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Employee at General Electric plant getting ready to work. Trailer camp at Erie, Pennsylvania

Employee at General Electric plant getting ready to work. Trailer camp...

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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...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. P-51 "Mustang" fighter planes. An employee checks one of the temporary wooden wheels placed on a P-51 fighter on the North American flight training at the Inglewood, California, plant. Regular rubber tires are installed when the planes are ready for flight tests. 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. An employee checks one of t...

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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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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. In the transportation department at North American's Inglewood, California, aircraft plant, pins are placed in a map to determine the location of employee residences. This has been a great help in routing buses. 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 transportation depar...

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Douglas Aircraft's salvage queen. Annette del Sur, an office employee at Douglas Aircraft, Long Beach, California, poses atop a pile of aluminum scraps collected at the plant to help publicize Uncle Sam's salvage campaign. The earings and hair ornaments are fashioned from aluminum turnings. Douglas Aircraft Company

Douglas Aircraft's salvage queen. Annette del Sur, an office employee ...

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Production. Aircraft engines. A young Negro worker stands ready to wash or "degrease" this airplane motor prior to its shipment. He's an employee of a large Midwest airplane plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. A young Negro worker stands ready to was...

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An employee of the grapefruit canning plant at Winter Haven, Florida

An employee of the grapefruit canning plant at Winter Haven, Florida

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Absentee posters. An employee in the janitor service of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, New Haven, Connecticut designed this poster which stresses the importance of full attendance to plant workers

Absentee posters. An employee in the janitor service of the Winchester...

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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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Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A Negro employee at North American's Inglewood, California, plant, works on extrusion angles for B-25 bombers. 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 North A...

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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...

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.

[U.S. News & World Report employee working in the production plant in Dayton, Ohio] / [TOH].

[U.S. News & World Report employee working in the production plant in ...

U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 795C, frame 35.

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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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Dolores Cook of North American's welfare department at Inglewood, California, makes an appointment for an employee to have his driver's license revised. She wears the uniform of the company's Red Cross unit. 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. Dolores Cook of North Ameri...

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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...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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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A black and white photo of two men working in a factory, Florida. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of two men working in a factory, Florida. Farm...

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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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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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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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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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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.

Gasoline plant employee checking a meter

Gasoline plant employee checking a meter

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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...

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

Winner of the plant award. David Danzig, an employee of the American Locomotive Company, Schenectady, New York, applies the fixture he suggested and designed for the facing and cutting champer on the small turret ring for the M-4 tank. The fixture is designed for three generations instead of two, saving one set-up

Winner of the plant award. David Danzig, an employee of the American L...

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.

First sit down strike in U.S. traced to Reds. Washington, D.C., Oct. 19. Clyde Morrow, an employee of the Ford Motor Co. in Detroit, told the House Committee on Un-American Activities that Communists engineered the first sit-down strike in Michigan--at the Midland Steel Co. Plant in 1936. Morrow, who had joined the Communist Party for the purpose of getting information, asserted he was on hand when the strike began, 10/19/38

First sit down strike in U.S. traced to Reds. Washington, D.C., Oct. 1...

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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 ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an amusement park, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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. 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...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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.

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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[U.S. News & World Report employee loading magazines onto freight car for shipment at the production plant, Dayton, Ohio] / [TOH].

[U.S. News & World Report employee loading magazines onto freight car ...

U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes.

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...

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Powder plant employee going upstairs. Mrs. Pritchard's boardinghouse. Radford, Virginia

Powder plant employee going upstairs. Mrs. Pritchard's boardinghouse. ...

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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 ...

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.

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...

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. Magnesium. The shadow of a watchtower at the huge Basic Magnesium plant in the southern Nevada desert points to a water treatment plant in which water piped for miles is conditioned for many uses in the plant and its employee housing development

Production. Magnesium. The shadow of a watchtower at the huge Basic Ma...

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A black and white photo of a man working in a factory, Florida. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a man working in a factory, Florida. Farm S...

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A black and white photo of a man holding a bunch of bananas, Florida. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a man holding a bunch of bananas, Florida. ...

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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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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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Transformer manufacture. This employee of a large Eastern electrical plant has the job of getting these big cores and coils into shape before they are lowered into steel transformer tanks and immersed in oil. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. This employee of a large Eastern electrical p...

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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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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...

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

Attorney General of Penna. Appeals Washington D.C. July 8. Attorney General Charles J. [...]rgiotti, of Pennsylvania announced today that he would appeal to the NLRB for a speedy employee election [...] the Johnstown, PA. Plant of the Bethlehem Steel Corp. he is shown just before appealing to the board with Denny Lewis, right, brother of the CIO chief

Attorney General of Penna. Appeals Washington D.C. July 8. Attorney Ge...

