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

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

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A woman employee operated a pneumatic numbering machine in the sheet metal department of North American Aviation, Incorporated at Inglewood, California. All items are given index numbers. 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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A woman employee operated a...

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This Negro employee at North American Aviation tows planes into place on the flight ramp

This Negro employee at North American Aviation tows planes into place ...

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Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. From the aged and the youthful, from the white and the Negro come the skills which will make America impregnable. A veteran employee in an Eastern navy yard instructs an apprentice machinist in the operation of an important machine

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. From the aged and the youthful, fro...

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Conversion. Floor waxer plant. Erstwhile elevator operator, this employee of a small Eastern plant finds a touch of similarity between levers of the old job and the new. But he's one of America's war production workers now, due to the company's subcontract for war production. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. Erstwhile elevator operator, this emplo...

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This woman employee mixes plaster to the right consistency as a master at plaster forming makes a mould for a new die

This woman employee mixes plaster to the right consistency as a master...

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Bonneville Dam, Oregon and Washington. Ruby Warren, employee of the United States Army corps of engineers, looking down the bridge over Bonneville fishway into the counting station. She is one of four women employed as a fish recorder by the engineers

Bonneville Dam, Oregon and Washington. Ruby Warren, employee of the Un...

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Metal parts are placed on masonite by this woman employee before they slide under the multi-ton hydropress, North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif.

Metal parts are placed on masonite by this woman employee before they ...

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Salvage. Stacking chips in the game of war. Even better, if possible, than the individual citizen, American industry has learned to waste nothing. With every ounce of steel and steel scrap vital to the war, this employee of the Boston & Maine Railroad has been assigned the job of sorting steel washers. Here, as in all industry today, anything reusable is put back into service; the remainder becomes scrap to feed the nation's insatiable steel mills

Salvage. Stacking chips in the game of war. Even better, if possible, ...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A woman employee in the dispatching department at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated, hauls another load of vital materials to the proper department. This plant produces the battle-tested ("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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A woman employee in the dis...

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Delicate instruments are mounted on instrument panels by this North American woman employee

Delicate instruments are mounted on instrument panels by this North Am...

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Inside the fuselage of a North American P-51 fighter, this woman employee assembles an electrical switch box

Inside the fuselage of a North American P-51 fighter, this woman emplo...

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Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Using a small rotary air grinder, this young employee of a Midwest aircraft motor plant performs a delicate job on a gear spacer that will see duty in the mechanism of one of America's battleships of the air

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Using a small rotary air gr...

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Citation winner. Joseph H. Kautsky (center), citation winner, an employee of the Link-Belt Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, at the luncheon tendered by Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), following the White House ceremony. Kautsky is being congratulated by Senator Claude D. Pepper. At left is Vice Chairman of the War Production Board

Citation winner. Joseph H. Kautsky (center), citation winner, an emplo...

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A woman employee in North American's sheet metal department counter-sinks holes prior to riveting

A woman employee in North American's sheet metal department counter-si...

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Citation winners. Daniel W. Mallett, certificate winner, an employee of Mechanics Universal Joint Division, Borg-Warner Corporation, Rockford, Illinois, at the luncheon tendered by Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), following the White House ceremony

Citation winners. Daniel W. Mallett, certificate winner, an employee o...

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Production. P-51 "Mustang" fighter planes. Riding lights for P-51 fighters are assembled by this woman employee in the electrical sub-assembly department of North American Aviation at Inglewood, California. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. P-51 "Mustang" fighter planes. Riding lights for P-51 figh...

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Citation winners. Citation winner, Joseph H. Kautsky, an employee in the Dodge Plant of the Link-Belt Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, speaking on behalf of the Honor Group at the luncheon tendered by Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board (WPB) following the White House Ceremony. Seated left to right are; William G. Marshall, Chairman of the War Production Drive and Mr. Nelson

Citation winners. Citation winner, Joseph H. Kautsky, an employee in t...

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Skilled machinists are vital to the war production program. Here a woman employee operates a turret lathe under the close supervision of a skilled machinist in North American's modern machine shop

Skilled machinists are vital to the war production program. Here a wom...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Older men are playing a more and more important part in war production. An elderly employee of North American Aviation, Incorporated, turns out a heavy quota of sheet metal parts for war planes on a hand press at the Inglewood, California plant. 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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Older men are playing a mor...

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Slogans bring home the importance of all-out war production to those who compose them as well as those who read them. This employee of the A.O. Smith Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, reaches for an entry blank as he reads the instructions for a slogan contest in his plant

Slogans bring home the importance of all-out war production to those w...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower. Negro shipyard workers. Skills which contributed to America's success in World War I are vital to our efforts in World War II. This Negro riveter is a veteran employee in a large Eastern shipyard. Another Negro broke the world record for riveting in World War I. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation. Kearny, New Jersey

Manpower. Negro shipyard workers. Skills which contributed to America'...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Two skilled engineers discuss a drawing of a plane part with a woman employee in the drafting department of the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated. 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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Two skilled engineers discu...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Mrs. Lewis, women's counselor at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, discusses a problem with an employee. Women employees are free to consult Mrs. Lewis anytime. 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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Mrs. Lewis, women's counsel...

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War production suggestions. For his valuable contribution to plant efficiency, an employee of the Newark Stove Company, Newark, Ohio, won the Certificate of Individual Merit presented by the war production drive headquarters of the War Production Board (WPB). Mr. Lewis suggested a method of reclaiming worn-out reamers that equal or surpass original reamers, the production of which required 2,000 man hours per month and the use of 1,000 pounds of highspeed bar stock. His suggestion prevented the shutdown of the Shell Shop at his company for two months

War production suggestions. For his valuable contribution to plant eff...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. This woman employee operates a turret lathe in the machine shop at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated. She handles the machine as skillfully as a man. This plant produces the battle-tested ("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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. This woman employee operate...

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Conversion. Floor waxer plant. A modern Molly Pitcher of the machine, this secretary-treasurer of a small Eastern manufacturing company knows as much about drills and lathes as the oldest employee around the place. And it was in part through her foresight and initiative that this floor waxer plant was converted to war production. She's shown here with a youthful worker who is operating one of the recently converted machines. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. A modern Molly Pitcher of the machine, ...

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Health and welfare activities. North American Aviation. All work and no play is very much against company policy at North American Aviation in Inglewood, California. Bonnie Edlund (left), NAA's Coordinator of Women's Activities, discusses scheduled sports activities with a group of factory and office workers. NAA-sponsored employee activities include bowling, swimming, softball, tennis, horseback riding, Red Cross work, and many social events

Health and welfare activities. North American Aviation. All work and n...

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A young woman employee of North American Aviation, Incorporated, working over the landing gear mechanism of a P-51 fighter plane, Inglewood, Calif. The mechanism resembles a small cannon

A young woman employee of North American Aviation, Incorporated, worki...

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

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

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A woman employee on the P-51 Mustang fighter assembly line at North American Aviation adjusts the engine controls before the plane moves down the assembly floor

A woman employee on the P-51 Mustang fighter assembly line at North Am...

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A man and woman employee on North American's P-51 fighter final assembly line check their day's work on a "sign-off" sheet as each assembly is completed

A man and woman employee on North American's P-51 fighter final assemb...

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Manpower. Americans all. Machining hoods for America's medium tanks is much more than just a job to Peter Dykzeul. Born in Holland, this employee of a Midwest tank plant knows the brutality and horror Nazi agression can bring to a freedom-loving people. And he's just one among America's many loyal, foreign-born workers who are pitching in with every ounce of strength to keep the nation free, and to lift the yoke from their native lands. Pressed Steel Can Company, Chicago, Illinois

Manpower. Americans all. Machining hoods for America's medium tanks is...

