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Aluminum casting. These castings are being loaded onto a sandblast table prior to the actual sandblasting operation. Conversion of this large Midwest aluminum foundry to production of war essentials has already taken place. This factory is producing aluminum equipment for Uncle Sam's war effort, under subcontract to other factories producing war items. Destination of the finished aluminum products is kept secret, but they'll probably end up as jeeps and airplane engines. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. These castings are being loaded onto a sandblast tab...

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Conversion. Paper machinery to plane wing parts. A vertical milling machine operator planes aluminum stub wing blocks in the plant of an Eastern paper machinery manufacturer who is also making open naval sights and other war essentials

Conversion. Paper machinery to plane wing parts. A vertical milling ma...

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Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. The president of an Eastern manufacturing company now producing war essentials on prime and subcontracts, checks a contour gauge manufactured for Army arsenals. Gauges for measuring cartridges and other war materials must be accurate to the 2/10,000 of an inch to meet ordnance specifications. Bristol and Martin Company, New York, New York

Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. The president of an Eastern ma...

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Conversion. Safety razor plant. From razor blades to V-blocks in few weeks! That's the story of Estelle Wilson, one of a New England razor company's many women employees who are now operating machines recently converted to production of war essentials. Gillette

Conversion. Safety razor plant. From razor blades to V-blocks in few w...

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Conversion. Toy furniture to dies for incendiary bombs. Dies to destroy the Axis. The owner of this small Midwest factory inspects dies for making incendiary bombs. Note doll's furniture on the wall, the company's previous product. Complete conversion of all machines for this factory's production of war essentials is rapidly taking place. Sivon Machine Company, Painesville, Ohio

Conversion. Toy furniture to dies for incendiary bombs. Dies to destro...

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Conversion. Frying pans to aircraft parts. One of the owners of an Eastern manufacturing company explains the workings of a soundproof auxiliary engine cover to a friend. He's producing this engine cover on an experimental basis now, along with small aircraft parts, instead of the egg poachers and frying pans he used to make before converting his plant to war production. This cover will enclose motors used on four-engine bombers to take care of retracting gear and other essentials not connected with the main drive engine. Precision Metal Company, New York City, New York

Conversion. Frying pans to aircraft parts. One of the owners of an Eas...

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Production. Marine boilers. The operator at the controls of a large flanging press must know his buttons. He is working on heavy plate being shaped into marine boiler drums at a big Midwest plant now producing war essentials exclusively

Production. Marine boilers. The operator at the controls of a large fl...

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Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Sawmill carriage in a large Midwest veneer plant cuts flitches, or slabs, from an oak log that will be used in making veneer for essential war purposes. The sawyer at the right controls the speed of the carriage and the thickness of the cut. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Sawmill carr...

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

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

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Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. Converted from the production of such items as soft drink dispensers and game boards, this Eastern manufacturing firm now produces precision tools for cartridge manufacture, brass quadrants and other essentials for the armed forces. Personnel has jumped from 12 to 76 workers. In this machine shop different types of measuring gauges, bullet tools, dies and punches for use in America's arsenals are produced. Bristol and Martin Company, New York, New York

Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. Converted from the production ...

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Production. Marine boilers. Spacers in a multi-tube condensor are welded in a large Midwest plant now producing many war essentials

Production. Marine boilers. Spacers in a multi-tube condensor are weld...

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Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. A walnut half log is bolted on the stay log of a machine that will cut it smoothly and with great precision into veneer for our combat planes. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. A walnut hal...

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Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. Converted from the production of such items as soft drink dispensers and game boards, this Eastern manufacturing firm now produces precision tools for cartridge manufacture, brass quadrants and other essentials for the armed forces. Here workmen are inspecting a new internal grinder, a precision machine for the manufacture of precision tools and parts. Bristol and Martin Company, New York, New York

Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. Converted from the production ...

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Conversion. Animal traps to armor-piercing bullet cores. Murals on the outside walls of this plant suggest production of animal traps. The plant is now converted to the making of armor-piercing bullet cores and other war essentials

Conversion. Animal traps to armor-piercing bullet cores. Murals on the...

