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Little boy sick in bed. His father has been employed in construction work at the naval air base but was hurt and is now working in a parking lot. Corpus Christi, Texas

Little boy sick in bed. His father has been employed in construction w...

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

Sign--Deluxe apartments for rent--about three miles from naval air base now under construction. Corpus Christi, Texas. These apartments are just being finished and are shown below

Sign--Deluxe apartments for rent--about three miles from naval air bas...

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 availabl... More

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Formerly a sociology major at the University of Southern California, Mrs. Elouise J. Ellis (right) now "keeps 'em flyin'" at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. She is a supervisor under civil service in the assembly and repair department. It is her job to maintain morale among the women by helping them to solve housing and other personal problems. With her is Jo Ann Whitington, a National Youth Administration (NYA) trainee at the plant

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Formerly a sociology major at t...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Sailors stationed at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas, check the pilot seat of an SNC advance training plane

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Sailors stationed at the naval ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

House in Mexican section which is now rented by a white man, workman at aval air Base. He came up from Quemado Valley to get work in Corpus Christi Texas. Trailer in backyard belongs to his brother-in-law who is also doing construction work at the naval air base

House in Mexican section which is now rented by a white man, workman a...

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. There's a war to be won, and Miss Mildred Hanna is helping to win it. After Pearl Harbor, Miss Hanna left school teaching and went to the ssembly and repair department of the naval air base at Corpus Christi, Texas. Here she is working on the firewall of a PBY plane. She is a civil service worker at the base

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. There's a war to be won, and Mi...

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

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. War-time luncheon "under the shade of ....a Navy plane. These women workers held man-size jobs in the Assembly and Repair Department at the Corpus Christi, Texas, naval air base. Slack suits and coveralls take the place of afternoon frocks for these workers

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. War-time luncheon "under the s...

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Learning to fight the Axis with an electric lathe. Mabel Carmen left her home in Mississippi to join the National Youth Administration (NYA) group at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. After receiving eight weeks training under Donald Bantert (right), Mabel will go to work under civil service as a machinist

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Learning to fight the Axis with...

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Flight's over--an N3N training plane is safe on the dollie and pilot and instructor go back to the hangar. After fulfilling their service schedules, planes at the Corpus Christi, Texas, naval air base are completely reconditioned by civil service mechanics attached to the base

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Flight's over--an N3N training ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Line-up of trucks at truckers' camp near naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas

Line-up of trucks at truckers' camp near naval air base. Corpus Christ...

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Sign announcing intending construction of new grocery store in community springing up about five miles from the naval air base under construction. Corpus Christi, Texas

Sign announcing intending construction of new grocery store in communi...

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 availabl... More

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Cadets inspect the flight board at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas, before going out to the planes. Flight board shows the plane number, the time, and the instructor each cadet will have for the afternoon

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Cadets inspect the flight board...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Mounting a navy flying ship at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas, a former department store girl, is one of many women who are taking over jobs to release men for military service. She is a civil service crowler in the assembly and repair department at the base

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Mounting a navy flying ship at ...

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. The pilots fly it, but the ground crew keeps it flying. Every ship, after so many hours in the air must be completely reconditioned. Here, in a hanger of the naval air base at Corpus Christi, Texas, women Civil Service workers of the assembly and repair department are trained to check carefully every part of the plane. Service of a Navy PBY ship

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. The pilots fly it, but the grou...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. It's an intricate operation installing a 30-caliber machine gun in a Navy PBY plane, but not too tricky for Jesse Rhodes Waller. He's a Georgia man who's been in the Navy five and a half years. At the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas, he sees that flying ships are kept in tip-top shape. Waller is an aviation ordnance mate

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. It's an intricate operation ins...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. A fast friendship developed between these two civil service employees in the assembly and repairs department of the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. A fast friendship developed bet...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an airplane, aircraft, airport, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. A couple of cranks--and let her go! Sailors at the naval air base in Corpus, Christi, Texas, start the N3N training ships in this way for the Navy pilots at the base who fly the planes

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. A couple of cranks--and let her...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Navy N2S, primary land plane, ready for afternoon flight trips at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. These ships are completely reconditioned after fulfilling their service schedules by civil service employees at the base

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Navy N2S, primary land plane, r...

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

Family group of workman from Northwest Texas who is now employed in construction work at naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas

Family group of workman from Northwest Texas who is now employed in co...

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New bowling alley under construction in community springing up about seven miles from the naval air base under construction. Corpus Christi, Texas

New bowling alley under construction in community springing up about s...

