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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...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Joe Kachler drilling holes in small shafts using the drill press.

Joe Kachler drilling holes in small shafts using the drill press.

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 9, 1994.

A New York City manufacturer wishes to locate turret lathe, drill press, and arbor press facilities for the manufacture of a five-inch assembly housing

A New York City manufacturer wishes to locate turret lathe, drill pres...

Public domain photograph related to New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tank armor production. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Farrell, Pennsylvania. Rivet holes for the armor plates of military tanks are run on a vertical drill press in an Eastern mill

Tank armor production. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Farrell, P...

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.

Joe Kachler using a jig to drill holes in a small shaft while it is mounted on the drill press.

Joe Kachler using a jig to drill holes in a small shaft while it is mo...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 6, 1994.

Dante Electric Company, Bantam, Connecticut. The shop is busy, so Anna, oldest of the five Dante girls lends a hand with a drill press. Anna operates the Bantam Beauty Salon, but because she has difficulty with hot water during the winter, she closes the shop from early January through March. Her "boyfriend" (Anna says they are not engaged) works regularly at the American Brass Company in Torrington. If he puts in an eight-hour day there, he works for another four hours at the Dante Electric. Often now, however, he puts in a twelve-hour day in Torrington, and on those days does not work for Dante

Dante Electric Company, Bantam, Connecticut. The shop is busy, so Anna...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. In times of peace, this horizontal bulldozer was used to fashion parts for merry-go-rounds to lighten the hearts of carefree children. The drill press has now been converted so that it can perform a face milling operation on landing gear cases for Airacobras. Mathew Kipa, expert machinist, uses a depth micrometer to check the accuracy of his work. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. In times of peace, this horizontal b...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A New York City manufacturer wishes to locate turret lathe, drill press, and arbor press facilities for the manufacture of a five-inch assembly housing

A New York City manufacturer wishes to locate turret lathe, drill pres...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Wash... More

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. New tooling and a large drill have fitted this press for the drilling of screw machine parts needed in new machine tools for war production. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts

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

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

Joe Kachler using a jig to drill holes in a small shaft while it is mounted on the drill press.

Joe Kachler using a jig to drill holes in a small shaft while it is mo...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 6, 1994.

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...

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

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Lunch hour in the women's locker at the yards of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Left to right: Bertha Carlotta, twenty-nine, a machinist testing axles; Anna Plecenik, twenty-four, a machinist's helper, working a drill press; Mary Stefanski, thirty-seven, a blacksmith's helper; Cecelia Wadkowski, thirty-five, a machinist operating a turret lathe; and Susan Topolosky, thirty-two, a machinist's helper operating a radial dial press

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Lunch hour in the women's locker at the yards ...

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

Joe Kachler drilling holes in small shafts using the drill press.

Joe Kachler drilling holes in small shafts using the drill press.

Public domain photograph of manufacturing, industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pete Wychman drilling holes in a drive shaft using the large vertical drill press.

Pete Wychman drilling holes in a drive shaft using the large vertical ...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 8, 1994.

Joe Kachler using a jig to drill holes in a small shaft while it is mounted on the drill press.

Joe Kachler using a jig to drill holes in a small shaft while it is mo...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 6, 1994.

Pete Wychman drilling holes in a drive shaft using the large vertical drill press.

Pete Wychman drilling holes in a drive shaft using the large vertical ...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 8, 1994.

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. This drill press, operated by machinist Mathew Kipa, has been to face milling operations on landing gear housings for airplanes. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. Operating a multiple drill press with speed and accuracy, this young woman is taking an active and important part in the war effort. She's machining gun parts in a Midwest plant which has shifted from production of spark plugs to the manufacture of machine guns on a full-time war basis. A.C. Spark Plugs

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. Operating a multiple d...

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

Conversion. Jukebox plant. It's all for fun now, but his technical skill in operating this multiple drill press will soon be applied to far more important production. That's a jukebox part under the drill but as soon as the jukeboxes now in the process of completion have been shipped out, this firm will devote a large percentage of its time and space to production of electrical devices to be used by the Army and Navy. Rudolph Wurlitzer, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Jukebox plant. It's all for fun now, but his technical ski...

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

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. This drill press and all other machines of a small Eastern floor waxer company had to be rebuilt to accomodate defense production parts. Complete retooling was accomplished in two weeks, a phenomenally short time for this job. Credit for this speed falls to both management and workers who entered into the job in a "beat the Axis or bust" frame of mind. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. This drill press and all other machines...

Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A woman is working on a musical instrument. Office of War Information Photograph

A woman is working on a musical instrument. Office of War Information ...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

A drill press in operation at the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corporation. East Hartford, Connecticut

A drill press in operation at the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corporati...

Annotation on original negative jacket: 16. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informat... More

Tank armor production. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Farrell, Pennsylvania. Rivet holes for the armor plates of military tanks are run on a vertical drill press in an Eastern mill

Tank armor production. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Farrell, P...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

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...

Public domain photograph of aircraft engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joe Kachler drilling holes in small shafts using the drill press.

Joe Kachler drilling holes in small shafts using the drill press.

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 9, 1994.

Joe Kachler using a jig to drill holes in a small shaft while it is mounted on the drill press.