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Labels. North Africa, long starved by the Axis, sees the American flag on tea from the United States, 800 tons of it. Six million half-and-quarter-pound flag-stamped packages have been distributed so far. Fourteen million packages of cotton goods, used clothing, condensed and powder milk, sugar, tobacco, and other essentials have gone into North Africa since our occupation in November

Labels. North Africa, long starved by the Axis, sees the American flag...

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Rubber reclamation. Producing reclaimed rubber. Rubber scrap, obtained by dissolving and washing away all fibrous materials, passes through a steaming operation. It will then go through the drying, refining and other xylos processes at a big Midwest plant that is recovering large quantities for war essentials. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Producing reclaimed rubber. Rubber scrap, obtained...

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

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

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Transformer manufacture. These completed power transformers are sent to every part of the country and to almost every country in the Western hemisphere where they are needed in war production factories. These giants supply the power essentials to the production of ships and guns and tanks, as well as all other war essentials. Cranes capable of handling seventy-five tons hoist completed transformers to flatcars. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. These completed power transformers are sent t...

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A scene in a steel mill, Republic Steel, Youngstown, Ohio. Molten iron is blown in an Eastern Bessemer converter to change it to steel for war essentials

A scene in a steel mill, Republic Steel, Youngstown, Ohio. Molten iron...

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A scene in a steel mill, Republic Steel Mill, Youngstown, Ohio. Molten iron is blown in an Eastern Bessemer converter to change it to steel for war essentials

A scene in a steel mill, Republic Steel Mill, Youngstown, Ohio. Molten...

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Bofors forty-millimeter mounts. Gears for guns-for-victory. Hundreds of these precision cut gears roll off specially designed gear-cutters daily in the Bofors plant of a large rubber factory. When assembled, they'll be part of the Bofors forty- millimeter anti-aircraft gun mounts and carriages, some of the war essentials now manufactured in a plant whose sole product used to be tires for the family sedan

Bofors forty-millimeter mounts. Gears for guns-for-victory. Hundreds o...

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Aluminum casting. This special gauge checks diameter of the piston skirt. Made of aluminum, this piston will be used in army jeeps, and is one of the products of a large Midwest factory now converted to manufacture of war essentials. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. This special gauge checks diameter of the piston ski...

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Conversion. Duck decoys to incendiary bomb noses. Farewell to ducks. This worker sanding duck decoys on an emery belt will soon be producing war essentials. He is finishing up the last batch of decoys before using the same machine to perform an operation in the production of incendiary bomb noses

Conversion. Duck decoys to incendiary bomb noses. Farewell to ducks. T...

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Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Poplar veneer is inspected before being made into panels for combat planes. These rotary-cut strips are carefully checked for quality and thickness in a big Midwest veneer plant. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Poplar venee...

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Production. Women precision drill operators. A precision drilling operation is performed by a young woman worker in an Eastern plant now producing steel tank windows, equipment for the U.S. Signal Corps, and other war essentials. Wallace and Tillman Company, New York

Production. Women precision drill operators. A precision drilling oper...

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Conversion. Automobile industry. These racks once carried car hoods through the paint shop of a huge automobile factory. With the factory's conversion to production of war essentials, these and other types of special equipment must be put in storage. The Plymouth Company, Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile industry. These racks once carried car hoods th...

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Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. Surrounded by their peacetime products, the president and general manager of an Eastern manufacturing company take a last look at their orange squeezers, game boards and soft drink dispensers, relics of bygone days. Today they're producing vital wartime essentials for Uncle Sam: tools for cartridge manufacture, brass quadrants and other war necessities on prime and subcontract for the Army and Navy. Bristol and Martin Company, New York, New York

Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. Surrounded by their peacetime ...

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Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Compacts out, war production in. One of the last batches of luxury items is put through a Kentucky watch case plant now engaged in the production of gun parts, fuse baffles, compass cases and other essentials for our fighters. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Compacts out, war productio...

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Aluminum paint production. Filling drums of paint from mixers into tarred drums on scale. Site of this operation is a large Midwest aluminum factory producing war essentials for the Army. Aluminum paint is a civilian scarcity these days, but Uncle Sam still uses lots of it

Aluminum paint production. Filling drums of paint from mixers into tar...

