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U.S.S. Massachusetts, steam steering gear

U.S.S. Massachusetts, steam steering gear

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

A hydraulic mechanic greasing the landing gear of a transport, before the plane leaves the last station on the assembly line at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

A hydraulic mechanic greasing the landing gear of a transport, before ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Diesel engines. The gear train housing of a diesel engine for the Navy is assembled at a Midwest manufacturing plant

Production. Diesel engines. The gear train housing of a diesel engine ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Wings for Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes are accurately assembled in jigs at a large Western aircraft plant. These wings are attached to the plane bodies as they travel down the final assembly line in which engines, landing gear, controls and other equpment are also installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Wings for Lockheed P-38 purs...

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Production. Wagon wheels. Wheels for wagons. Loading completed wagon wheels and running gear assemblies from a Southern wagon wheel plant which is enjoying boom business these days because of the rubber shortage

Production. Wagon wheels. Wheels for wagons. Loading completed wagon w...

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.

A wheel is mounted on the landing gear of a B-25 bomber on the final assembly line

A wheel is mounted on the landing gear of a B-25 bomber on the final a...

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

Production. Aircraft. At the end of a Flying Fortress assembly line, this mechanic in a large Western plant makes a final check on a landing gear hydraulic system. That big round object in the foreground is a rubber tire. Remember?

Production. Aircraft. At the end of a Flying Fortress assembly line, t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. Installing landing gear on wing parts in a sub-assembly section

Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. Installing landing gear...

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Landing gear for a B-25 is checked over prior to delivery to final assembly

Landing gear for a B-25 is checked over prior to delivery to final ass...

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

[Group in tennis gear, probably at hotel]

[Group in tennis gear, probably at hotel]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[U.S. Army tent camp in Mexico, 1914: 7 soldiers with gear spread before tents]

[U.S. Army tent camp in Mexico, 1914: 7 soldiers with gear spread befo...

J189864 U.S. Copyright Office Photoprint copyrighted by Mutual Film Corporation. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Motion pictures; Army, U.S.; Mexico History 1... More

Mould and core for a gear wheel casting

Mould and core for a gear wheel casting

J213190 U.S. Copyright Office. No. U-191220. No. 12236. Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain ph... More

Greasing gear on mule-drawn combine. Walla Walla County, Washington

Greasing gear on mule-drawn combine. Walla Walla County, Washington

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. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. The nose section of a new Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship in a jig at a large Western aircraft plant. This nose section will later be joined or "mated" to a center section and the partly-finished body will begin its trip down the final assembly line where engines, wings, landing gear and other essential equipment will be installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. The nose section of a new Lo...

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

Mitchell Field. Eagle ready for battle. An American pursuit pilot in combat gear is all set to climb into his plane. His flying equipment includes a combined oxygen mask and throat-type microphone, headphones, parachute and Mae West life jacket

Mitchell Field. Eagle ready for battle. An American pursuit pilot in c...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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.

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. An armorer in a large Western aircraft plant tests machine gun controls in the partly-finished nose section of a new Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. This section is now ready for the operation of "mating" it to the center section. The ship will travel down the main assembly line to receive engines, wings, landing gear and other essential equipment

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. An armorer in a large Wester...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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...

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

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These are landing gear housings for war planes. They are turned out by a New York state plant which formerly made merry-go-rounds and now makes numerous bits and pieces for the war program. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These are landing gear housings for ...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A partly-finished Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship is lowered away into a rolling cradle in a large Western aircraft plant. Supported in this cradle, the ship has now taken its place in the main assembly line. The cradle or stand is moved from station to station where engines, wings, landing gear, controls and other essential equipment are installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A partly-finished Lockheed P...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. America draws its manpower from various racial groups. This Negro worker, assembling landing gear for a medium bomber, learned his craft under the government war training program. Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant. Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. America draws its manpower from ...

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

Former fisherman, now caretaker on "Captain Jack's Wharf," a pier with shacks for the repair of gear and nets and now converted into a tourist colony. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Former fisherman, now caretaker on "Captain Jack's Wharf," a pier with...