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Highly technical training is given by two National Youth Adminstration trainers, working with a civil service employee. This training will be valuable to the Army or Navy mechanized units should tag trainees be called to service. They work at the Corpus Christi, Texas, naval air base under the NYA program. Before long they will be qualified for civil service jobs in the assembly and repair department

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Highly technical training is gi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. M.M. Bremer, A.M.M, 2nd Class, keeps planes in first class condition at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. Every plane in use at the base is subjected to frequent and minute inspections by sailors such as this one

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. M.M. Bremer, A.M.M, 2nd Class, ...

Public domain photograph of people in the park, outdoors, picnic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A man and a woman working on a motorcycle. Office of War Information Photograph

A man and a woman working on a motorcycle. Office of War Information P...

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

[Col. Benjamin O. Davis, full-length portrait, and Edward C. Gleed, wearing flight gear, standing next to airplane, and looking upward, at air base at Rametti, Italy]

[Col. Benjamin O. Davis, full-length portrait, and Edward C. Gleed, we...

Photograph shows (left) Col. Benjamin O. Davis, Commanding Officer, 332nd Fighter Group, Class 42-C; (right) Edward C. Gleed, Lawrence, KS, Class 42-K, Group Operations Officer. P-5/D in background, "Creamer'... More

Drive in sandwich stand which was built at the beginning of construction work at naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas

Drive in sandwich stand which was built at the beginning of constructi...

Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General view of camp of truck drivers and their families. Corpus Christi, Texas. These drivers work at the naval air base now under construction

General view of camp of truck drivers and their families. Corpus Chris...

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Navy pilots of tomorrow! These cadets in training at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas, are learning the fine points of flying Navy planes

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Navy pilots of tomorrow! These ...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. "And so he says to me...." sailor mechanics at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas, laugh heartily over a good story between servicing operations on Navy planes

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. "And so he says to me...." sail...

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Learning to work a cutting machine, these two National Youth Administration (NYA) employees receive training to fit them for important work. After eight weeks, they will be eligible for civil service jobs at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Learning to work a cutting mach...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a former office worker, does with precision and patriotic zeal. Mrs. McElroy is a civil service employee at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. Her husband is a flight instructor

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Painting the American insignia ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Business section which has built up in the last six months in new community about seven miles from naval air base now under construction. Corpus Christi, Texas

Business section which has built up in the last six months in new comm...

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. It's an intricate operation, installing a thirty-caliber machine gun in a Navy PBY plane, but not too trickey for Jesse Rhodes Waller. He's a Georgia man who's been in the Navy five and a half years. At the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas, he sees that flying ships are kept in tip-top shape. Waller is an avaition ordnance mate

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. It's an intricate operation, in...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Deep in the heart of Texas, young National Youth Administration (NYA) trainees for war jobs, watch the Navy planes they are learning to service. Wearing their regulation work clothes, these civil service apprentices of the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas, are in the vanguard of a large army of youths being trained as maintenance and repair workers at the military air station

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Deep in the heart of Texas, you...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. The target: the Axis! Jesse Rhodes Waller, Aviation Ordnance Mate, third class, tries out a thirty-caliber machine gun he has just installed in a Navy plane. Waller is stationed at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. The target: the Axis! Jesse Rho...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a woman standing on top of a plane. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a woman standing on top of a plane. Office ...

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

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Navy N2S, primary land plane, ready for afternoon flight trips at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. These ships are completely reconditioned after fulfilling their service schedules by civil service employees at the base

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Navy N2S, primary land plane, r...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New tourist courts about three miles from naval air base under construction at Corpus Christi, Texas

New tourist courts about three miles from naval air base under constru...

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Last minute check-up is made by a sailor at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas, before the N3N, a primary training sea plane, is launched

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Last minute check-up is made by...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Answering the nation's need for womanpower, Mrs. Virginia Davis made arrangements for the care of her two children during the day and joined her husband at work in the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. Both are employed under civil service in the assembly and repair department. Mrs. Davis' training will enable her to take the place of her husband should he be called by the armed service

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Answering the nation's need for...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Highly technical training is given to an National Youth Administration (NYA) trainee (left) which will make him valuable to the Army or Navy mechanized units should he be called to service. He is helper to a Civil Service sheet metal worker (right) in the assembly and repair department at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. Trainees are qualified for civil service jobs in the assembly and repair department at the base after about a month of apprenticeship

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Highly technical training is gi...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tail section of a French plane in front of damaged buildings and hangars at a North African air base which was captured by the Allies

Tail section of a French plane in front of damaged buildings and hanga...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Navy N2S primary land planes at the naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Navy N2S primary land planes at the naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Te...

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Line-up of trucks at truckers' camp near naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas

Line-up of trucks at truckers' camp near naval air base. Corpus Christ...