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Conversion. Army truck parts. Rings and rims, piled to the ceiling in a large Midwest rubber factory now converted to production of war essentials. The spacer rings (left) and the side rings (right) are used for Army transports and supply trucks

Conversion. Army truck parts. Rings and rims, piled to the ceiling in ...

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Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Veneer panels for our combat planes will be made from this half-round log of walnut being withdrawn from the steaming vat of a Midwest factory. Great care must be taken in this vatting operation to raise various species of wood to the temperatures at which they can be cut smoothly. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Veneer panel...

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Conversion. Floor waxer plant. One of the few lathes bought by a small Eastern manufacturing firm. Unable to purchase much new machinery, the owner of the company installed and remodelled old equipment to produce war essentials under subcontract. First orders were delivered thirty days after contract, an amoazingly short time considering that conversion of machines took two weeks of it. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. One of the few lathes bought by a small...

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Aluminum casting. When the aluminum solidifies, it is knocked out by hammer from the ingot molds. Soon to be cast into essentials for the war effort, this metal is one of America's most vital essentials for victory. Destination of the finished aluminum products is kept secret--but they'll probably end up as jeeps or airplane engines parts. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. When the aluminum solidifies, it is knocked out by h...

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Loading castings onto a sandblast table in a large Midwest aluminum foundry now producing war essentials

Loading castings onto a sandblast table in a large Midwest aluminum fo...

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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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Coolidge and a delegation of farmers from the wheat growing states who appealed to the pres. for the passage of Norbeck-Burtress bill to provide small loans to wheat farmers for purchase of farm essentials [White House, Washington, D.C.]

Coolidge and a delegation of farmers from the wheat growing states who...

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Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Skill and experience back the production drive. A die maker in a converted Kentucky watch case factory brings rare ability to the plant's new job of making compass cases, fuse baffles, machine gun parts and other war essentials. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Skill and experience back t...

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Conversion. Auto body plant. Workman inspects the tail section of an airplane in a Midwest automobile body plant now converted to production of war essentials. Briggs Manufacturing Company, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Auto body plant. Workman inspects the tail section of an a...

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Aluminum casting. Ladling of molten aluminum alloy into the gate of a closed permanent mold. Site of these operations is a large Midwest aluminum foundry now converted to production of essentials for America's armed forces. The part being cast here may be destined for the engine of a "jeep" or part of an airplane engine. Their exact destination is kept a secret. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. Ladling of molten aluminum alloy into the gate of a ...

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Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Aircraft veneers are made in a large Midwest factory. Millions of feet of logs are used each month. The logs in the foreground are American poplar, those in the background are African mahogany. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Aircraft ven...

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Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Veneer for combat planes. In the "half-round method," a half log, after being heated in water to the proper temperature, is bolted on a stay log and revolved against a stationary knife. The sheets, as they fall from the knife, are stacked in proper sequence just as they were in the log. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Veneer for c...

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Aluminum casting. Closeup of the bright aluminum alloy being poured into molds. There may be no more aluminum for coffee percolators these days; it's going instead toward a much more vital purpose--war essentials for Uncle Sam's armed forces. Destination of the finished aluminum products is secret--but they'll probably end up as jeeps or airplane engine parts. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. Closeup of the bright aluminum alloy being poured in...

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

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

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Conversion. Floor waxer plant. Through the skill and ingenuity of the entire personnel of this small Eastern manufacturing firm, machinery formerly used in production of floor waxers has been converted to production of war essentials. Pictured here are the shop's owner (right) and night foreman, both of whom were instrumental in making the change. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. Through the skill and ingenuity of the ...

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Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Volume for victory. His skill in the making of luxury items is an asset for a Kentucky watch case factory now producing compass cases, fuse baffles, gun parts and other war essentials. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Volume for victory. His ski...