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Students machinists being shown the proper finish required on gear pockets and bearing shaft bores of an aluminum oil pump housing. Packard marine plant

Students machinists being shown the proper finish required on gear poc...

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Antiaircraft gun carriage. A huge stockpile of equilibrator springs await assembly into the carriage for a thirty-seven millimeter antiaircraft gun. This is a typical scene as heavy industry gets into gear in America's war program. War program production scene in one of Pennsylvania's heavy industry plants now converted to the production of vitally needed military equipment. AETNA. Ellwood City, Pennsylvania

Antiaircraft gun carriage. A huge stockpile of equilibrator springs aw...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. A gear for a Pratt and Whitney engine is tested for hardness on a Rockwell machine in a large Eastern plant now producing a steady flow of airplane motors for the planes that will help us bring victory. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. A gear for a Pratt and...

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

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A complete center section for a Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane in an assembly jig at a large Western aircraft plant. On the final line, the entire center section will be joined to other plane sections, and noses, engines, wings, landing gear and other equipment will be installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A complete center section fo...

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

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. Thomas Walker, one of the many Negro workers employed in the aircraft factory of a larger Eastern navy yard, contributes to the happy landings of our air warriors. Walker is shown working on olios, a part of the landing gear of fighting craft

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. Thomas Walker, one of the many Negr...

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

Production. Aircraft. Although the tiny part in this veteran's "mike" looks insignificant, its variation from perfection may mean a jammed gun, faulty landing gear, or stalled engine. This machinist in a large Western aircraft plant has had twenty-three years of experience. Craftsmen of his skill are at an all-time premium now

Production. Aircraft. Although the tiny part in this veteran's "mike" ...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Wagon wheels. Revival of a dying art. Assembling wagon running gear in a Southern wagon plant which is receiving a rush of orders these days as a result of the rubber shortage

Production. Wagon wheels. Revival of a dying art. Assembling wagon run...

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

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. Thomas Walker, one of the many Negro workers employed in the aircraft factory of a larger Eastern navy yard, contributes to the happy landings of our air warriors. Walker is shown working on olios, a part of the landing gear of fighting craft

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. Thomas Walker, one of the many Negr...

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.

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

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

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. Thomas Walker, one of the many Negro workers employed in the aircraft factory of a larger Eastern navy yard, contributes to the happy landings of our air warriors. Walker is shown working on olios, a part of the landing gear of fighting craft

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. Thomas Walker, one of the many Negr...

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.

Conversion. Farm implements to cargo winches. Hobbing a gear for a cargo winch for the Maritime Commission. This machine in the converted Midwestern plant of a farm implement manufacturer was used to produce gears for tractors and other farm equipment

Conversion. Farm implements to cargo winches. Hobbing a gear for a car...

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

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Finishing wings for Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes in a large Western aircraft plant. The wings, which were accurately assembled in jigs, are added to the plane bodies as they travel down the final assembly line where engines, landing gear, controls and other equipment will be installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Finishing wings for Lockheed...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

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

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Final inspection and rework on wings for Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes in a large Western aircraft plant. The wings, which had been accurately assembled in jigs, are joined to the plane bodies as they travel down the final assembly line where engines, landing gear, controls and other equipment are also installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Final inspection and rework ...

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

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

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

Public domain photograph of laboratory, scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Portuguese dory fisherman gossiping in front of their fishing shack, where they store their gear

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Portuguese dory fisherman gossiping in fr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Farm implements to cargo winches. Hobbing a gear for a cargo winch for the Maritime Commission. This machine in the converted Midwestern plant of a farm implement manufacturer was used to produce gears for tractors and other farm equipment

Conversion. Farm implements to cargo winches. Hobbing a gear for a car...

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New River, North Carolina. Marine amphibian tractor. "The Marines have landed, and have the situation well in hand." A special leatherneck unit, training with new amphibian tractors at New River, North Carolina, is ready for any shore opposition as its land-and-water troop carrier brings them ashore in full battle gear to establish a beachhead

New River, North Carolina. Marine amphibian tractor. "The Marines have...

