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Conversion. Converters at one of the four butadiene units at the Institute plant at Institute, West Virginia, where the processing of grain alcohol to butadiene is stored

Conversion. Converters at one of the four butadiene units at the Insti...

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George Bernard Shaw's 3 act comedy "Captain Brassbound's conversion"

George Bernard Shaw's 3 act comedy "Captain Brassbound's conversion"

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Captain Brassbound's Conversion" at the Hollywood Playhouse, Vine St. near Hollywood Bvld., Los Angeles, Calif., showing bust portrait of Bernard Shaw. Work P... More

Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. A heated ingot of steel is removed from the soaking pit. In this pit ingots are thoroughly heated to the extremely high temperature required for conversion into slabs, billets or sheet bars for further conversion

Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenri...

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Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Last of the old order. A half-emptied box at a punch press holds the final batch of brass parts for women's compacts to be processed in a Kentucky watch case factory before complete conversion to war prodution. Note safety cords attached to operator's arms. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Last of the old order. A ha...

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Conversion. Watch cases to war production. His hair is white, but his eye is keen. Fifty years of precision work for a Kentucky watch case manufacturer, now converted to war production, gave this aritsan rare skill in developing fine dies for the arsenal of democracy. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. His hair is white, but his ...

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Conversion. Silverware plant. To meet Air Corps Ordnance specifications, this bomb shackle must be accurate to the 1/10,000th of an inch, and that's pretty tight measuring by anybody's standards. An employee of an Eastern plant which produced silver tableware in peacetimes, inspects the shackle aided by a surface height device. Oneida Ltd., Oneida, New York

Conversion. Silverware plant. To meet Air Corps Ordnance specification...

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Conversion. Automobile industry. Working far into the night, tool engineers and layout experts work on the complete conversion of the great automobile assembly plant to war work. The Plymouth Company, Chrylser Corporation, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile industry. Working far into the night, tool engi...

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Conversion. Auto body plant. Assembling a wing section of airplanes in a factory newly converted to airplane production. Automobile bodies were formerly made here

Conversion. Auto body plant. Assembling a wing section of airplanes in...

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Conversion. Flooring to gunstocks. Stocks for Army rifles. A large walnut slab, known as a flitch, is marked for the cutting out of sound planes for gunstocks. Light chalk marks indicate defects. Black marks are the outlines to which selected sections for "rifle furniture" will be cut. Because of knots, swirls, twisted grain and other faults, only a small percentage of the flitch can be used. Louisville, Kentucky

Conversion. Flooring to gunstocks. Stocks for Army rifles. A large wal...

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Conversion. Floor waxer plant. No more floor polishers will be produced by this small Eastern manufacturing company, whose entire resources are being converted to defense Production. Bench workers will henceforth be women, if the owner's plans are realized, so that his male operators can be released for heavy-duty machine work. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. No more floor polishers will be produce...

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A grinding operation on the breech of a machine gun for the Air Corps. The adaptability of grinding machines to this work helped speed the conversion of the auto factory which is now making these guns. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A grinding operation on the...

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Conversion. Food machinery plant. Cutting of spouts for anti-tanks guns such as those shown in the foreground is the present work of this lathe, formerly used in the production of cube steak machines in a New England plant which is now turning out a number of parts for war machinery on subcontract. Conversion of this machine, and the stepping up of its speed required only a few hours. The operator, Ralph Hutchings, has also turned his skill to war work. He formerly operated a lathe in the production of cube steak machinery. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts

Conversion. Food machinery plant. Cutting of spouts for anti-tanks gun...

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Conversion. Safe and lock company. Assembling the weapons of Victory. In a factory which formerly manufactured safes and locks, Uncle Sam's armed forces are being provided with thirty-seven-millimeter guns and gun mounts to blast the Axis off the map. York Safe and Lock Company, York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Safe and lock company. Assembling the weapons of Victory. ...

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Conversion. Food machinery plant. Back to aid in his country's war effort is Phineas Davenport Allen, seventy-eight-year-old mechanic who worked on steering riggings for submarines during World War I. Today he is employed by a New England company, whose normal peacetime product is cube steak machinery. The drill press he operates was a valuable part of the company's peacetime equipment, is even more valuable today in the speeding of work on war subcontracts. Here Allen is drilling bearing caps for cube steak machines. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts

Conversion. Food machinery plant. Back to aid in his country's war eff...

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Conversion. Auto radiators to army helmets. "Spanking," or forming the edge of a steel army helmet. This operation, performed on a medium-sized press in a converted auto radiator plant, is part of the process of making helmets from flat sheets of steel. McCool Radiator Company, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Auto radiators to army helmets. "Spanking," or forming th...

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Conversion. Auto body plant. Machines that once turned out hoods and fenders for the family sedan are undergoing transformation to accomodate a far more important product. This plant is being converted from automobile body manufacture to production of airplanes. Briggs Manufacturing Company, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Auto body plant. Machines that once turned out hoods and f...

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Conversion. Paper machinery to plane wing parts. A horizontal milling machine operator in the plant of an Eastern manufacturer of paper machinery bores a hole in a jig used in the manufacture of airplane wing hinges. In addition to these jigs, the plant is also making open naval sights and other war essentials

Conversion. Paper machinery to plane wing parts. A horizontal milling ...

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Conversion. Hosiery factory. Bales of mosquito netting lie ready to be packed in crates for shipment to ordnance officers throughout the country. Women's hosiery was once the chief product of this Eastern mill which is now forty-percent converted to the production of netting for American troops. Van Raalte Company

Conversion. Hosiery factory. Bales of mosquito netting lie ready to be...

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Conversion. Copper and brass processing. As extruded rod comes from the extrusion machine, it is too hot to handle. It is put under a cold water spray, then sent to the saws to be cut to shorter lengths for further operations. Chase Copper and Brass Company, Euclid, Ohio

Conversion. Copper and brass processing. As extruded rod comes from th...

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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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Conversion. Hosiery factory. Permalon solution, a chemical mixture used on mosquito netting is mixed by a worker in a large Eastern mill which formerly made women's stockings. This chemical solution stiffens the netting and prevents subsequent shrinkage, so that the hardest tropical downpour which American armed forces may endure will not alter the netting

Conversion. Hosiery factory. Permalon solution, a chemical mixture use...

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Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Little giants. Tiny fuse baffles, vital to victory, are produced for the Picatinny Arsenal in a Kentucky plant that formerly made watch cases. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Little giants. Tiny fuse ba...

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Conversion. Copper and brass processing. Weighing brass scrap. The war program calls for the use of such vast amounts of brass and copper among other metals, that all available scrap must be utilized. Here a truckload of brass trimmings from a sheet mill is being weighed. From here it will go to the casting shop, where it will be remelted and cast again into billets. Chase Brass and Copper Company, Euclid, Ohio

Conversion. Copper and brass processing. Weighing brass scrap. The war...

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Conversion. Floor waxer plant. These twenty-year-old lathes are producing equipment for Uncle Sam's armed forces twenty-two hours a day. Alive to the possibilities of converting old equipment to defense usage, the owner of this small Eastern factory bought and remodelled old equipment which is proving its mettle in 1942. Note overhead power-driven machinery. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. These twenty-year-old lathes are produc...

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Conversion. Safety razor plant. Closeup of grinder converted from production of safety razors to tool-posts. Only conversion necessary in this instance is of the tool holding the V-block, which is held in place by the magnetic chuck. Gillette

Conversion. Safety razor plant. Closeup of grinder converted from prod...

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Conversion. Safe and lock company. Basing off the breech end of a thirty-seven-millimeter gun, this young worker is one of the millions of Americans hard at work behind the men behind the guns. Site of these operations is a factory which formerly made locks and safes, before its conversion to production of guns and gun mounts. York Safe and Lock Company, York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Safe and lock company. Basing off the breech end of a thir...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Annotation in or on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overse... More

Conversion. From garage to defense workshop. George Carell who successfully converted his garage into a defense workshop is shown checking finished parts of war products with micometer. The garage and basement form his factory. No waste of space or time here. Carell got to work without delay and his makeshift factory is going full blast grinding out tools to beat the axis

Conversion. From garage to defense workshop. George Carell who success...

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Conversion. Farm implements to cargo winches. A gear shaper in a large Midwestern farm implement plant works on the production of gears for essential farm equipment and for marine cargo winches. Gun slides and other military equipment are also produced in this plant since its conversion from straight farm equipment manufacture

Conversion. Farm implements to cargo winches. A gear shaper in a large...

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Conversion. Electric shaver plant. This Norton type C six-inch semi-automatic cylindrical grinder in a New England plant used to grind motor shafts for the firm's normal production of electric dry shavers. It is now grinding spring collets which are used in turning machines to hold the work being turned. Such machines are vitally needed for the war production effort. The conversion of the machine was accomplished by replacing the one-inch vitrified aluminum oxide wheel shown here with a three-inch wheel and by enlarging the feed of the cutting solution. Tolerances on this war work are only .002 inches as compared with the tolerances on the normal production of .0002 inches (see pix #D-2974). Schick Inc., Stamford, Connecticut

Conversion. Electric shaver plant. This Norton type C six-inch semi-au...

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Conversion. Toy furniture to dies for incendiary bombs. This small Midwest machine shop used to manufacture doll's furniture and fly swatters before Pearl Harbor. Subcontracts on defense orders now occupy all machines as rapidly as the old stock can be assembled. Here two high school boys complete machine work on metal legs for the furniture. Sivon Machine Company, Painesville, Ohio

Conversion. Toy furniture to dies for incendiary bombs. This small Mid...

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Conversion. Auto parts to aircraft landing gear. Like a sculptor working in marble, this toolmaker is carving a die (a process known as diecasting) from a piece of solid steel for use in the production of forgings for aircraft landing gear. The machining is being done in a converted Midwest automobile plant

Conversion. Auto parts to aircraft landing gear. Like a sculptor worki...

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Conversion. Copper and brass processing. Brass or copper, as it comes from the rolls, is usually in strips too long for convenient handling. Here motor-driven shears cut the strip to shorter lengths. At the same time the metal is carefully inspected for surface defects. Chase Brass and Copper Company, Euclid, Ohio

Conversion. Copper and brass processing. Brass or copper, as it comes ...

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Conversion. Rowing shells to life rafts. Before conversion to war production, the New England plant employing this veteran craftsman built rowing shells for varsity crews. The plant now produces life rafts for the Navy

Conversion. Rowing shells to life rafts. Before conversion to war prod...

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Discarded stockingss go to war. Silk stockings which can no longer be worn are being collected in stores throughout the country for conversion into powder bags which propel the projectile in big naval and coast defense guns

Discarded stockingss go to war. Silk stockings which can no longer be ...

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Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. White-hot steel pours like water from a thirty-five ton electric furnace. The finest quality steels and alloys are produced in these furnaces, which allow much greater control of temperature than other conversion furnaces. The proportion of electric furnace steel is rising steadily, even though this process is the most expensive

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. White-hot steel pours like water ...

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Conversion. Electric shaver plant. This New England whose normal product is electric dry shavers is now turning out parts for machine tools which will find their place in the war production effort. This bank of Norton grinders which formerly ground motor shafts are now grinding small parts for tools. Tolerances on the war work are only .002 inches whereas the former work demanded much closer tolerances up to .0002 inches. The conversion was accomplished by putting on new grinding wheels, by minor changes in the head and by increasing the feed of the cutting solution. Schick Inc., Stamford, Connecticut

Conversion. Electric shaver plant. This New England whose normal produ...

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Washington, D.C. Conversion of the Shoreham Hotel furnace from oil to coal burning system

Washington, D.C. Conversion of the Shoreham Hotel furnace from oil to ...

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Tennessee Valley Authority production. Chemical plants. Studies in the high-pressure synthesis of gases are being made continuously in the TVA laboratories in the Muscle Shoals area. The plants served by these laboratories make ammonia for conversion into ammonium nitrate for use in the manufacture of high explosive shells, elemental phosphorus for incendiary bombs and shells, phosphoric acid and highly concentrated phosphatic fertilizers

Tennessee Valley Authority production. Chemical plants. Studies in the...

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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. Farm implements to cargo winches. Section of one of the bays of a converted Midwestern farm implement plant now producing steam cargo winches for the Maritime Commission

Conversion. Farm implements to cargo winches. Section of one of the ba...

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Conversion. Silverware plant. Normally used to polish fine silverware, this machine now buffs up delicate surgical instruments which will ultimately be sent to Army and Navy physicians. The Eastern factory in which these instruments are made is undergoing conversion from manufacture of silverplate and silverware. Oneida Ltd., Oneida, New York

Conversion. Silverware plant. Normally used to polish fine silverware,...

