Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. Warping nylon threads for use in the making of parachute cloth in an Eastern plant. This picture shows the threads coming from the nylon spools to the warping machine. The number of threads is 1,000. When one thread breaks, an electric switch stops the operation of all the machines. This woman, of German descent, has a son in the U.S. Army
Summary
Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1942
Contributors
Rittase, William M., 1894-1968, photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
Location
connecticut
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain