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Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington, D.C., like those in most other sections of the country, have revised their curricula to fit the pupils for fuller participation in the war effort. They have gone all-out for the Program of Civilian Defense which inludes conserving of materials and wearing apparel. Members of the art and crafts class at Armstrong High School have made jewelry and many other articles from scrap and discarded materials. Girls are taught to wear proper color combinations and the right kind of accessories for each dress. Photo shows (left to right): Misses Helen G. Weaver, Yvonne Colvin and Audrey V. Minor in an exhibit of the art and crafts class

Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington,...

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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 1 Accessories House & Apprentice Welding School, Additions, Intersection of Avenue B & Sixth Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 1 Accessories House ...

Significance: The buildings are located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. Building 92 is significant for its association with the now-abandoned Marine Railway No. 1, which ran between Piers B-... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 1 Accessories House & Apprentice Welding School, Additions, Intersection of Avenue B & Sixth Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 1 Accessories House ...

Significance: The buildings are located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. Building 92 is significant for its association with the now-abandoned Marine Railway No. 1, which ran between Piers B-... More

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). An expert installs the accessories for the engine of Dodge Army trucks that are specified by Army regulations. With skill and accuracy craftsman shown above attaches oil filters, air cleaners, hoops up spark plug wires and sees that all are properly coordinated and in good working order

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). An expert installs the accessories for...

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Boy scout training helps. He may not have learned to tie knots from a Scoutmaster, but this worker at an eastern Navy yard has plent on hand. He's manufacturing canvas accessories in the yard's sail-loft

Boy scout training helps. He may not have learned to tie knots from a ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy, child of a migrant worker, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fitted with all modern accessories - the toilet room in a great Caudron aeroplane

Fitted with all modern accessories - the toilet room in a great Caudro...

Sachs Quality Furniture Inc., business at 150th and 3rd Ave., New York City. Main floor, men's and ladies' accessories

Sachs Quality Furniture Inc., business at 150th and 3rd Ave., New York...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in industry. Tool production. Inspecting thousands of drills each day, women employed by a large Midwest drill and tool company must learn to detect the tiniest flaw in these vital machine accessories. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. Inspecting thousands of drills ea...

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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 1 Accessories House & Apprentice Welding School, Additions, Intersection of Avenue B & Sixth Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 1 Accessories House ...

Significance: The buildings are located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. Building 92 is significant for its association with the now-abandoned Marine Railway No. 1, which ran between Piers B-... More

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. A women worker at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company, attaches clips and accessories to a wing section before the parts meets the next assembly. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. A women worker at the Long B...

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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 1 Accessories House & Apprentice Welding School, Additions, Intersection of Avenue B & Sixth Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 1 Accessories House ...

Significance: The buildings are located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. Building 92 is significant for its association with the now-abandoned Marine Railway No. 1, which ran between Piers B-... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 1 Accessories House & Apprentice Welding School, Additions, Intersection of Avenue B & Sixth Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 1 Accessories House ...

Significance: The buildings are located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. Building 92 is significant for its association with the now-abandoned Marine Railway No. 1, which ran between Piers B-... More

Detroit, Michigan. Men's toilet accessories department at the Crowley-Milner department store

Detroit, Michigan. Men's toilet accessories department at the Crowley-...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Women workers in balloon room. In foreground they are applying seats and accessories to boat while worker in background is applying coat of rubber paint to bottom of boat. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

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Women in industry. Tool production. Inspecting thousands of drills each day, women employed by a large Midwest drill and tool company must learn to detect the tiniest flaw in these vital machine accessories. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. Inspecting thousands of drills ea...

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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 1 Accessories House & Apprentice Welding School, Additions, Intersection of Avenue B & Sixth Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 1 Accessories House ...

Significance: The buildings are located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. Building 92 is significant for its association with the now-abandoned Marine Railway No. 1, which ran between Piers B-... More

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. The art of the seamstress has a place in the building of these boats, as illustrated here. Worker is stitching various accessories which will be applied to boats in the course of their construction. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

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Ludwig Baumann, business at 8th Ave. and 35th St., New York City. Accessories fixture

Ludwig Baumann, business at 8th Ave. and 35th St., New York City. Acce...

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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 1 Accessories House & Apprentice Welding School, Additions, Intersection of Avenue B & Sixth Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 1 Accessories House ...

Significance: The buildings are located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. Building 92 is significant for its association with the now-abandoned Marine Railway No. 1, which ran between Piers B-... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 1 Accessories House & Apprentice Welding School, Additions, Intersection of Avenue B & Sixth Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 1 Accessories House ...

Significance: The buildings are located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. Building 92 is significant for its association with the now-abandoned Marine Railway No. 1, which ran between Piers B-... More

Navy opens bids for battle wagons. Washington, D.C., Nov. 2. The Navy opened bids today on construction of three 35,000 ton battleships today, all bids specified that the dreadnaughts be completed within 52 months. The guns, armor plate, and other accessories to be furnished by the Government cost an estimated 15,000,000 dollars per ship. The ships are the first of that size to be built in 15 years. Seated, left. Admiral William Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, and Sec. of the Navy Claude Swanson, right. Standing - left- Rear Admiral William G. Du Bose, Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair and right- Rear Admiral Charles Conard, Chief of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, 11/2/38

Navy opens bids for battle wagons. Washington, D.C., Nov. 2. The Navy ...