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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. Merry-go-round plant. These hands used to turn out merry-go-rounds to gladden the hearts of the nation's children. The carrousel plant in which they work is now engaged in producing war parts in subcontracts from army and navy contractors. Here the hands, which belong to Otto Andre, are bending crate hooks for the packing of airplane engines for export. The bulldozer was used in peacetime work, has since been converted to war work. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These hands used to turn out merry-g...

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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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Southington, Connecticut. Boys collecting paper for war conversion

Southington, Connecticut. Boys collecting paper for war conversion

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Conversion. Automobile industry. Goodbye to all this--for the duration anyway. The last lone car leaves the factory before conversion of this plant to war production. The Plymouth Company, Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile industry. Goodbye to all this--for the duration...

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Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These hands and this machine used to turn out merry-go-rounds to gladden the hearts of the nation's children. The carrousel plant in which they work is now engaged in producing war parts on subcontracts from army and navy contractors. While a plant officer looks on, machinist Arthur Greaces operates a Bickford vertical boring machine formerly used in the production of merry-go-rounds, now used for war work. He is machining a sheaf ordered as part of a sub-contract on maritime work. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These hands and this machine used to...

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Conversion. Metal screens to bomber windows. An aluminum switch box for an airplane tow target is drilled in a production jig at an Eastern plant that formerly made metal screens for doors and windows

Conversion. Metal screens to bomber windows. An aluminum switch box fo...

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Conversion. Copper and brass processing. These men are pushing a factory platform truckload of coiled brass and copper strips to the shipping platform of the mill. Chase Copper and Brass Company, Euclid, Ohio

Conversion. Copper and brass processing. These men are pushing a facto...

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Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. Four major welding operations are essential to the manufacture of shatterproof oxygen cylinders for high altitude flying. In the first, the circumferential straps are securely welded to the cylindrical portion to prevent tearing of the metal. The process is shown above, taken in the metal division of a large Eastern rubber factory. Firestone, Akron, Ohio

Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. Four maj...

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Conversion. Paper machinery to plant wing parts. All bearing surfaces on turret gun mount housings for M-3 tanks are rough planed and finished planed on a fifty inch by fifty inch four-head planer. The job is being done in the plant of an Eastern paper machinery manufacturer who is also turning out naval sights and plane wing equipment

Conversion. Paper machinery to plant wing parts. All bearing surfaces ...

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Conversion. Farm implements to cargo winches. Making a vernier caliper measurement of a tooth on a cargo winch gear in a converted Midwest farm implement plant. The hobbing machine used in this operation formerly cut bull gears for plow tractors

Conversion. Farm implements to cargo winches. Making a vernier caliper...

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Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. In storage for the duration go these figures for merry-go-rounds, peacetime product of this New York state plant, now turning out bits and pieces for the war program. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. In storage for the duration go these...

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Conversion. Food machinery plant. Cutting of spouts for anti-tank guns is the present work of this lathe, shown here at its former job--shaping of wooden rollers used with a belt control to carry steaks into the cube steak machine which is this New England plant's normal product. Conversion of this lathe, and the stepping up of its speed, has turned his skill from peacetime work to war production. Cube Steak Machinery Company, Boston, Massachusetts

Conversion. Food machinery plant. Cutting of spouts for anti-tank guns...

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Auto conversion to airplane engines. "We'll be turning out as many airplane engines as Carter does pills," employees of a converted automobile factory told OEM (Office of Emergency Management) photographer. Now undergoing one hundred percent conversion to airplane motor production, this factory employs thousands of workers who are familiarizing themselves with the newly installed tools and machines. Two workers here lathe the cylinder of an airplane motor. Under terms of its contract, production was not scheduled until October, but Herculean efforts of management and labor completed the conversion this spring. Chevrolet, Buffalo, New York

Auto conversion to airplane engines. "We'll be turning out as many air...

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Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These are shell ejectors for naval guns, a far cry from the peacetime product of the plant where they were turned out. This plant in New York state formerly made merry-go-rounds and other thrill rides, today it aids in the war effort, protecting the right of Americans to enjoy the thrill rides it formerly turned out. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These are shell ejectors for naval g...

