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Conversion. Automobile plant. An electrical switch box is hooked up on a No. 9 1/2 big 90T96 Cleveland press, just relocated in an automobile factory to perform an operation on an army truck part. The old location of the press is devoted to tank production. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. An electrical switch box is hooked up on...

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Conversion. Automobile plant. Assembling oil distribution pipes to back shaft, flywheel, and clutch mechanism bearings of a huge 90T96 Cleveland press being relocated to perform a major operation on hood panels for 4 x 4 army trucks. The 120-ton machine was moved piece by piece from another plant that is being completely dismantled for conversion to other war production. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. Assembling oil distribution pipes to bac...

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Each shell must have proper identification as it travels along the production line. This operation imposes no undue burden on the trained workers of a converted automobile plant where the shells are being made. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Each shell must have proper identification as it travels along the pro...

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[2 men working on an automobile outside of automobile plant]

[2 men working on an automobile outside of automobile plant]

Photoprint copyrighted by Waldon Fawcett. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Automobiles 1906; Shelf.

A bronze collar is fitted on a shell for the Army in a converted automobile plant. Much of the production machinery was switched to the new work with little change, some was changed more radically and some new machinery was installed. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

A bronze collar is fitted on a shell for the Army in a converted autom...

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A huge forge manner is taken off its regular peacetime duties in an automobile plant and put on war Production. When workmen have finished their conversion job, the big fellow began shaping crankshafts for defense. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

A huge forge manner is taken off its regular peacetime duties in an au...

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Conversion. Automobile plant. New Alemite fitting is added to a toggle arm bearing of a big 90T96 Cleveland press before the machine is reassembled in another building of an important automobile factory. The building that formerly housed the press is entirely cleared for the manufacture of an entirely different war product. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. New Alemite fitting is added to a toggle...

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Experts testing engines in an automobile plant, Detroit, Mich

Experts testing engines in an automobile plant, Detroit, Mich

J218064 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by Keystone View Co. No. 22142. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Michigan Detroit 1916; Industry Automo... More

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun barrels for the U.S. Army are machined and finished in a former automobile plant. First they are cut to size and then their centers located. After that, they go down long machining lines where they are finished by mass production methods. Never before has any manufacturer attempted to make gun barrels of this size on a mass production basis. Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Detroit

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. 40 mm. anti-airc...

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Conversion. Automobile plant. Preparing to swing back and clear the long toggle arm of a huge 90T96 Cleveland press so the large connecting rod can be brought in place under the crankshaft. The 120-ton machine will perform a major operation on hood panels for 4 x 4 army trucks. It was moved piece by piece from another plant that is being completely dismantled for conversion to other war productions. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. Preparing to swing back and clear the lo...

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Conversion. Automobile industry. Scaffolding is built around some of the heavy machinery in this automobile plant to aid workers in dismantling it for shipment either for war work or for temporary storage. The Plymouth Company, Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile industry. Scaffolding is built around some of t...

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Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. To ensure maximum efficiency, every 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun barrel made in this former automobile plant is checked and double checked. Here an inspector is examining the size of the bore in an army barrel. Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Detroit

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. To ensure maximu...

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Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. In a former automobile plant every imperfect gun barrel is immediately returned to the materials manufacturer, so he can double-check his furnace and mixtures. Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Detroit

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. In a former auto...

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Conversion. Automobile plant. All silent in this huge plant where automobiles were manufactured twenty-four hours a day up until a few weeks ago. These giants will soon be converted to production of tanks for Uncle Sam's army. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. All silent in this huge plant where auto...

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Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. Every inch of every 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun barrel made in this former automobile plant is examined before it receives its final approval. Here, government inspectors are shown looking into the very middle of a gun barrel through a special instrument. Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Detroit

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. Every inch of ev...

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Important machine operations in the manufacture of shells for the Army are performed in a converted automobile plant where workers are accustomed to the fast and accurate production on highly developed machines. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Important machine operations in the manufacture of shells for the Army...

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Conversion. Automobile plant. Workmen inspect the powerful crank of a DF-1600-60 press that weighs eighty-seven tons. The machine is being cleaned and adjusted before moving to its new assignment of drawing army truck parts in a former automobile factory. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. Workmen inspect the powerful crank of a ...