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A humorous--and positive--approach to the problem of absenteeism is presented in this poster used by the production drive committee of the Chickasaw Ordnance Works, Millington, Tennessee. The poster was designed by an employee of the plant

A humorous--and positive--approach to the problem of absenteeism is pr...

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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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Production. Parachute making. The importance of proper folding and rigging of parachutes is well known to Adeline Gray, an employee of an Eastern plant, and herself a licensed rigger parachute jumper. Last summer she made the first jump in the first nylon parachute. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. The importance of proper folding and rig...

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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...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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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Gasoline plant employee operating a valve on a fractionating tower at the Phillips gasoline plant

Gasoline plant employee operating a valve on a fractionating tower at ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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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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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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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Gasoline plant employee operating a valve on a fractionating tower at the Phillips gasoline plant

Gasoline plant employee operating a valve on a fractionating tower at ...

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Winner of the plant suggestion award. David Danzig, an employee of American Locomotive Company, Schenectady, New York, drops his suggestion for improving efficiency in the plant's suggestion box

Winner of the plant suggestion award. David Danzig, an employee of Ame...

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[U.S. News & World Report employee working on producing an issue of the magazine at the layout and paste-up room in the production plant, Dayton, Ohio] / [TOH].

[U.S. News & World Report employee working on producing an issue of th...

U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 795D, frame 12.

A black and white photo of a man making bread, Florida. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a man making bread, Florida. Farm Security ...

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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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Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. Inside the nacelle of a B-25 bomber, this North American employee at Inglewood, California, assembles the hydraulic system for the landing gear. 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. Inside the nacelle of a B-2...

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An employee buys lunch at one of the "Travelunch" wagons that are stationed throughout the plant at North American

An employee buys lunch at one of the "Travelunch" wagons that are stat...

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[U.S. News & World Report employee working on producing an issue of the magazine at the presses and plate making room in the production plant, Dayton, Ohio] / [TOH].

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U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 795C, frame 10.

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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A black and white photo of a man working in a factory, Florida. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a man working in a factory, Florida. Farm S...

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Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A Negro employee at North American's Inglewood, California, plant, countersinks holes prior to riveting the wing panel for 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 Negro employee at North A...

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Florida photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Florida photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Inf...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. This Negro employee runs a shear in the sheet metal department of North American's Inglewood, California, plant. Sheet metal plane parts are trimmed to the correct size by the use of a high speed electric shear. 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 Negro employee runs a ...

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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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Winner of the plant suggestion award. His suggestion for improving operating efficiency accepted, David Danzig, an employee of American Locomotive Company, Schenectady, New York, receives his award check from Fred Frick, assistant foreman of the plant

Winner of the plant suggestion award. His suggestion for improving ope...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Forming lucite (a shatter-proof plastic "glass") for war plane enclosures requires extreme care. Here an employee at North American Aviation's Inglewood, California plant cleans a mold with compressed air before forming the 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. Forming lucite (a shatter-...

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Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. This Negro employee at North American's Inglewood, California, plant, assembles the lucite windows for the bombardier's compartment of B-25 bombers. 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. This Negro employee at Nort...

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Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A Negro employee at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American puts the finishing touches on the windshield of 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 Negro employee at the Ing...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Instrument panels--the "brains" of a modern combat ship--are mounted ready to install in the airplane by this woman employee at 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. Instrument panels--the "bra...

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Sunray, Texas. Employee at a carbon black plant

Sunray, Texas. Employee at a carbon black plant

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Women in industry. Tool production. Eyes averted from the white shower of sparks, this young employee of a drill and tool plant touches the button that welds drills to their shanks. She's one of nearly 1,000 women who have replaced men at the production machines of this Midwest factory. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. Eyes averted from the white showe...

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Out of state employee of Hercules powder plant in his room at Mrs. Sells boardinghouse. Radford, Virginia

Out of state employee of Hercules powder plant in his room at Mrs. Sel...

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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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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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A poster comes to life. Woolslayer interrupts the tour to chat with one of the plant guards, a veteran employee. The poster was designed by the same government office responsible for the "Men Working Together" poster. Allegheny-Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A poster comes to life. Woolslayer interrupts the tour to chat with on...

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Conversion. Jukebox plant. A skilled milling machine operator, this employee of an Eastern jukebox manufacturing concern has already been given war work to do. He's aiding in production of electrical control instruments whose basic design is similar to the control device on jukeboxes. When jukeboxes still on the assembly lines have been completed this firm will devote most of its space to war production. Rudolph Wurlitzer, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Jukebox plant. A skilled milling machine operator, this em...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A trailer load of material from the receiving stockrooms of the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated, is hitched to a small truck driven by a woman employee. 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 trailer load of material ...

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