins, baled and sold to the government for scrap. This young boy is an apprentice, or "fly boy"

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Waste paper is picked up off floor, placed in bins, baled and sold to the government for scrap. This young boy is an apprentice, or "fly boy"

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01/01/1942

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Collins, Marjory, 1912-1985, photographer

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40.71278, -74.00594

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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

Explore: apprentice

Masters chart. Entered apprentice

Masters chart. Entered apprentice

Apprentice warper Timothy Cherry at the warping frame on the second floor of the plant; there are 2,080 "ends" (threads) on the frame.

Apprentice warper Timothy Cherry at the warping frame on the second floor of the plant; there are 2,080 "ends" (threads) on the frame.

Detroit, Michigan. Apprentice at the Allison Motor Plant

Detroit, Michigan. Apprentice at the Allison Motor Plant

Production. Airplanes. A toolmaker's apprentice at work on a Pratt and Whitney automatic tool room machine in a large Western aircraft plant. He is working on a flap track for a Lockheed Model 58

Production. Airplanes. A toolmaker's apprentice at work on a Pratt and Whitney automatic tool room machine in a large Western aircraft plant. He is working on a flap track for a Lockheed Model 58

Apprentice warper Timothy Cherry at the warping frame on the second floor of the plant; there are 2,080 "ends" (threads) on the frame.

Apprentice warper Timothy Cherry at the warping frame on the second floor of the plant; there are 2,080 "ends" (threads) on the frame.

Production. Diesel engines. Old hands and green hands back America's war production drive. An apprentice learning to operate a screw machine at a Midwest plant producing diesel engines for the Navy

Production. Diesel engines. Old hands and green hands back America's war production drive. An apprentice learning to operate a screw machine at a Midwest plant producing diesel engines for the Navy

Warper Al Zarky "making a warp", apprentice warper Timothy Cherry stands at right; the large circular piece of equipment is called a "warping frame," it was manufactured in Paterson by the Sipp Machine Company.

Warper Al Zarky "making a warp", apprentice warper Timothy Cherry stands at right; the large circular piece of equipment is called a "warping frame," it was manufactured in Paterson by the Sipp Machine Company.

Explore: waste paper

Waste paper. Waste is an American characteristic. For too many years we have simply thrown things out when we were through with them, without a thought that they might be reused. Here on this garbage scow carrying rubbish for disposal is a huge stock of waster paper, so vitally needed today for conversion into the paper packing for defense and lend-lease products

Waste paper. Waste is an American characteristic. For too many years we have simply thrown things out when we were through with them, without a thought that they might be reused. Here on this garbage scow carrying rubbish for disposal is a huge stock of waster paper, so vitally needed today for conversion into the paper packing for defense and lend-lease products

Waste paper compacted. Georgetown Junk Co

Waste paper compacted. Georgetown Junk Co

Code of Federal Regulations: Waste Paper, 32 C.F.R. (1941)

Code of Federal Regulations: Waste Paper, 32 C.F.R. (1941)

Waste paper. Outdated telephone directories are a good source of the paper packing so badly needed today for shipment of defense and lend-lease goods. This pile of directories is in the stock room of a Philadelphia paper mill, which will make pasteboard packing out of it

Waste paper. Outdated telephone directories are a good source of the paper packing so badly needed today for shipment of defense and lend-lease goods. This pile of directories is in the stock room of a Philadelphia paper mill, which will make pasteboard packing out of it

Waste paper. Destined for destruction, this household rubbish heap contains waste paper so badly needed today for conversion into the paper packing in which defense and lend-lease goods are shipped. Paper is one of the materials with which Americans have been most profligate, only now they are beginning to conserve paper along with many other materials long thought of as merely refuse

Waste paper. Destined for destruction, this household rubbish heap contains waste paper so badly needed today for conversion into the paper packing in which defense and lend-lease goods are shipped. Paper is one of the materials with which Americans have been most profligate, only now they are beginning to conserve paper along with many other materials long thought of as merely refuse

Sand castings ready to be used in producing aluninum articles for Uncle Sam's Army and Navy. The folded corrugated boxes piled up are made from waste paper. Aluninum Industries

Sand castings ready to be used in producing aluninum articles for Uncle Sam's Army and Navy. The folded corrugated boxes piled up are made from waste paper. Aluninum Industries

Lufkin, Texas. Southland paper mill. Waste paper from the trimmed edges of newsprint rolls blows down to the basement to a vat where it is converted back into pulp

Lufkin, Texas. Southland paper mill. Waste paper from the trimmed edges of newsprint rolls blows down to the basement to a vat where it is converted back into pulp

Waste paper. Outdated telephone directories are a good source of the paper packing so badly needed today for shipment of defense and lend-lease goods. This pile of directories is in the stock room of a Philadelphia paper mill, which will make pasteboard packing out of it

Waste paper. Outdated telephone directories are a good source of the paper packing so badly needed today for shipment of defense and lend-lease goods. This pile of directories is in the stock room of a Philadelphia paper mill, which will make pasteboard packing out of it

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New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Preparing to thread paper through presses

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Preparing to thread paper through presses

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Preparing to thread paper through presses

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Preparing to thread paper through presses

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Pressman resting between editions

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Pressman resting between editions

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Transporting rolls of paper to presses. Each roll weighs about 1700 lbs pounds and will make about 1300 newspapers

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Transporting rolls of paper to presses. Each roll weighs about 1700 lbs pounds and will make about 1300 newspapers

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. In threading paper through presses two rolls of paper are pasted together by automatic paster so that presses never stop moving

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. In threading paper through presses two rolls of paper are pasted together by automatic paster so that presses never stop moving

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. In threading paper through presses two rolls of paper are pasted together by automatic paster so that presses never stop moving

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. In threading paper through presses two rolls of paper are pasted together by automatic paster so that presses never stop moving

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Pressman resting between editions

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Pressman resting between editions

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Pressman resting between editions

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Pressman resting between editions

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. In threading paper through presses two roles are pasted together by automatic paster so that presses never stop running

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. In threading paper through presses two roles are pasted together by automatic paster so that presses never stop running

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Waste paper is picked up off floor, placed in bins, baled and sold to the government for scrap. This young boy is an apprentice, or "fly boy"

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Waste paper is picked up off floor, placed in bins, baled and sold to the government for scrap. This young boy is an apprentice, or "fly boy"