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

Conversion. Automobile plant. A tractor and an overhead crane work together on the removal, without dismantling, of a thirty-eight-and-a-half-ton press from an auto factory building which is being entirely cleared and converted to a new type armament program. In its new location, this press, a Bliss Marquette No. 40 1/2-34, will form hood sides for 4 x 4 and 6 x 6 army trucks. Chevrolet Motor, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. A tractor and an overhead crane work tog...

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Conversion. Automobile plant. Machines that pressed out fenders and hoods for that family sedan of yours are having a brief respite before their conversion to production of tanks for Uncle Sam's army. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. Machines that pressed out fenders and ho...

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 huge forge hammer in an automobile plant is converted to war work. The importance of the auto in American life is proving to be tremendous advantage as the the great automotive plants pool their resources in the mightiest war production effort the world has ever seen. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

A huge forge hammer in an automobile plant is converted to war work. T...

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Converting to war production. Steel workers make structural changes as a big automobile plant is entirely changed over to volume production of army tanks and "jeeps." Ford Lincoln plant, Michigan

Converting to war production. Steel workers make structural changes as...

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In a big automobile plant changing over to production of shells, this "Cat Skinner" (tractor operator) was kept busy for some time pulling, turning and bulldozing machines into new location. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

In a big automobile plant changing over to production of shells, this ...

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.

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. Preliminary inspection of "flame arresters" in a former automobile plant. When finished, these "flame arresters" are attached to the nozzle end of a 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun to protect the firing crew. Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Detroit

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. Preliminary insp...

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A meal on the march. Machine hands in the tool and die room of a converted automobile plant take lunch periods right on the job. The slotting machine behind them perforates metal shapes used in the production of army "jeeps" and tanks. Ford Lincoln plant, Michigan

A meal on the march. Machine hands in the tool and die room of a conve...

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Production. Halftrac armoured cars. Partly finished halftrac scout cars travel along a moving assembly line in a plant converted from the manufacture of safes and locks. The bodies are made in this plant and mounted on chassis produced in a converted automobile plant. Diebold Safe and Lock Company, Canton, Ohio

Production. Halftrac armoured cars. Partly finished halftrac scout car...

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Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. Here, in a former automobile plant, 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun barrels are machined and made ready for front line duty. Since they must shoot fast moving objects at great distances, they must be finished to the very finest of tolerances. Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Detroit

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. Here, in a forme...

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Conversion. Automobile plant. All silent in this huge plant where automobiles were manufactured twenty-four hours a day up until a few weeks ago. These giants will soon be converted to production of tanks for Uncle Sam's army. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. All silent in this huge plant where auto...

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Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun barrels produced in a former automobile plant. Those pictured above are about halfway through the manufacturing process. Chrsyler Corporation, Highland Park, Detroit

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. 40 mm. anti-airc...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. Applying automobile production methods to machining of 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun barrels in a former automobile plant. Five cutting instruments work at the same time. Under the old single-operation methods of gun making, only one of these could work at one time. Automobile workers are proud of the improvement. Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Detroit

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. Applying automob...

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Conversion. Automobile plant. A back shaft that holds the flywheel and clutch mechanism of a 90T96 Cleveland press awaits assembly into the big 120-ton machine. This press will perform a major operation on hood panels for 4 x 4 army trucks. It was moved piece by piece for another plant that is being completely dismantled for conversion to other war production. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. A back shaft that holds the flywheel and...

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Conversion. Automobile plant. Running an electric feeder conduit from a main power panel to relocated presses in a big automobile plant. The presses will work on hood side panels of 4 x 4 and 6 x 6 army trucks. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. Running an electric feeder conduit from ...

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Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun barrels produced in a former automobile plant. Those pictured above are about halfway through the manufacturing process. Chrsyler Corporation, Highland Park, Detroit

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. 40 mm. anti-airc...

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

Soup line, 1942. Skilled workers, engaged in converting a huge automobile plant to army tank production, "freshen up" on an overtime job with hot soup and coffee. Ford Lincoln plant, Michigan

Soup line, 1942. Skilled workers, engaged in converting a huge automob...