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Conversion. Copper and brass processing. Not King Midas counting out his money, but an inspector in a cartridge case shop examining cartridge case blanks or discs for flaws in metal structure. Any flaws in the blanks can be easily detected in the freshly- cut edges after they are wiped clean. These circular blanks, which are cut on a press from heavy sheet brass, are drawn and formed into shell cases. Chase Copper and Brass Company, Euclid, Ohio

Conversion. Copper and brass processing. Not King Midas counting out h...

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Conversion. Silverware plant. Erstwhile polisher of fine silverware, this employee of an Eastern plant now undergoing conversion to production of war essentials, is at present engaged in assembly of bomb shackles. More than 500 operations on 100 parts are required to assemble the shackles. And incidentally, before it can be assembled, fifty parts requiring 167 tool operations are in order. Oneida Ltd., Oneida, New York

Conversion. Silverware plant. Erstwhile polisher of fine silverware, t...

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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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Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Along an overhead monorail system, cans containing the carefully compounded ingredients of the batch, move to the huge furnaces for conversion into molten glass from which fiberglass materials are manufactured in a plant of Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Along an overhead...

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Conversion. Auto body plant. He's marking this wing with the colors of victory--red, white and blue. Stencil being applied to wing tip in one of America's automobile body plants newly converted to airplane Production. Briggs Manufacturing Company, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Auto body plant. He's marking this wing with the colors of...

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Get in the scrap. Conversion poster released by the Office for Emergency Management (OEM) to promote the collection of scrap metal, paper, rags and rubber

Get in the scrap. Conversion poster released by the Office for Emergen...

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Conversion. Toy factory. Before and after conversion. Product of this New England factory before conversion was toys, such as this steam roller. Today, after converting its machinery, it is making radio filter boxes for tanks and jeeps. The small parts shown in the picture are used in the filter boxes

Conversion. Toy factory. Before and after conversion. Product of this ...

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Conversion. Rowing shells to life rafts. At his old job making rowing shells for varsity crews, this veteran craftsman now helps produce plywood life rafts for Navy ships. Here he is shown at work on the frame of a rowing shell

Conversion. Rowing shells to life rafts. At his old job making rowing ...

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Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. White-hot steel pours like water from a thirty-five ton electric furnace. The finest quality steels and alloys are produced in these furnaces, which allow much greater control of temperature than other conversion furnaces. The proportion of electric furnace steel is rising steadily, even though this process is the most expensive. The furnace is tiled for the pourings. The flying sparks indicate the fluidity of the steel

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. White-hot steel pours like water ...

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Waste paper. Waste is an American characteristic. For too many years we have simply thrown things out when we were through with them, without a thought that they might be reused. Here on this garbage scow carrying rubbish for disposal is a huge stock of waste paper, so vitally needed today for conversion into packing paper for defense and lend-lease products

Waste paper. Waste is an American characteristic. For too many years w...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. War production is in large measure a story of conversion, a story of using at once facilities already available while newer facilities are being readied. Formerly an airship dock, this huge building--thought to be the largest in the world with no interior supports--is now the scene of many busy shops turning out aircraft sub-assembly parts. Either new housing close to the plant or vastly improved public transportation will eventually have to be supplied, for the tires on the cars of the workers, and perhaps even the cars themselves, will in many instances give in before the end of the present emergency. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. War production is in large measure a st...

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Steel production. Steel production in war time. A ladle of molten iron from a blast furncace is poured into an open hearth furnace for conversion into steel. Note the safety latch on the crane hook. Republic, Youngstown

Steel production. Steel production in war time. A ladle of molten iron...

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Conversion. Toy furniture to dies for incendiary bombs. This worker in a small Midwest factory is handling dies for use in producing incendiary bombs. The company, which formerly made doll's furniture, is now operating under subcontract for war production Sivon Machine Company, Painesville, Ohio

Conversion. Toy furniture to dies for incendiary bombs. This worker in...

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Conversion. Fuel oil to coal heating system. Guests can keep warm and tanks can crash German lines at the same time as a result of this Washington hotel's conversion from a fuel oil to a coal heating system. The man installing the coal plant appears dwarfed by the tremendous size of the furnace

Conversion. Fuel oil to coal heating system. Guests can keep warm and ...