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 availabl... More

Unconnected sink in tourist court which is being constructed for use of workmen at the naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas. There is a shortage of skilled labor in Corpus Christi and consequently it is difficult to get plumbing work completed when planned

Unconnected sink in tourist court which is being constructed for use o...

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 availabl... More

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Navy planes must be mechanically perfect. Lloyd H. Brooknole (left), an experience sheet metal worker, repairs and assembles planes at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. A helper, Elmer J. Pace, is getting practical experience working with Brooknole. After about eight weeks, he will go into civil service as a sheet metal worker

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Navy planes must be mechanicall...

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Ready to soar out over the water, this N3N training plane coasts down the plank to launching. Cadets at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas, are trained in planes carefully conditioned by sailor mechanics at the base

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Ready to soar out over the wate...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Navy N2S, primary land plane, ready for afternoon flight trips at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. These ships are completely reconditioned after fulfilling their service schedules by civil service employees at the base

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Navy N2S, primary land plane, r...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward C. Gleed, Tuskegee airman, three-quarter length portrait, wearing flight gear, facing right, standing with left arm resting on airplane, at air base at Ramitelli, Italy

Edward C. Gleed, Tuskegee airman, three-quarter length portrait, weari...

Detail photograph from contact sheet shows Tuskegee airman Edward C. Gleed of Lawrence, Kansas, Class 42-K, Group Operations Officer. Includes P-5/D in background, "Creamer's Dream," generally flown by Charles ... More

Four truck drivers who work at the naval air base now under construction. Corpus Christi, Texas

Four truck drivers who work at the naval air base now under constructi...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Workman at the naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas. Notice his identification badge which allows him to enter base. Picture taken on Sunday

Workman at the naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas. Notice his ident...

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Houses in the Alameda residential section of Corpus Christi, Texas. These houses are about two years old and were built by people who came into Corpus Christi because of the oil boom, sea wall construction work, etc. This is the type of housing which is greatly needed for naval officers and their families who will be stationed at the naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas

Houses in the Alameda residential section of Corpus Christi, Texas. Th...

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Working inside the nose of a PBY, Elmer J. Pace is learning the construction of Navy planes. As an National Youth Administration (NYA) trainee, Elmer gets practical experience at the Corpus Christi naval air base in Texas. After about eight weeks, he will go into civil service as a sheet metal worker

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Working inside the nose of a PB...

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Signing out before taking off. Before each flight, at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas, cadets must sign a yellow flight sheet record. The ship shown here is an N2S primary land plane

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Signing out before taking off. ...

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. With a woman's determination, Lorena Craig takes over a man-sized job. Before she came to work at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas, Lorena was a department store girl. Now she is a cowler under Civil Service

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. With a woman's determination, L...

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

Production. Parachute making. This machine, operated by Joyce Puopolo, sews four parachute canopy seams at one time. Before joining the war production army, Miss Puopolo was a motorcycle stunt rider in Hollywood. Her husband, who also worked in movie thrillers, is now at a naval air base. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. This machine, operated by Joyce Puopolo,...

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Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a former office worker, does with precision and patriotic zeal. Mrs. McElroy is a civil service employee at the naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Her husband is a flight instructor

Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Ir...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Tourist courts which are occupied by workmen at the naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas

Tourist courts which are occupied by workmen at the naval air base. Co...

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Feuling an N2S, primary land plane, at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. Sailor mechanics at the base service the ship as a cadet prepares for the take-off

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Feuling an N2S, primary land pl...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Summer flight uniforms for Naval cadets are light and give the flyer maximum freedom to operate. Cadet shown here is stationed at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Summer flight uniforms for Nava...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas. "Women in white" doctor Navy airplane motors at the Corpus Christi, Texas, naval air base. Mildred Webb, a National Youth Administration (NYA) trainee at the base is learning to operate a cutting machine in the Assembly and Repair Department. After about eight weeks as an apprentice she will be eligible for a civil service job in the capacity for which she has been trained

Naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas. "Women in white" doctor Navy ai...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Learning to work a cutting machine, these two National Youth Administration (NYA) employees receive training to fit them for important work. After eight weeks, they will be eligible for civil service jobs at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Learning to work a cutting mach...

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

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. The pilots fly it, but the ground crew keeps it flying. Every ship, after so many hours in the air must be completely reconditioned. Here, in a hanger of the naval air base at Corpus Christi, Texas, women Civil Service workers of the assembly and repair department are trained to check carefully every part of the plane. Service of a Navy PBY ship

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. The pilots fly it, but the grou...