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Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Employer resistance to the hiring of women workers in war industries is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, and this young employee of a Midwest aircraft motor plant embodies the reasons for this change of heart. With no previous industrial experience, she mastered the operation of this compressed-air machine in record time, and is now polishing airplane motor parts with speed and skill

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Employer resistance to the ...

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Safe clothes for women war workers. The importance of keeping hair short and neat for industrial war work cannot be over-emphasized. Here Eunice Kimball, Bendix employee, gives a final pat to her newly-dressed hair. Bendix Aviation Plant, Brooklyn, New York

Safe clothes for women war workers. The importance of keeping hair sho...

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Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. A million dollar baby, not in terms of money but in her value to Uncle Sam, twenty-one-year-old Eunice Hancock, erstwhile five-and-ten-cent store employee, operates a compressed-air grinder in a Midwest aircraft motor plant. With no previous experience, Eunice quickly mastered the techniques of her war job and today is turning out motor parts with speed and skill. Note protective mask and visor, two vital safety accessories

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. A million dollar baby, not ...

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.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A woman employee in the enclosures department of North American Aviation's Inglewood, California, plant, inspects a tail cone for flaws before it moves to the assembly department. 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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A woman employee in the enc...

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Surrounded by sub-assemblies for the North American B-25 bombers and P-51 fighters, this woman employee on the "swing shift" enjoys her lunch at the bench

Surrounded by sub-assemblies for the North American B-25 bombers and P...

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A woman employee assembles a B-25 tank on a jig at North American Aviation

A woman employee assembles a B-25 tank on a jig at North American Avia...

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Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. A million dollar baby, not in terms of money but in her value to Uncle Sam, twenty-one-year-old Eunice Hancock, erstwhile five-and-ten-cent store employee, operates a compressed-air grinder in a Midwest aircraft motor plant. With no previous experience, Eunice quickly mastered the techniques of her war job and today is turning out motor parts with speed and skill. Note protective mask and visor, two vital safety accessories

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. A million dollar baby, not ...

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.

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A Negro employee at the flight ramp of North American's Inglewood, California, plant, tows a B-25 bomber into place. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A Negro employee at the fli...

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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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Citation winner. Herbert Rudolph James, certificate winner, an employee of the Christy Park Works, National Tube Company, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, at the luncheon tendered by Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), following the White House ceremony

Citation winner. Herbert Rudolph James, certificate winner, an employe...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Punch-press dies are kept in order by this North American Aviation employee, who delivers them to the proper machines for specific jobs at the Inglewood, California, plant. This plant produces the battle-tested ("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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Punch-press dies are kept i...

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Transformer manufacture. Assembling the tap changing units that control power transformers, this employee of a large Eastern electrical plant has a job that's vital to America's war effort. Transformers are essential to almost every industry engaged in defense production. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Assembling the tap changing units that contro...

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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...

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Transformer manufacture. Granddaddy to 57, Henry Bert (right) has been with a large Eastern electrical plant for almost half a century. Now he's as important to the war as though he were on the front line, for he's one of the many workers who manufacture transformers, essential to defense. He's shown here with a youthful employee checking transformer coils. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Granddaddy to 57, Henry Bert (right) has been...

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The labor-management committee of the Titeflex Metal House Company, Newark, New Jersey set up this suggestion box to enlist employee's ideas for stimulating war production. Local and national awards are made for suggestions accepted

The labor-management committee of the Titeflex Metal House Company, Ne...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Women handle all stockroom work at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated. Here, a girl checks a jig out to an employee in the tool departmart. 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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Women handle all stockroom ...

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

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

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Negro steelworker. Fred Heeben, veteran Negro worker employee of a large East Coast steel mill, is participating in his second world war production drive. This sixty-year-old war worker is shown on his bycicle rushing time cards and tools from one part of the massive steel plant to another. Bethlehem Fairfield Steel

Negro steelworker. Fred Heeben, veteran Negro worker employee of a lar...