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Conversion. Floor waxer plant. He's not drawing a bead on an enemy ship, but he's hitting at the Axis just the same. Formerly a Work Projects Administration timekeeper (WPA), this employee of a small Eastern manufacturing firm is now producing small parts for America's war machine, due to the company's subcontract for defense work. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. He's not drawing a bead on an enemy shi...

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Conversion. Metal screens to bomber windows. Milling fillets on passenger train window frames in the plant of an Eastern manufacturer of metal door and window

Conversion. Metal screens to bomber windows. Milling fillets on passen...

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Conversion. Jukebox plant. Completed push-button panels for jukeboxes are stacked by an employee of a large Eastern concern whose product will shortly switch from amusement devices to electrical equipment for Uncle Sam's army and navy. Rudolph Wurlitzer, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Jukebox plant. Completed push-button panels for jukeboxes ...

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Conversion. Jukebox plant. As indigenous to the American scene as the hamburger stand and Mickey Mouse, juke boxes like this, here being tested. From now on, electrical control instruments, based on the principle of the jukebox selection device, will be produced here for use by Uncle Sam's armed forces. Rudolph Wurlitzer, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Jukebox plant. As indigenous to the American scene as the ...

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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. Auto parts to artillery shells. A drilling operation on the noses of artillery shells is performed with speed and efficiency in a converted Midwest auto plant. Continuous conveyers feed the shells to the operators to ensure steady production

Conversion. Auto parts to artillery shells. A drilling operation on th...

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Conversion. Frying pans to aircraft parts. Using a lathe converted from manufacture of egg poachers, frying pans and radio parts, this employee of a small Eastern plant is milling an aluminum alloy flap hinge forging to be used on American fighting planes. Precision Metal Company, New York, New York

Conversion. Frying pans to aircraft parts. Using a lathe converted fro...

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Conversion. Auto body plant. Hot off the press--the last fenders to be produced by a large Midwest automobile manufacturing company before the conversion to production of airplane parts took place

Conversion. Auto body plant. Hot off the press--the last fenders to be...

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Conversion. Safety razor plant. Operation of surface grinder in production of V-blocks for the machine that makes America's war machine. Women are rapidly being drafted to fill men's jobs on light-duty machines as this

Conversion. Safety razor plant. Operation of surface grinder in produc...

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Conversion. Hosiery factory. Looks intricate, but this contraption is an old story to this young woman employee of an Eastern hosiery plant which is now forty-percent converted to the manufacture of mosquito netting for the armed forces. These warp holders are used to determine the tensile strength of yarn and to keep it in place during machine operations. Van Raalte Company

Conversion. Hosiery factory. Looks intricate, but this contraption is ...

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Conversion. Copper and brass processing. Intermediate rolling operation on strip. Strip brass and copper, cast as thick heavy cakes, is reduced by successive rolling to lighter gauge sheet, strip, bar, plate, wire or foil. Here's one of the intermediate rolls used in the production of strip. The man is coiling the strip as it comes from the rolls. Chase Copper and Brass Company, Euclid, Ohio

Conversion. Copper and brass processing. Intermediate rolling operatio...

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Conversion. Copper and brass processing. The inside of a large brass and copper tube mill. Copper tubes are made in many sizes, and in many alloys, and are needed for war production in hundreds of different ways--from small diameter tubing for gas and oil lines in airplanes and tanks and motor cars to large diameter tubes used in construction of our battleships. A tube annealing furnace may be seen to the right. Chase Brass and Copper Company, Euclid, Ohio

Conversion. Copper and brass processing. The inside of a large brass a...

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Conversion. Jukebox plant. Solonoid selectors, devices which play the right record for you on the jukebox are assembled by young girls working in a large East coast plant. After the last jukeboxes rolled off the assembly line, this company will use the same machines and operations to manufacture electrical control devices for the Army and the Navy. Rudolph Wurlitzer, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Jukebox plant. Solonoid selectors, devices which play the ...

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Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. Hooks for export packing cases of aircraft engines are bent on this horizontal bulldozer which was formerly used to bend rails for merry-go-rounds to delight the hearts of carefree children. It was thought impossible to convert the machine for this use, but a little thinking and ingenuity solved the problem. The slack was taken out of the bulldozer and it was found to work quite satisfactory as an aid to bending the heavy hooks into shape. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. Hooks for export packing cases of ai...