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Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. The vice-president of an Eastern manufacturing company now producing war essentials on prime and subcontracts, tests the hardness of steel in a chamber gauge, essential for the manufacture of small arms ammunition. These gauges are made of special alloys tougher and harder than the toughest and hardest steel. Bristol and Martin Company, New York, New York

Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. The vice-president of an Easte...

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Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. These machines are working for Uncle Sam instead of manufacturing such civilian items as soft drink dispensers and game boards. Inspecting operation of a tool room lathe are officials of this company which is producing tools for cartridge manufacture, brass quadrants and other war essentials. Bristol and Martin Company, New York, New York

Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. These machines are working for...

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Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Fighting planes and boats need this fine mahogany being inspected in a Midwest factory. Inspectors look for so-called windbreaks, minute pin worms and other defects that would disqualify the veneer. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Fighting pla...

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Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Poplar veneer is inspected before being made into panels for combat planes. These rotary-cut strips are carefully checked for quality and thickness in a big Midwest veneer plant. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Poplar venee...

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Books. Arithmetical essentials front cover

Books. Arithmetical essentials front cover

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Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Veneer for combat planes. In the "half-round method," a half log, after being heated in water to the proper temperature, is bolted on a stay log and revolved against a stationary knife. The sheets, as they fall from the knife, are stacked in proper sequence just as they were in the log. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Veneer for c...

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Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. Now converted to production of war essentials, this Eastern plant once manufactured such civilian items as this soft drink dispenser, the precision mechanism of which is undergoing inspection by a designer. It was this type of high grade precision workmanship which enabled the company to obtain specialized precision contracts and subcontracts from the government. Bristol and Martin Company, New York, New York

Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. Now converted to production of...

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Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Veneers for our combat planes are made from these specially selected logs, stored in the yard of a large Midwest factory. The logs on the right are African mahogany from the British Gold Coast. Those on the left are American poplar. Millions of feet of both species are converted monthly into various thicknesses of aircraft veneers. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Veneers for ...

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Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. A strip of walnut veneer that will be used in a panel of a combat plane comes from the textile dryer of a Midwest plant. This operation reduces the moisture content to about eight to ten percent. Sheets are stacked in exact sequence just as they come off the knife slicer from the log. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. A strip of w...

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The air raid protective services. One of the vital cogs in the civilian defense machine is the volunteer driver, whose duties include transportation of personnel and materials wherever they are needed. These volunteers are trained in the essentials of auto-mechanics, so that they may take care of minor motor troubles themselves"

The air raid protective services. One of the vital cogs in the civilia...

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Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Veneer for combat planes. In the "half-round method," a half log, after being heated in water to the proper temperature, is bolted on a stay log and revolved against a stationary knife. The sheets, as they fall from the knife, are stacked in proper sequence just as they were in the log. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Veneer for c...

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Conversion. Paper machinery to plant wing parts. A toolmaker in the plant of an Eastern paper machinery manufacturer inspects and tests drill jig fixtures for wing hinge fitting. Naval sights and other war essentials are also made in this plant

Conversion. Paper machinery to plant wing parts. A toolmaker in the pl...

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Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. Assembly of M-48 fuse bodies. Huge quantities of these war essentials are coming off the production line of a converted cash register plant. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio

Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. Assembly of M-48 fuse bod...

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Transformer manufacture. These completed power transformers are sent to every part of the country and to almost every country in the Western hemisphere where they are needed in war production factories. These giants supply the power essentials to the production of ships and guns and tanks, as well as all other war essentials. Cranes capable of handling seventy-five tons hoist completed transformers to flatcars. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. These completed power transformers are sent t...

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Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Torpedo boats need veneer of Philippine mahogany, which will be cut from these slabs, or flitches. A sling-load of quarter flitches being lowered into a heating vat in preparation for knife slicing at a Midwest veneer plant. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Torpedo boat...

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Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Veneer for combat planes. In the "half-round method," a half log, after being heated in water to the proper temperature, is bolted on a stay log and revolved against a stationary knife. The sheets, as they fall from the knife, are stacked in proper sequence just as they were in the log. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Veneer for c...

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Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. A strip of walnut veneer that will be used in a panel of a combat plane comes from the textile dryer of a Midwest plant. This operation reduces the moisture content to about eight to ten percent. Sheets are stacked in exact sequence just as they come off the knife slicer from the log. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. A strip of w...