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Conversion. Auto radiators to army helmets. Electro-welding a steel rim on an army helmet. The man at the machine is an employee of an Eastern manufacturer whose regular production is radiators for automobiles. He formerly soldered radiator cores. McCool Radiator Company, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Auto radiators to army helmets. Electro-welding a steel ri...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A woman employee in the hydraulic press department of North American Aviation, Incorporated, at Inglewood, California, places a sheet metal part on a Masonite die prior to moving it under the press. The 3,000 ton press takes only about ten seconds to do the actual forming. 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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A woman employee in the hyd...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. In the engineering department of North American Aviation, Incorporated, at Inglewood, California, women are replacing men on the tracing tables. Here, a girl employee traces an original drawing for a blue print. 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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. In the engineering departme...

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This Negro employee counter-sinks holes prior to riveting this wing panel. Negroes and whites work together at North American Aviation

This Negro employee counter-sinks holes prior to riveting this wing pa...

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Aluminum casting. This large sand casting is being checked to blueprints' specification by an employee of a large Midwest aluminum foundry now converted to production of war essentials. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. This large sand casting is being checked to blueprin...

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Washington, D.C. This employee of the U.S. Navy Department listens to the radio and studies drafting in his boardinghouse room

Washington, D.C. This employee of the U.S. Navy Department listens to ...

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Woman employee of the mechanic shop in the Greyhound garage

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Woman employee of the mechanic shop in the G...

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.

Demountable employee housing. The most recent development of the demountable method makes use of the stressed skin principle of plywood engineering. In consequnce, the house slices become very much lighter and can be towed on a light undercarriage behind a small truck or ordinary passenger car

Demountable employee housing. The most recent development of the demou...

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Bofors forty-millimeter mounts. Machined to watch-like precision, these hundreds of parts which go into Bofors forty-millimeter anti-aircraft gun mounts and carriages for the U.S. Army must pass the most rigid inspection tests before they can be accepted in the Bofors manufacture. This employee of a large Midwest rubber company, now converted to production of war necessities, examines some of the 1,500 separate parts which are required in the assembling of the Bofors mounts and carriages

Bofors forty-millimeter mounts. Machined to watch-like precision, thes...

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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. 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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Production. P-51 "Mustang" fighter planes. A North American Aviation woman employee at Inglewood, California, sits astride a "Mustang" fighter for Royal Air Force (RAF), as she places a bag of chemicals in the plane to prevent the accumulation of moisture. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. P-51 "Mustang" fighter planes. A North American Aviation w...

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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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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. An employee in North American Aviation's sheet metal sub-assembly department at Inglewood, California, uses a emery wheel to smooth out a weld in a plane part. 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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. An employee in North Americ...

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Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Youthful Paderewskis, take note! Her finger made superbly flexible by years of piano practice, this young employee of a Midwest aircraft motor plant finds her musical training of great assistance in her war job. The operation of this drill press demands constant, rapid hand and wrist movement--and that's where those hours of do-re-mi are paying dividends. She's countersinking six holes in a bolt, an operation requiring great precision, speed and skill

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Youthful Paderewskis, take ...

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.

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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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. This woman employee of North American Aviation's Inglewood, California, plant, assembles the wing flap mechanism for a B-25 bomber. 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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. This woman employee of Nort...

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In the material preparation department, this woman employee uses a router to drill holes in a dozen sheets of metal at once with a master template

In the material preparation department, this woman employee uses a rou...

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A young woman employee of North American Aviation, Incorporated, working over the landing gear mechanism of a P-51 fighter plane, Inglewood, Calif. The mechanism resembles a small cannon

A young woman employee of North American Aviation, Incorporated, worki...