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Conversion. Pianos to airplane motors. From musical instruments to instruments of death. Edward Groe, Nowegian-born employee of a Chicago piano factory, has been regulating the pneumatic motors of trainer planes since the firm's conversion to war production. Employed by this same company since 1909, Groe is an expert mechanic whose pre-war work included regulating the keys of electric organs. Gulbransen Company

Conversion. Pianos to airplane motors. From musical instruments to ins...

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Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. In storage for the duration is this stock of figures for merry-go-rounds. The New York state plant which formerly turned them out is now engaged in the production of bits and pieces for the war program. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. In storage for the duration is this ...

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Conversion. Hosiery factory. This mechanic used to tend machines which produced some of America's sheerest hosiery. Today he's working for America's armed forces on these same machines, which are producing mosquito netting for the Army and Navy. In the picture, he's servicing the mesh gears of a loom. Van Raalte Company

Conversion. Hosiery factory. This mechanic used to tend machines which...

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Conversion. Auto parts to artillery shells. Finished artillery shells are carefully gauged to ensure perfectly uniform ammunition for our fighting men. A converted Midwest auto plant is now producing these shells as efficiently as it turned out parts for automobiles

Conversion. Auto parts to artillery shells. Finished artillery shells ...

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Conversion. Pianos to airplane motors. A pretty girl surrounded by melody! Employed by a Chicago piano factory which has recently been converted to war production, Bernice Strutz uses a drill press to set capstan screws in keyboards. Today, however, she's assembling trainer-plane motors to be used by America's armed forces. Gulbransen Company

Conversion. Pianos to airplane motors. A pretty girl surrounded by mel...

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Conversion. Farm implements to cargo winches. Steam cargo winches for the Maritime Commission roll off the assembly line of a converted Midwestern plant which formerly produced power farming implements

Conversion. Farm implements to cargo winches. Steam cargo winches for ...

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Conversion. From garage to defense workshop. This is the exterior of the Carell home. The side door admits authorized visitors to the war shop. A stenciled sign warns off others to stay out

Conversion. From garage to defense workshop. This is the exterior of t...

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Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. A multi-spindle screw machine that formerly worked on cash register parts now performs a first operation on 37mm M-54 high explosive shells. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio

Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. A multi-spindle screw mac...

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Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Volunteers for Victory. The fine machinery and skilled operators of a commercial watch case factory are now producing precision radio parts for the armed forces. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Volunteers for Victory. The...

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Conversion. Automobile industry. Installing new jogs and fixtures on an old automobile production machine. For more than ten years this machine has been making automobile parts; now it will make aircraft parts to help "keep 'em flying." The Plymouth Company, Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile industry. Installing new jogs and fixtures on a...

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Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These hands used to turn out merry-go-rounds to gladden the hearts of the nation's children. The carrousel plant in which they work is now engaged in producing war parts on subcontracts from army and navy contractors. Above is a completed shell ejector getting its final testing. The brass bottom of a navy shell is applied on the testing stand, with the spring mechanism which actually ejects the shell getting the primary test. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These hands used to turn out merry-g...

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Conversion. Silverware plant. An Eastern factory which produces bomb shackles for Uncle Sam's birdmen was once one of the country's best-known manufacturers of table silver. Above is closeup of a shaft assembly in specially made milling jig. Held at left is unmilled shaft while at right are completed shafts in milling jigs. Oneida Ltd., Oneida, New York

Conversion. Silverware plant. An Eastern factory which produces bomb s...

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Conversion. Automobile industry. Cement makes new floor foundations for heavy war production machinery in this converted automobile factory. The Plymouth Company, Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile industry. Cement makes new floor foundations fo...

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Conversion. Animal traps to armor-piercing bullet cores. Some of the traps made by an Eastern concern that specialized in these products during peace years. All the facilities of the plant are now devoted to the making of armor-piercing bullet cores, incendiary bomb noses, army cot parts and other war essentials

Conversion. Animal traps to armor-piercing bullet cores. Some of the t...

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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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Conversion. Rowing shells to life rafts. Smooth and shiny as satin instrument covers made from plywood undergo final sanding. The worker operating the electric sander made rowing shells before the plant where he is employed converted to war production

Conversion. Rowing shells to life rafts. Smooth and shiny as satin ins...

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