Public domain photograph of North Carolina in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Front side view of C-82, the newest transport shown at demonstration of equipment held by United States Army Air Forces. It has twin boom tail, wing span of 106 feet, and tricycle landing gear. Engines are mounted at forward ends of the booms. Wings are of gull design. Developed solely for hauling heavy military cargo on rough fields near battle points

Front side view of C-82, the newest transport shown at demonstration o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Larry Schneider removing a gear from the gear-making machine and filing smooth the edges of the gears.

Larry Schneider removing a gear from the gear-making machine and filin...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 11, 1994.

Larry Schneider removing a gear from the gear-making machine and filing smooth the edges of the gears.

Larry Schneider removing a gear from the gear-making machine and filin...

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.

[Col. Benjamin O. Davis, full-length portrait, and Edward C. Gleed, wearing flight gear, standing next to airplane, and looking upward, at air base at Rametti, Italy]

[Col. Benjamin O. Davis, full-length portrait, and Edward C. Gleed, we...

Photograph shows (left) Col. Benjamin O. Davis, Commanding Officer, 332nd Fighter Group, Class 42-C; (right) Edward C. Gleed, Lawrence, KS, Class 42-K, Group Operations Officer. P-5/D in background, "Creamer'... More

Photo: two gear drives - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Photo: two gear drives - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. B-25 bombers. A nose wheel and landing gear assembly for a B-25 bomber under construction in a Western aircraft plant. A front section of the plane shows in the background. General Doolittle has called the ship the best military plane in existence. With plenty of speed, a 1700-mile cruising range and a ceiling of 25,000 feet, it has performed brilliantly as a medium bomber and as an escort plane. Fairfax bomber plant, Kansas City

Production. B-25 bombers. A nose wheel and landing gear assembly for a...

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

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. Adjustments are made on the main landing gear of a B-25 bomber at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation. 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. Adjustments are made on the...

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

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

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

Public domain photograph - working class people, the 1930s United States, work, labor, worker, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. Conservation of rubber by American motorists makes possible these bomber tires, which are being assembled in a large Eastern aircraft plant. These Negro workers are clamping on lock washers to the wheels before final assembly of the landing gear. Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant. Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. Conservation of rubber by Americ...

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

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A mechanic in a large Western aircraft plant at work on a center section for a Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. On a final assembly line, the completed center section will be joined to other plane sections, and noses, engines, wings, landing gear and other equipment will be installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A mechanic in a large Wester...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. Installing landing gear on wing parts in a sub-assembly section

Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. Installing landing gear...

Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

This landing gear mechanism for a North American P-51 fighter resembles a small cannon

This landing gear mechanism for a North American P-51 fighter resemble...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dynamic Gear, Amityville, New York. Gears III

Dynamic Gear, Amityville, New York. Gears III

Public domain photograph of midcentury American advertising, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

L. Gear to Sarah Yorke Jackson - Public domain document scan

L. Gear to Sarah Yorke Jackson - Public domain document scan

Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[News photos of N.Y. National Guard units preparing for active duty on Mexican border, May-Nov. 1916: General view of soldiers with mess gear]

[News photos of N.Y. National Guard units preparing for active duty on...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, conscription, group of people in uniform, armed forces, infantry, war activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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...

Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gear levers on caterpillar tractor. Whitman County, Washington

Gear levers on caterpillar tractor. Whitman County, Washington

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.

Mitchell Field. Eagle ready for battle. An American pursuit pilot in combat gear is all set to climb into his plane. His flying equipment includes a combined oxygen mask and throat-type microphone, headphones, parachute and Mae West life jacket

Mitchell Field. Eagle ready for battle. An American pursuit pilot in c...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. Conservation of rubber by American motorists makes possible these bomber tires, which are being assembled in a large Eastern aircraft plant. These Negro workers are clamping on lock washers to the wheels before final assembly of the landing gear. Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant. Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. Conservation of rubber by Americ...