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Conversion. Automobile plant. Toggle arm bearings of a big 90T96 Cleveland press are checked before the machine is reassembled for production of army truck parts in another building of an important automobile factory. The building that formerly housed the press is being entirely cleared for the manufacture of an entirely different war product. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. Toggle arm bearings of a big 90T96 Cleve...

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Conversion. Auto plant to 75- and 155-mm shell production. The work of pointing shells must be conducted with care. Shells must be perfect to insure accurate performance. But high standards of accuracy are nothing new to the former automobile plant where these shells are being made. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Conversion. Auto plant to 75- and 155-mm shell production. The work of...

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Motor-testing Room in an Automobile Plant, Detroit, Mich

Motor-testing Room in an Automobile Plant, Detroit, Mich

No. 32380. Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscop... More

Soup line, 1942. Skilled workers, engaged in converting a huge automobile plant to army tank production, "freshen up" on an overtime job with hot soup and coffee. Ford Lincoln plant, Michigan

Soup line, 1942. Skilled workers, engaged in converting a huge automob...

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

Conversion. Automobile plant. Machines that pressed out fenders and hoods for that family sedan of yours are having a brief respite before their conversion to production of tanks for Uncle Sam's army. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. Machines that pressed out fenders and ho...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Planning for heavy war production. A department foreman and a tool designer direct the conversion of a big automobile plant to the manufacture of army "jeeps" and trucks. Ford Lincoln plant, Michigan

Planning for heavy war production. A department foreman and a tool des...

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Conversion. Automobile plant. An electrical switch box is hooked up on a No. 9 12 big 90T96 Cleveland press, just relocated in an automobile factory to perform an operation on an army truck part. The old location of the press is devoted to tank production. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. An electrical switch box is hooked up on...

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

Conversion. Automobile plant. All silent in this huge plant where automobiles were manufactured twenty-four hours a day up until a few weeks ago. This giant will soon be converted to production of tanks for Uncle Sam's army. If conversion is not practical, the machine will be pooled or stored. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. All silent in this huge plant where auto...

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

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. To ensure maximum efficiency, every 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun barrel made in this former automobile plant is checked and double checked. Here an inspector is examining the size of the bore in an army barrel. Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Detroit

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. To ensure maximu...

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

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. Workers in a former automobile plant machining the firing end of a 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun barrel for the U.S. Army. After the tip has been properly machined and threaded, a special addition will be put on it to protect the firing crew. Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Detroit

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. Workers in a for...

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

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. Applying automobile production methods to machining of 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun barrels in a former automobile plant. Five cutting instruments work at the same time. Under the old single-operation methods of gun making, only one of these could work at one time. Automobile workers are proud of the improvement. Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Detroit

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. Applying automob...

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

Switching over to war production. Steel workers make structural changes as a big automobile plant is entirely converted to volume production of army tanks and "jeeps." Ford Lincoln plant, Michigan

Switching over to war production. Steel workers make structural change...

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

Conversion. Automobile plant. All silent in this huge plant where automobiles were manufactured twenty-four hours a day up until a few weeks ago. These giants will soon be converted to production of tanks for Uncle Sam's army. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. All silent in this huge plant where auto...

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

Conversion. Automobile plant. A giant overhead crane moves a 6D Bliss press, weighing seventeen tons, from a plant being entirely cleared for outright conversion to armament Production. When set up in another of the buildings of a big automobile factory, this press will form door trim panels of 4 x 4 and 6 x 6 army trucks. Chevrolet Motor, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. A giant overhead crane moves a 6D Bliss ...

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

Conversion. Automobile plant. A seventeen-ton 6D Bliss press is lowered by overhead crane to the location at which it will produce door trim panels for 4 x 4 and 6 x 6 army trucks. The press was taken from another of the plant buildings that is being entirely cleared for conversion to other war production. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. A seventeen-ton 6D Bliss press is lowere...

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

Conversion. Auto plant to 75- and 155-mm shell production. The work of pointing shells must be conducted with care. Shells must be perfect to insure accurate performance. But high standards of accuracy are nothing new to the former automobile plant where these shells are being made. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Conversion. Auto plant to 75- and 155-mm shell production. The work of...