Joe Kachler using a jig to drill holes in a small shaft while it is mo...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 6, 1994.

An employee in the drill-press section of North American's huge machine shop runs mounting holes in a large dural casting, Inglewood, Calif. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

An employee in the drill-press section of North American's huge machin...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a machine, worker, factory, industrial equipment, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dante Electric Company, Bantam, Connecticut. Mrs. Arthur Shaw is another resident of Bantam. Her husband is a private chauffeur in Litchfield. Mr. Dante is watching her operate a small drill press. Mrs. Shaw has volunteered to serve as one of Bantam's air raid watchers, puts in several early morning hours at the local observation post before reporting to work in the morning

Dante Electric Company, Bantam, Connecticut. Mrs. Arthur Shaw is anoth...

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

Bantam, Connecticut. Barbara Bongiolatti is a native of Bantam, one of the twelveColleoni children. She operates a drill press at the Warren McArthur Plant, and usually lunches with a sister and brother who also work at the plant. She lives comfortably in a low-ceilinged three-room attic flat with her husband, who works in a Torrington foundry engaged in defense work. On Sundays she likes to bake pies and do housework

Bantam, Connecticut. Barbara Bongiolatti is a native of Bantam, one of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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. This drill press, operated by machinist Mathew Kipa, has been to face milling operations on landing gear housings for airplanes. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

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

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

Pete Wychman drilling holes in a drive shaft using the large vertical drill press.

Pete Wychman drilling holes in a drive shaft using the large vertical ...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 8, 1994.

Joe Kachler using a jig to drill holes in a small shaft while it is mounted on the drill press.

Joe Kachler using a jig to drill holes in a small shaft while it is mo...

Public domain photograph of manufacturing, industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - 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...

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

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. In times of peace, this horizontal bulldozer was used to fashion parts for merry-go-rounds to lighten the hearts of carefree children. The drill press has now been converted so that it can perform a face milling operation on landing gear cases for Airacobras. Mathew Kipa, expert machinist, uses a depth micrometer to check the accuracy of his work. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. In times of peace, this horizontal b...

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

A drill press in operation at the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corporation. East Hartford, Connecticut

A drill press in operation at the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corporati...

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

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. Pianos to airplane motors. Using the same drill press which once assembled piano parts, this employee of a Chicago firm now installs gears in the pneumatic motors of trainer planes. The factory has stopped piano production for the duration and now produces trainer-plane motors for America's armed forces. Gulbransen Company

Conversion. Pianos to airplane motors. Using the same drill press whic...

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

A black and white photo of a woman working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a woman working on a machine. Office of War...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These hands and this machine used to fashion parts for merry-go-rounds to lighten the hearts of carefree children. The drill press has now been converted so that it can perform a face milling operation on landing gear cases for Airacrobras. Mathew Kipa, expert machinist, uses a depth micrometer to check the accuracy of his work. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

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

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

Conversion. Electric shaver plant. This New England plant normally produces electric dry shavers. On this drill press the heads of the shavers are drilled before slotting to form the rack. Drill presses and other productive machines have now been converted to war production. Schick Inc., Stamford, Connecticut

Conversion. Electric shaver plant. This New England plant normally pro...

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

Worm shaft which may be made in a tool shop having turret lathe, tool room screw cutting lathe, horizontal milling machine, drill press, and heat treating facilities

Worm shaft which may be made in a tool shop having turret lathe, tool ...

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

Conversion. Electric shaver plant. This New England plant, whose normal product is electric dry shavers, has now converted its facilities to the production of small, machine tool parts. This drill press which formerly made pressure pinholes in the shearing heads of shavers is now drilling center holes in spring collets which will hold the work in turning machines being made to speed the war production effort. Schick Inc., Stamford, Connecticut

Conversion. Electric shaver plant. This New England plant, whose norma...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War I...

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 drill press in operation at the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corporation. East Hartford, Connecticut

A drill press in operation at the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corporati...

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

Worm shaft which may be made in a tool shop having turret lathe, tool room screw cutting lathe, horizontal milling machine, drill press, and heat treating facilities

Worm shaft which may be made in a tool shop having turret lathe, tool ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Wash... More

A man working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A man working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Pho...

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 drill press in operation at the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corporation. East Hartford, Connecticut

A drill press in operation at the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corporati...

Annotation on original negative jacket: 18. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informat... More

A group of women sitting around a wooden table - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A group of women sitting around a wooden table - FSA / Office of War I...

Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Bantam, Connecticut. Barbara Bongiolatti is a native of Bantam, one of the twelveColleoni children. She operates a drill press at the Warren McArthur Plant, and usually lunches with a sister and brother who also work at the plant. She lives comfortably in a low-ceilinged three-room attic flat with her husband, who works in a Torrington foundry engaged in defense work. On Sundays she likes to bake pies and do housework

Bantam, Connecticut. Barbara Bongiolatti is a native of Bantam, one 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

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These hands and this machine used to fashion parts for merry-go-rounds to lighten the hearts of carefree children. The drill press has now been converted so that it can perform a face milling operation on landing gear cases for Airacrobras. Mathew Kipa, expert machinist, uses a depth micrometer to check the accuracy of his work. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

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

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