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

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. The nose section of a Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane is "mated" with a center section in a large Western aircraft plant. The partly-finished ship will then travel down the main assembly line for the installation of engines, wings, landing gear and other essential equipment

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. The nose section of a Lockhe...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. The enormous size of the landing wheels of a YB-17 bomber can be appreciated when compared with the sizes of the two men inspecting the landing gear. The men, a staff sergeant and a technical sergeant, belong to a bombardment squadron at Langley Field, Virginia

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. The enormous size...

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

Detroit, Michigan. Gear inspector at the Allison Motors plant

Detroit, Michigan. Gear inspector at the Allison Motors plant

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Landing gear installation. This woman worker at Vultee-Nashville is shown making final adjustments in the wheel well of an inner wing before installation of the landing gear. This is one of the numerous assembly operations in connection with the mass production of Vultee "Vengeance" dive bombers. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Landing gear installation...

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

Howitzer being loaded into the new C-82 at demonstration of equipment held by United States Army Air Forces. The specific function of this plane is to land heavy military loads safely on rough fields near battle points. Note twin boom tail. Plane has wing span of 106 feet, and carries tricycle landing gear

Howitzer being loaded into the new C-82 at demonstration of equipment ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Public Service of New Jersey, Bergen station. Low voltage switch gear I

Public Service of New Jersey, Bergen station. Low voltage switch gear ...

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"Cheesehead" fans of the Green Bay Packers football team come out in droves with their head gear and bratwursts to support the team in Green Bay, Wisconsin

"Cheesehead" fans of the Green Bay Packers football team come out in d...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The Packers are the only community-owned franchise in t... More

Alexander Ferrier, 6 Hampton St., (on left hand). Has been band boy in #8 mill for two years. He said that a short time ago an unprotected gear on his machine caught his sleeve and tore it off completely. Another boy had a large part of his hand taken off by the same machine. David Ferrier (brother to Alexander) has been doffer in #10 mill one month. Location: Ludlow, Massachusetts.

Alexander Ferrier, 6 Hampton St., (on left hand). Has been band boy in...

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

Mrs. Goff at the airport. Mrs. Goff in flying gear in front of airplane

Mrs. Goff at the airport. Mrs. Goff in flying gear in front of airplan...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American portrait, 1940s-1950s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Subcontracting (Wilbarger and Sons). Workers at the shop of Wilbarger and Sons, Harrisonburg, Virginia, are doing away with the overhead belt system of operating their machines. Delays are too frequent and they will not brook delays in war production. The machines are being converted to direct gear transmission

Subcontracting (Wilbarger and Sons). Workers at the shop of Wilbarger ...

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Steel mill equipment. Steel, steel...more steel is the cry as our industrial program of production goes into high gear to meet the expanding needs of the war program. This master machinist lays out on the raw stock some of the many parts required to keep out steel mill equipment up to its tasks. War program production scene in a Pennsylvania heavy industry plant now converted to the production of vitally needed military equipment. AETNA. Ellwood City, Pennsylvania

Steel mill equipment. Steel, steel...more steel is the cry as our indu...

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.

Production. P-51 "Mustang" fighter planes. The accuracy of a milling machine operation is checked by an inspector in a machine shop at the Inglewood, California, plant of the North American Aviation. The casting being milled will be part of the landing gear of a P-51 fighter plane. 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. The accuracy of a milling m...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Finishing wings for Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes in a large Western aircraft plant. The wings, which had been accurately assembled in jigs, are added to the plane bodies as they travel down the final assembly line where engines, landing gear, controls and other equipment are also installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Finishing wings for Lockheed...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. It's all a matter of relative angles and turning speeds. Properly set, this gear-cutting machine tool will produce any kind of beveled, spur, hypoid or other kind of gear. The small hypoid bevel gear shown partially cut in the center of the picture will soon become part of another machine tool after it has been heat-treated, ground, lapped and thoroughly tested and checked

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. It's all a matter o...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Ready for the next step. This workman is preparing a 50-caliber machine gun barrel for turning as war work preparation put work at an Eastern armory into high gear

Ready for the next step. This workman is preparing a 50-caliber machin...