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Production. P-51 "Mustang" fighter planes. A shipping department employee at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation drills holes in a shipping crate for a "Mustang" fighter for the Royal Air Force (RAF). This plant produces the battle tested B-25 battle-tested "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. P-51 "Mustang" fighter planes. A shipping department emplo...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A woman employee operates a turret lathe under close supervision of a skilled machinist in a modern machine shop at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated. This plant produces the battle-tested ("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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A woman employee operates a...

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Women workers at quartermaster depot. Clothing for America's expanding army is being made by garment workers throughout the contry. This quartermaster corps depot employee is turning out regulation neckties in mass production quantity. Philadelphia Quartermaster Corps

Women workers at quartermaster depot. Clothing for America's expanding...

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For submitting a suggestion which saves time in copper mining operations, Joseph Ekstrom has been given honorable mention from the Board for Individual Awards, War Production Drive headquarters. His suggestion saves from three to five minutes every time the length of cables used in unloading mine timber is changed. Ekstrom is an employee of the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company, Inspiration, Arizona

For submitting a suggestion which saves time in copper mining operatio...

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For submitting a suggestion which saves time in copper mining operations, Joseph Ekstrom has been given honorable mention from the Board for Individual Awards, War Production Drive headquarters. His suggestion saves from three to five minutes every time the length of cables used in unloading mine timber is changed. Ekstrom is an employee of the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company, Inspiration, Arizona

For submitting a suggestion which saves time in copper mining operatio...

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Conversion. Jukebox plant. It's all for fun now, but his technical skill in operating this 130-ton capacity die stamping press will soon be applied to far more important production. This employee of an Eastern jukebox manufacturing concern is shown stamping out mounting frames for jukeboxes. When the boxes have been completed, this company 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...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. This woman employee at North American's Inglewood, California, plant, assembles control brackets for bomber and fighter planes. All parts are arranged conveniently in the semi-circle. 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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. This woman employee at Nort...

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Citations of individual production merit awarded. The first five Citations of Individual Production Merit have been awarded to five war workers, War Production Drive Headquarters has announced. The citation is the highest honor conferred for individual achievement. It is granted only for ideas or suggestions that have an outstanding effect on the entire war effort. Joseph H. Kautsky, Indianapolis, Indiana, an employee of the Lin-Belt Co., was awarded his citation for four suggestions, each technical. He suggested a grinding wheel adapter, which permits higher speeds in internal grindings; a simplification cutting down the number of special internal grinding spindle wheel adapters from twelve to three; the adoption of a precision screw adjustment to the vertical column of dial indicator guages, to get faster adjustments without danger to the dials; and a new method of testing the concentricity of internally ground parts. The picture shows Mr. Kautsky (center) being congratulated by formean Bill Whitaker (right) as Superintendant R. E. Whitney (left) looks on

Citations of individual production merit awarded. The first five Citat...

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

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Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A woman employee in the enclosures department at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation assembled the windshield on a B-25 bomber. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A woman employee in the enc...

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Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Employer resistance to the hiring of women workers in war industries is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, and this young employee of a Midwest aircraft motor plant embodies the reasons for this change of heart. With no previous industrial experience, she mastered the operation of this compressed-air machine in record time, and is now polishing airplane motor parts with speed and skill

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Employer resistance to the ...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Containers for scrap material are placed throughout the Inglewood, California, factory of North American Aviation, Incorporated. Here an employee deposits scrap rubber in the proper container: later, cans are collected and delivered to the salvage yard. 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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Containers for scrap materi...

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In North American's plastic department, a woman employee drills a part while it is held firmly on a jig

In North American's plastic department, a woman employee drills a part...

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Production. P-51 "Mustang" fighter planes. This woman employee at the Inglewood, California, plant of the North American Aviation, assembles control cables inside the fuselage of a P-51 fighter. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. P-51 "Mustang" fighter planes. This woman employee at the ...

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In North American's tank department, a woman employee rivets a rib. Tanks like these with high test gasoline enable United Nations bombers to fly faster and farther

In North American's tank department, a woman employee rivets a rib. Ta...