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

Converting to war production. Steel workers make structural changes as a big automobile plant is entirely changed over to volume production of army tanks and "jeeps." Ford Lincoln plant, Michigan

Converting to war production. Steel workers make structural changes as...

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 huge forge hammer in an automobile plant is converted to war work. The importance of the auto in American life is proving to be tremendous advantage as the the great automotive plants pool their resources in the mightiest war production effort the world has ever seen. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

A huge forge hammer in an automobile plant is converted to war work. 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

Conversion. Automobile plant. Preparing to swing back and clear the long toggle arm of a huge 90T96 Cleveland press so the large connecting rod can be brought in place under the crankshaft. The 120-ton machine will perform a major operation on hood panels for 4 x 4 army trucks. It was moved piece by piece from another plant that is being completely dismantled for conversion to other war productions. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. Preparing to swing back and clear the lo...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Conversion. Automobile plant. All silent in this huge plant where automobiles were manufactured twenty-four hours a day up until a few weeks ago. This giant will soon be converted to production of tanks for Uncle Sam's army. If conversion is not practical, the machine will be pooled or stored. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. All silent in this huge plant where auto...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Automobile plant. Assembling oil distribution pipes to back shaft, flywheel, and clutch mechanism bearings of a huge 90T96 Cleveland press being relocated to perform a major operation on hood panels for 4 x 4 army trucks. The 120-ton machine was moved piece by piece from another plant that is being completely dismantled for conversion to other war production. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. Assembling oil distribution pipes to bac...

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

Conversion. Automobile plant. Machines that pressed out fenders and hoods for that family sedan of yours are having a brief respite before their conversion to production of tanks for Uncle Sam's army. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. Machines that pressed out fenders and ho...

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

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Stock for machine gun barrels is checked in as well-known automobile plant turns its manufacturing facilities over to the Air Force. American industry is on the way to war production records that will amaze the world. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Stock for machine gun barre...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Lot catalog card states that the geographic location of images in lot is Akron, Ohio, but per caption is Lansing, Michigan. Title and other information... More

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. With high-precision instruments, anti-aircraft gun barrels made in a former automobile plant are measured to a ten-thousandth of an inch. Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Detroit

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. With high-precis...

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 bronze collar is fitted on a shell for the Army in a converted automobile plant. Much of the production machinery was switched to the new work with little change, some was changed more radically and some new machinery was installed. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

A bronze collar is fitted on a shell for the Army in a converted autom...

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

Conversion. Automobile plant. A seventeen-ton 6D Bliss press is lowered by overhead crane to the location at which it will produce door trim panels for 4 x 4 and 6 x 6 army trucks. The press was taken from another of the plant buildings that is being entirely cleared for conversion to other war production. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. A seventeen-ton 6D Bliss press is lowere...

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

Conversion. Automobile plant. A thirty-eight-and-a-half-ton Bliss Marquette No. 40 12-84 press, removed from a building that is being entirely cleared and converted to other war production, is lowered to a flat car for shipment to its new location. There it will form hood sides for 4 x 4 and 6 x 6 army trucks. The large I-beam spans placed through the die opening save dismantling and permit two cranes to share the weight, thus permitting quicker removal. Chevrolet Motor, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. A thirty-eight-and-a-half-ton Bliss Marq...

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

Preparing for tank production. A temporary machine shop is set up in a big automobile plant. A large drill press , a radial drill press, a vertical mill and a horizontal mill are background for an engine block of the type to be used in the tank motor. Ford Lincoln plant, Michigan

Preparing for tank production. A temporary machine shop is set up in a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A huge forge manner is taken off its regular peacetime duties in an automobile plant and put on war Production. When workmen have finished their conversion job, the big fellow began shaping crankshafts for defense. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

A huge forge manner is taken off its regular peacetime duties in an au...