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Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Milad's compact goes to war as a compass case. When operators at a Kentucky watch case factory ran the last batch of compacts through the automatic polishing machine, they immediately began work on war essentials. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Milad's compact goes to war...

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Conversion. Floor waxer plant. Through the skill and ingenuity of the entire personnel of this small Eastern manufacturing firm, machinery formerly used in production of floor waxers has been converted to production of war essentials. Pictured here is the night foreman employed by the company for fifteen years, who was instrumental in executing the changeover. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. Through the skill and ingenuity of the ...

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Conversion. Paper machinery to plane wing parts. A drill press operator bores holes in an airplane wing hinge in the plant of an Eastern paper machinery manufacturer. The hinge is clamped to the under side of a drill jig. The company also makes naval sights and other war essentials

Conversion. Paper machinery to plane wing parts. A drill press operato...

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Oil burners to machine gun parts. Fixture which holds bare of raw materials from which small pieces, cut to size, are obtained for production of precision parts for Uncle Sam's machine gun squads. Site of these operations is an Eastern factory which has been converted from manufacture of oil burners to production of war essentials. Reif-Rexoil Company, Buffalo, New York

Oil burners to machine gun parts. Fixture which holds bare of raw mate...

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Conversion. Watch cases to war production. The last of the compacts. When the operator has finished decorating the last batch of novelty compacts going through a converted watch case factory, she'll help the plant turn out war essentials. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. The last of the compacts. W...

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A pre-marketing "must": prepare your shopping list by comparing "best buys" appearing in the newspapers. You'll save a surprising amount this way, and those extra nickels and dimes can be invested in other household essentials or in defense stamps

A pre-marketing "must": prepare your shopping list by comparing "best ...

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Aluminum paint is a civilian scarcity these days, but Uncle Sam still uses lots of it. These one and five gallon containers are ready to be filled in a large Midwest aluminum factory now producing army essentials under army contract. Aluminum Industries

Aluminum paint is a civilian scarcity these days, but Uncle Sam still ...

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Conversion. Paper money to plant wing parts. Gear blanks for machine tool head stocks are turned in the Eastern plant of a former paper machinery manufacturer. Naval sights and other war essentials are also made in this plant

Conversion. Paper money to plant wing parts. Gear blanks for machine t...

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Aluminum casting. Duds, rejected for imperfections, are thrown back into the furnaces for recasting. Location: a large Midwest aluminum foundry now converted to production of war essentials. Destination of the finished aluminum products is kept secret. They'll probably end up as jeep or airplane engine parts. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. Duds, rejected for imperfections, are thrown back in...

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Aluminum casting. When the aluminum solidifies, it is knocked out by hammer from the ingot molds. Soon to be cast into essentials for the war effort, this metal is one of America's most vital essentials for victory. Destination of the finished aluminum products is kept secret--but they'll probably end up as jeeps or airplane engines parts. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. When the aluminum solidifies, it is knocked out by h...

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

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Luxury production gives way to war Production. Preparing the last batch of ladies' compacts for the plating room in a large Kentucky plant now converted to the manufacture of machine gun and carbine parts, bomb fuse baffles, compass cases and other essentials for war. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Luxury production gives way...

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Airplane seat production. See the "V" on the airplane pilot seat? It's the Victory elastic cord which provides the stress needed to counter-balance the pilot's weight during vertical adjustment of the seat. An inspector employed by a large Midwest rubber company now converted to production of war essentials, operates the vertical adjustment release lever which allows movement of the seat while plane is in motion

Airplane seat production. See the "V" on the airplane pilot seat? It's...

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Production. Marine boilers. On the welding floor of a big Midwest boiler factory, heavy production of Army and Navy essentials is the order of the day

Production. Marine boilers. On the welding floor of a big Midwest boil...

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Aluminum casting. In this large Midwest factory converted to production of war essentials two workmen are pictured boring holes in the base of 37-millimeter armour piercing shot where primers will be inserted. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. In this large Midwest factory converted to productio...

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