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A young woman employee in North American Aviation's plaster forms department mixes plaster of paris for master plaster formers from which metal (kirksite) dies are formed

A young woman employee in North American Aviation's plaster forms depa...

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Women in defense. This Middlewestern plant has converted not only its machinery but also its skilled labor force from the peacetime production of electric fans and motors to the war production of twenty-millimeter shell boosters. Here a veteran employee of the plant's experimental division teaches a former farmerette the operation of a Haskins drilling machine, which drill holes in a twenty-millimeter shell booster part

Women in defense. This Middlewestern plant has converted not only its ...

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Production. Blood transfusion bottles. Valve needles for blood transfusion donor bottles are inspected for defects by Betty McGrath, an employee of Baxter Laboratories, Glenview, Illinois. Miss McGrath was formerly a waitress; her sister is an Army nurse

Production. Blood transfusion bottles. Valve needles for blood transfu...

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Inside the fuselage of a North American P-51 fighter, this woman employee assembles an electrical switch box

Inside the fuselage of a North American P-51 fighter, this woman emplo...

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Trailer occupied by war department employee and wife from Pennsylvania. Trailer camp near Alexandria, Virginia

Trailer occupied by war department employee and wife from Pennsylvania...

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The Goodyear Company, Akron, Ohio makes use of employee ideas for slogans and suggestions for speeding up production. A suggestion box with convenient racks for forms helps keep workers up-to-date with the war production drive

The Goodyear Company, Akron, Ohio makes use of employee ideas for slog...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. An employee with years of experience at Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated, explains the assembly of a horizontal stabilizer to a new woman employee. 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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. An employee with years of e...

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Washington, D.C. An employee of the U.S. Navy Department laid up with a cold in his room at Dissin's boardinghouse

Washington, D.C. An employee of the U.S. Navy Department laid up with ...

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Victory Book Campaign. Members of the House of Representatives display books they contributed to the 1943 Victory Book Campaign. Holdig books are (left to right): Representative Aime J. Forand of Rhode Island; Representative Ralph Church, Illinois; Representative Thomas D'Alessandro Jr., Maryland; Representative George Dondero, Michigan; Reprsentative Allen D. Treadway of Massachusetts; John Snyder, employee of the House; Representative Emanuel Celler of New York; John Murphy, Pennsylvania; and Representative John McCormick, Massachusetts

Victory Book Campaign. Members of the House of Representatives display...

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Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. A woman employee at Vultee's Downey, California plant works on a fuselage frame for a "Valiant" basic trainer. At the Downey plant is made the BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainer--a fast, sturdy ship powered by by a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. A woman employee at Vul...

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Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. War production knows no age. An elderly and a young employee of an Eastern manufacturing concern, now converted to production of precision tools and brass quadrants, jig-bore a bullet die. Bristol and Martin Company, New York, New York

Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. War production knows no age. A...

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

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Citation winners. Citation winner, Joseph H. Kautsky, an employee of the Link-Belt Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, at the luncheon tendered by Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), following the White House ceremony. He was a luncheon speaker on behalf of the Honor Group

Citation winners. Citation winner, Joseph H. Kautsky, an employee of t...

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Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. Thousands of feet of insulated conductor wire that go into a North American B-25 bomber are sorted by this woman employee in the electrical assembly department at Inglewood, California. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. Thousands of feet of insula...

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Bund-Nazi powerful tieup in this country former reporter tells House Committee. Washington, D.C., Aug. 12. First mystery witness today before the Special House Committee investigating Un-American activities was John Metcalfe, former Chicago reporter but now employee of the Committee as a special investigator. Joining the bund under the name of Hellmut Oberwinder, Metcalfe testified that the leader of the German-American bund, Fritz Kuhn, has a secret relationship with Nazi government so powerful he has taken credit for the recall of former German Ambassador Hans Luther and the shifting of German Consuls in this country who refused to so-operate with the bund movement, 8/12/38

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