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

Conversion. Automobile plant. Machines that pressed out fenders and hoods for that family sedan of yours are having a brief respite before their conversion to production of tanks for Uncle Sam's army. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. Machines that pressed out fenders and ho...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Preparing for tank production. A temporary machine shop is set up in a big automobile plant. A large drill press , a radial drill press, a vertical mill and a horizontal mill are background for an engine block of the type to be used in the tank motor. Ford Lincoln plant, Michigan

Preparing for tank production. A temporary machine shop is set up in a...

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

Conversion. Automobile plant. A thirty-eight-and-a-half-ton Bliss Marquette No. 40 1/2-84 press, removed from a building that is being entirely cleared and converted to other war production, is lowered to a flat car for shipment to its new location. There it will form hood sides for 4 x 4 and 6 x 6 army trucks. The large I-beam spans placed through the die opening save dismantling and permit two cranes to share the weight, thus permitting quicker removal. Chevrolet Motor, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. A thirty-eight-and-a-half-ton Bliss Marq...

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Conversion. Automobile plant. Toggle arm bearings of a big 90T96 Cleveland press are checked before the machine is reassembled for production of army truck parts in another building of an important automobile factory. The building that formerly housed the press is being entirely cleared for the manufacture of an entirely different war product. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. Toggle arm bearings of a big 90T96 Cleve...

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

Each shell must have proper identification as it travels along the production line. This operation imposes no undue burden on the trained workers of a converted automobile plant where the shells are being made. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Each shell must have proper identification as it travels along the pro...

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 military vehicle. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a military vehicle. Office of War Informati...

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 meal on the march. Machine hands in the tool and die room of a converted automobile plant take lunch periods right on the job. The slotting machine behind them perforates metal shapes used in the production of army "jeeps" and tanks. Ford Lincoln plant, Michigan

A meal on the march. Machine hands in the tool and die room of a conve...

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

In a big automobile plant changing over to production of shells, this "Cat Skinner" (tractor operator) was kept busy for some time pulling, turning and bulldozing machines into new location. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

In a big automobile plant changing over to production of shells, this ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. With high-precision instruments, anti-aircraft gun barrels made in a former automobile plant are measured to a ten-thousandth of an inch. Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Detroit

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. With high-precis...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Automobile plant. Reassembling a huge 90T96 Cleveland press to perform a major operation in the production of hood panels for 4 x 4 army trucks. The 120-ton machine was moved piece by piece from another part that is being completely dismantled for conversion to other war production. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. Reassembling a huge 90T96 Cleveland pres...

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

Conversion. Automobile plant. A tractor and an overhead crane work together on the removal, without dismantling, of a thirty-eight-and-a-half-ton press from an auto factory building which is being entirely cleared and converted to a new type armament program. In its new location, this press, a Bliss Marquette No. 40 12-34, will form hood sides for 4 x 4 and 6 x 6 army trucks. Chevrolet Motor, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. A tractor and an overhead crane work tog...

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

Switching over to war production. Steel workers make structural changes as a big automobile plant is entirely converted to volume production of army tanks and "jeeps." Ford Lincoln plant, Michigan

Switching over to war production. Steel workers make structural change...

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.

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A big automobile plant, now entirely on war production, has a well-equipped department for the finishing of breeches for Air Corps machine guns. Milling, grinding and other machine operations are handled as expertly as in the days when the plant was making automobile parts. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A big automobile plant, now...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Important machine operations in the manufacture of shells for the Army are performed in a converted automobile plant where workers are accustomed to the fast and accurate production on highly developed machines. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Important machine operations in the manufacture of shells for the Army...

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

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. Preliminary inspection of "flame arresters" in a former automobile plant. When finished, these "flame arresters" are attached to the nozzle end of a 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun to protect the firing crew. Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Detroit

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. Preliminary insp...

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

Conversion. Automobile plant. All silent in this huge plant where automobiles were manufactured twenty-four hours a day up until a few weeks ago. These giants will soon be converted to production of tanks for Uncle Sam's army. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. All silent in this huge plant where auto...

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

Conversion. Automobile plant. A back shaft that holds the flywheel and clutch mechanism of a 90T96 Cleveland press awaits assembly into the big 120-ton machine. This press will perform a major operation on hood panels for 4 x 4 army trucks. It was moved piece by piece for another plant that is being completely dismantled for conversion to other war production. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. A back shaft that holds the flywheel and...

