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Transformer manufacture. These porcelain spirals are part of the works of a power transformer; transformers are essential to war production industries, and this employee of a large Eastern electrical company, working in the bushing section, is contributing essentially to Uncle Sam's war effort. Bushings are the tubes which hold the copper leads through which power flows both in and out of giant transformers. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. These porcelain spirals are part of the works...

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

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Reaming rocker shaft bushings for Pratt and Whitney airplane motors at a large Eastern plant. The care with which work of this kind is done goes a long way toward explaining the excellent performances of American airplane engines in action. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Reaming rocker shaft b...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

Public domain photograph of 1930s working-class Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detroit, Michigan. Assembly of Rolls Royce engines at the Packard Motor Car Company. Checking bushings by means of a shadow graph and an indicator

Detroit, Michigan. Assembly of Rolls Royce engines at the Packard Moto...

Public domain photograph - working class people, the 1930s United States, work, labor, worker, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tin can alley leads to victory. Save that tin can! Uncle Sam needs it. As vital as iron and steel to the war effort, reclaimed tin is used to make the bushings of airplane motors and machine-gun mounts, and for other war equipment. First step in preparing cans for your government is to remove both ends (or leave attached by no more than one-half inch).

Tin can alley leads to victory. Save that tin can! Uncle Sam needs it....

Public domain photograph of 3d object museum collection, metal, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Transformer manufacture. These porcelain spirals are part of the works of a power transformer; transformers are essential to war production industries, and this employee of a large Eastern electrical company, working in the bushing section, is contributing essentially to Uncle Sam's war effort. Bushings are the tubes which hold the copper leads through which power flows both in and out of giant transformers. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. These porcelain spirals are part of the works...

Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description