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

[Black fighter pilot series: "Escape kits" (cyanide) being distributed to fighter pilots at air base in southern Italy, 1945]

[Black fighter pilot series: "Escape kits" (cyanide) being distributed...

Photo shows (seated): Theodore G. Lumpkin, Jr. Standing (left to right): Joseph L. "Joe" Chineworth, Memphis, TN, Class 44-E; Robert C. Robinson, Asheville, NC, Class 44-G; Driskell B. Ponder, Chicago, IL, Clas... More

Col. Benjamin O. Davis, air base at Rametti, Italy

Col. Benjamin O. Davis, air base at Rametti, Italy

Col. Benjamin O. Davis, half-length portrait, wearing flight gear, standing next to airplane.

Entrance to supermarket at new community of Six Points. Corpus Christi, Texas. This is near the naval air base

Entrance to supermarket at new community of Six Points. Corpus Christi...

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 availabl... More

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Feeding an SNC advanced training plane its essential supply of gasoline is done by sailor mechanics at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. Standing on the wing is Floyd Helphrey who came from Iowa to join the Navy early in the year. At right is W. Gardner of Illinois who used to be a crane operator

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Feeding an SNC advanced trainin...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Civil service employees leave the Assembly and Repair Shop at the naval air base in Corpus, Christi, Texas

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Civil service employees leave t...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Perched high in the nose of a plane, this sailor mechanic is inspecting a Navy PBY at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. The ship has been reconditioned by civil service employee in the assembly and repair Department at the base. Every ship, after fulfilling its schedule of service, must be completely reconditioned. This work is done by the assembly and repair department

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Perched high in the nose of a p...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas. Like a man from Mars, a sailor at the Corpus Christi, Texas, naval air base wears the new type of protective clothing and gas mask designed for use in chemical warfare. These uniforms are lighter than the old type

Naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas. Like a man from Mars, a sailor ...

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pan American given permission to use Canton Island as air base. Washington, D.C., April 13. Following an agreement between the United States and Great Brittan for the common use of the Island of Canton and Enderbury in the South Pacific Ocean for international aviation and communication, Secretary of interior Harold Ickes today signed a license permitting Pan American Airways to use Canton Island as an air base for its commercial trans-Pacific air transport service between California and New Zealand. Secretary Ickes is show presenting the pen to Juan Trippe, President of Pan American, after the signing. 4-13-39

Pan American given permission to use Canton Island as air base. Washin...

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Traffic sign on road leading to the naval air base now under construction at Corpus Christi, Texas

Traffic sign on road leading to the naval air base now under construct...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A group of people sitting in front of a sign - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people sitting in front of a sign - FSA / Office of War Inf...

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

Sign announcing intending construction of new grocery store in community springing up about five miles from the naval air base under construction. Corpus Christi, Texas

Sign announcing intending construction of new grocery store in communi...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. A Mexican neighbor, who crossed the border, now works under U.S. Civil Service in the assembly and repair department of the naval air base at Corpus Christi, Texas. Formerly he was a laborer in a warehouse

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. A Mexican neighbor, who crossed...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Navy N2S primary land plane, ready for afternoon flight trips at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. These ships are completely reconditioned, after fulfilling their service schedules by civil service employees at the base

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Navy N2S primary land plane, r...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. She's still connecting lines--this former telephone operator who is learning how to solder iron wires. Jo Ann Whitington is being trained through an National Youth Administration (NYA) program for a civil service job in the assembly and repairs department of the naval air base at Corpus Christi, Texas. She will be a helper in electrical overhauling work

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. She's still connecting lines--t...

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Now an expert mechanic, Mary Josephine Farley shows an National Youth Administration (NYA) trainee the tricks of a Wright Whirlwind Motor. He will act as her helper for about eight weeks; then he'll be qualified to work on motors for the naval air base at Corpus Christi, Texas

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Now an expert mechanic, Mary Jo...

Public domain photograph of car garage, repair shop, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. It's an intricate operation installing a thirty-caliber machine gun in a Navy PBY plane, but not too tricky for Jesse Rhodes Waller. He's a Georgia man who's been in the Navy five and half years. At the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas, he sees that flying ships are kept in tip-top shape. Waller is an Aviation Ordnance Mate

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. It's an intricate operation ins...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Old Glory floats proudly over the nation's oldest air base at Langley Field, Virginia. Among the Air Force groups stationed at this important point are bombardment squadrons equipped with mighty YB-17 bombers

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Old Glory floats ...