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

Conversion. Automobile plant. A seventeen-ton 6D Bliss press is lowered by overhead crane to the location at which it will produce door trim panels for 4 x 4 and 6 x 6 Army trucks. The press was taken from another of the plant buildings that is being entirely cleared for conversion to other war production. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. A seventeen-ton 6D Bliss press is lowere...

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

Planning for heavy war production. A department foreman and a tool designer direct the conversion of a big automobile plant to the manufacture of army "jeeps" and trucks. Ford Lincoln plant, Michigan

Planning for heavy war production. A department foreman and a tool des...

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

Conversion. Automobile plant. New Alemite fitting is added to a toggle arm bearing of a big 90T96 Cleveland press before the machine is reassembled in another building of an important automobile factory. The building that formerly housed the press is entirely cleared for the manufacture of an entirely different war product. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. New Alemite fitting is added to a toggle...

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

Conversion. Automobile plant. Workmen inspect the powerful crank of a DF-1600-60 press that weighs eighty-seven tons. The machine is being cleaned and adjusted before moving to its new assignment of drawing army truck parts in a former automobile factory. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. Workmen inspect the powerful crank of a ...

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

Production. Halftrac armoured cars. Partly finished halftrac scout cars travel along a moving assembly line in a plant converted from the manufacture of safes and locks. The bodies are made in this plant and mounted on chassis produced in a converted automobile plant. Diebold Safe and Lock Company, Canton, Ohio

Production. Halftrac armoured cars. Partly finished halftrac scout car...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Automobile plant. A seventeen-ton 6D Bliss press is lowered by overhead crane to the location at which it will produce door trim panels for 4 x 4 and 6 x 6 Army trucks. The press was taken from another of the plant buildings that is being entirely cleared for conversion to other war production. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. A seventeen-ton 6D Bliss press is lowere...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Conversion. Automobile plant. A giant overhead crane moves a 6D Bliss press, weighing seventeen tons, from a plant being entirely cleared for outright conversion to armament Production. When set up in another of the buildings of a big automobile factory, this press will form door trim panels of 4 x 4 and 6 x 6 army trucks. Chevrolet Motor, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. A giant overhead crane moves a 6D Bliss ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Automobile industry. Scaffolding is built around some of the heavy machinery in this automobile plant to aid workers in dismantling it for shipment either for war work or for temporary storage. The Plymouth Company, Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile industry. Scaffolding is built around some of t...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. Workers in a former automobile plant machining the firing end of a 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun barrel for the U.S. Army. After the tip has been properly machined and threaded, a special addition will be put on it to protect the firing crew. Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Detroit

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. Workers in a for...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. In a former automobile plant every imperfect gun barrel is immediately returned to the materials manufacturer, so he can double-check his furnace and mixtures. Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Detroit

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. In a former auto...

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

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. Every inch of every 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun barrel made in this former automobile plant is examined before it receives its final approval. Here, government inspectors are shown looking into the very middle of a gun barrel through a special instrument. Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Detroit

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. Every inch of ev...

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

Production. Halftrac armoured cars. Partly finished halftrac scout cars travel along a moving assembly line in a plant converted from the manufacture of safes and locks. The bodies are made in this plant and mounted on chassis produced in a converted automobile plant. Diebold Safe and Lock Company, Canton, Ohio

Production. Halftrac armoured cars. Partly finished halftrac scout car...

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A black and white photo of a military vehicle. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a military vehicle. Office of War Informati...

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

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Stock for machine gun barrels is checked in as well-known automobile plant turns its manufacturing facilities over to the Air Force. American industry is on the way to war production records that will amaze the world. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Stock for machine gun barre...

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Technical experts working on plans for a mass production of weapons at a converted automobile plant

Technical experts working on plans for a mass production of weapons at...

Image source: Automotive Council for War Production. Title and other information from file print. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More i... More

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. Here, in a former automobile plant, 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun barrels are machined and made ready for front line duty. Since they must shoot fast moving objects at great distances, they must be finished to the very finest of tolerances. Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Detroit

Conversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. Here, in a forme...

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