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Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Piles nearly to the roof and covering a huge area of floor space is the big stock of accessories for army truck engines, such as air cleaners, oil filters, fan belts, and so forth

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Piles nearly to the roof and covering ...

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Production. War housing trailers. Trailer accessories as well as war housing trailers themselves are made in the well equipped Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. A cabinet-maker is shown sanding down a folding table, which is standard equipment in these rolling homes. The cabinet shop turns out all wood fittings, partitions, cabinets and furniture

Production. War housing trailers. Trailer accessories as well as war h...

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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 1 Accessories House & Apprentice Welding School, Additions, Intersection of Avenue B & Sixth Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 1 Accessories House ...

Significance: The buildings are located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. Building 92 is significant for its association with the now-abandoned Marine Railway No. 1, which ran between Piers B-... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 1 Accessories House & Apprentice Welding School, Additions, Intersection of Avenue B & Sixth Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 1 Accessories House ...

Significance: The buildings are located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. Building 92 is significant for its association with the now-abandoned Marine Railway No. 1, which ran between Piers B-... More

[Little Wound and nine other Sioux chiefs wearing feather headdresses and traditional accessories]

[Little Wound and nine other Sioux chiefs wearing feather headdresses ...

61833 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by Heyn. Staff-supplied identifications on mount.

Toilet accessories in home of agricultural day laborer living near Warner, Oklahoma. Muskogee County

Toilet accessories in home of agricultural day laborer living near War...

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Stout cloth for a stout purpose. Bolts of canvas, piled high at an eastern Navy yard will soon be turned in deck awnings, hammocks and accessories as our Fleet grows into a two-ocean Navy

Stout cloth for a stout purpose. Bolts of canvas, piled high at an eas...

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Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. A million dollar baby, not in terms of money but in her value to Uncle Sam, twenty-one-year-old Eunice Hancock, erstwhile five-and-ten-cent store employee, operates a compressed-air grinder in a Midwest aircraft motor plant. With no previous experience, Eunice quickly mastered the techniques of her war job and today is turning out motor parts with speed and skill. Note protective mask and visor, two vital safety accessories

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. A million dollar baby, not ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. A million dollar baby, not in terms of money but in her value to Uncle Sam, twenty-one-year-old Eunice Hancock, erstwhile five-and-ten-cent store employee, operates a compressed-air grinder in a Midwest aircraft motor plant. With no previous experience, Eunice quickly mastered the techniques of her war job and today is turning out motor parts with speed and skill. Note protective mask and visor, two vital safety accessories

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. A million dollar baby, not ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 1 Accessories House & Apprentice Welding School, Additions, Intersection of Avenue B & Sixth Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 1 Accessories House ...

Significance: The buildings are located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. Building 92 is significant for its association with the now-abandoned Marine Railway No. 1, which ran between Piers B-... More

Stout cloth for a stout purpose. Bolts of canvas, piled high at an eastern Navy yard will soon be turned in deck awnings, hammocks and accessories as our Fleet grows into a two-ocean Navy

Stout cloth for a stout purpose. Bolts of canvas, piled high at an eas...

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Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Complete ten-man boat with all accessories is packed in waterproof container as shown. Size of package indicates ease with which boats of this type maybe stored or handled in getting them to site where their use is desired. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

Public domain photograph of America during the Great Depression, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Winnifred Teag. Soupcon, accessories

Mrs. Winnifred Teag. Soupcon, accessories

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Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. A sharp-eyed inspector checks engine accessories of a Dodge Army truck which is ready for shipment

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1940s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in industry. Gas mask production. The finished gas mask face pieces in the foreground were just flaps of rubber without eye pieces, outlet valves, straps, tabs, and other accessories when they started on the long moving belt at the far end of the line. By the time they've reached this end, however, a hundred pairs of hands have worked on them, machining, clamping, riveting, testing, and inspecting each one until the completed masks are packaged in the final stages of production. All this activity takes place in a Midwest vacuum cleaner plant which has been converted to war work. Eureka Vacuum, Detroit, Michigan

Women in industry. Gas mask production. The finished gas mask face pie...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Heaters to bogie wheels. Ready for final assembly, these bogie wheel tires have been stacked in a converted Midwest heater factory. These M-4 tank accessories are not produced in the company's old warehouse. They're sinkers with a tough job ahead to help sink the Axis

Conversion. Heaters to bogie wheels. Ready for final assembly, these b...

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Tin can alley leads to victory. "Pig" of pute tin, all recovered from discarded cans, are stored in the vault of an Eastern detinning plant, pending their reuse in the form of airplane motor bushings, gas mask canisters and other vital war accessories

Tin can alley leads to victory. "Pig" of pute tin, all recovered from ...

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Assembling the balloon. These workers are ready to fasten one-half of a barrage balloon to the other half--the final major step in the assembly of the huge balloon. After this is done, all accessories, ropes and rigging will have to be added before the balloon can be tested, finally inspected, packed and shipped to Uncle Sam. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Assembling the balloon. These workers are...

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