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Women are contributing their skills to the nation's needs by keeping our country's planes in top-notch fighting condition. Wife of a disabled World War II veteran, Mrs. Cora Ann Bowen (left) worked as a cowler at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis is a senior supervisor in the assembly and repairs department

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Women are contributing their sk...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval air base Corpus Christi, Texas. Two sisters who left the farm to keep our airmen flying. National Youth Administration trainees (NYA) at the Corpus Christi, Texas naval air base, Evelyn and Lillian Buxkeurple are shown working on a practice bomb shell. After about eight weeks of apprenticeship they will be eligible for civil service work in the assembly and repair department at the base

Naval air base Corpus Christi, Texas. Two sisters who left the farm to...

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Reconditioning the motors of airplane at the Corpus Christi, Texas, naval air base is being done here by three aviation mechanics mates stationed at the base

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Reconditioning the motors of ai...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Col. Benjamin O. Davis, full-length portrait, and Edward C. Gleed, wearing flight gear, standing next to airplane, and looking upward, at air base at Rametti, Italy]

[Col. Benjamin O. Davis, full-length portrait, and Edward C. Gleed, we...

Photograph shows (left) Col. Benjamin O. Davis, Commanding Officer, 332nd Fighter Group, Class 42-C; (right) Edward C. Gleed, Lawrence, KS, Class 42-K, Group Operations Officer. P-5/D in background, "Creamer'... More

New school under construction in the North Beach section of Corpus Christi, Texas. This section has been the center of tourist housing and has now been taken over by the workmen of the naval air base

New school under construction in the North Beach section of Corpus Chr...

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 availabl... More

Three men workers at naval air base from Louisiana. These men are living in a tourist court and had to leave their families in Louisiana because they could not find suitable housing facilities. Corpus Christi, Texas

Three men workers at naval air base from Louisiana. These men are livi...

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New bowling alley under construction in community springing up about seven miles from the naval air base under construction. Corpus Christi, Texas

New bowling alley under construction in community springing up about s...

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 availabl... More

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. A Navy wife works to keep HIM flying. She has been trained to recondition spark plugs in the assembly and repair department of the Corpus Christi, Texas, naval air base. Her job is under civil service

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. A Navy wife works to keep HIM f...

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

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Summer flight uniforms for Naval cadets are light and give the flyer maximum freedom to operate. Cadet shown here is stationed at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Summer flight uniforms for Nava...

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

A black and white photo of a man standing next to an airplane. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man standing next to an airplane. Office ...

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

Houses in the Alameda residential section of Corpus Christi, Texas. These houses are about two years old and were built by people who came into Corpus Christi because of the oil boom, sea wall construction work, etc. This is the type of housing which is greatly needed for naval officers and their families who will be stationed at the naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas

Houses in the Alameda residential section of Corpus Christi, Texas. Th...

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 availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man standing next to an airplane. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man standing next to an airplane. Office ...

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

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. There's a war to be won, and Miss Mildred Hanna is helping to win it. After Pearl Harbor, Miss Hanna left school teaching and went to the ssembly and repair department of the naval air base at Corpus Christi, Texas. Here she is working on the firewall of a PBY plane. She is a civil service worker at the base

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. There's a war to be won, and Mi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Civil service employees leave the Assembly and Repair Shop at the naval air base in Corpus, Christi, Texas

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Civil service employees leave t...

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

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. The target: the Axis! Jesse Rhodes Waller, Aviation Ordnance Mate, third class, tries out a thirty-caliber machine gun he has just installed in a Navy plane. Waller is stationed at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. The target: the Axis! Jesse Rho...

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

Naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas. Now an expert mechanic, Mary Josephine Farley shows a National Youth Administration (NYA) trainee the tricks of a Wright Whirlwind motor. He will act as her helper for about eight weeks, then he'll be qualified to work on motors for the naval air base at Corpus Christi, Texas

Naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas. Now an expert mechanic, Mary Jo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Automobile and trailer parked in trailer court. These belong to a carpenter's helper who is from the Rio Grande Valley. He owns his home in the valley, has done farm work and public work there. His family is with him in Corpus Christi where he is now working at the naval air base

Automobile and trailer parked in trailer court. These belong to a carp...

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 availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Office of War Information...

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

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. M.M. Bremer, A.M.M, 2nd Class, keeps planes in first class condition at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. Every plane in use at the base is subjected to frequent and minute inspections by sailors such as this one

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. M.M. Bremer, A.M.M, 2nd Class, ...

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

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Reconditioning the motors of airplane at the Corpus Christi, Texas, naval air base is being done here by three aviation mechanics mates stationed at the base

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Reconditioning the motors of ai...

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

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Skimming across the water in a perfect landing, a Navy training ship M2M, approaches the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. This is a type of plane used for training cadets at the base

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Skimming across the water in a ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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