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

A huge rubber tire is mounted on the landing gear strut of a North American B-25 before it moves to the final assembly line

A huge rubber tire is mounted on the landing gear strut of a North Ame...

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

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Portuguese dory fisherman gossiping in front of their fishing shack, where they store their gear

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Portuguese dory fisherman gossiping in fr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Auto parts to aircraft landing gear. The finishing touches in the making of a precision die are done by hand by this expert toolmaker in a large auto plant which has converted to the production of aircraft landing gear

Conversion. Auto parts to aircraft landing gear. The finishing touches...

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De Land pool. La Roe shop. Fifty-three-year-old Earl La Roe, commander-in-chief of the La Roe family war production army at Eustis, Florida, used to be an automobile mechanic. He came from Akron, Ohio in 1920. He is drilling a much needed gear for the De Land community pool's million-dollar war contract. Eight machines work at full speed in his three-car-garage; all of them operated by his wife, sister, both grandmothers, his son, and one helper

De Land pool. La Roe shop. Fifty-three-year-old Earl La Roe, commander...

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Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. Installing landing gear on wing parts in a sub-assembly section

Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. Installing landing gear...

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Mitchell Field. The eagle puts foot to earth. An air-crew officer dressed in full combat gear inspects a bomber landing wheel. Part of the retracting mechanism is shown

Mitchell Field. The eagle puts foot to earth. An air-crew officer dres...

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Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A landing gear ready for assembly on a B-25 bomber is rolled into place on the final assembly line of North American's Inglewood, California, plant. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, 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 landing gear ready for as...

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Dynamic Gear, Amityville, New York. Exterior

Dynamic Gear, Amityville, New York. Exterior

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Dynamic Gear, Amityville, New York. Gears II

Dynamic Gear, Amityville, New York. Gears II

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U.S.S. Solace, steering gear - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

U.S.S. Solace, steering gear - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

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U.S.S. Massachusetts, steam hoisting gear

U.S.S. Massachusetts, steam hoisting gear

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[Woman grinding small gear cutter, and woman sweeping at Midvale Steel & Ordnance Co., Nicetown, Pennsylvania, during World War I]

[Woman grinding small gear cutter, and woman sweeping at Midvale Steel...

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New River, North Carolina. Marine amphibian tractor. "The Marines have landed, and have the situation well in hand." A special leatherneck unit, training with new amphibian tractors at New River, North Carolina, is ready for any shore opposition as its land-and-water troop carrier brings them ashore in full battle gear to establish a beachhead

New River, North Carolina. Marine amphibian tractor. "The Marines have...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A partly-finished Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship, including center and nose section, is swung over a rolling cradle to begin its trip down the assembly line of a large Western aircraft plant. As the ship moves from station to station along this line it will receive its engines, wings, landing gear and other essential equipment

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A partly-finished Lockheed P...

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A landing gear ready for assembly on a North American B-25 is rolled into place on the final assembly line

A landing gear ready for assembly on a North American B-25 is rolled i...

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Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. The woodcarving skill of those capable hands has delighted thousands of children riding the horses of merry-go-rounds. Their skill has now been diverted for the duration to lathe work on landing gear housings for the deadly Airacobra. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. The woodcarving skill of those capab...

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Conversion. Hosiery factory. This worm gear and worm wheel (left) once wove stockings for Miss America. Today they've been put to work for her Uncle Sam in the conversion of a large Eastern hosiery plant to production of mosquito netting for America's armed forces. Van Raalte Company

Conversion. Hosiery factory. This worm gear and worm wheel (left) once...

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Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These hands used to turn out merry-go-rounds to gladden the hearts of the nation's children. The carrousel plant in which they work is now engaged in producing war parts on subcontracts from army and navy contractors. These skilled hands belong to sixty-five-year-old Herman Jagow, whose wood carving skill delighted thousands of children riding the horses of merry-go-rounds. Here he is doing lathe work in landing gear housing. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

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

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Beginning construction of a center section of a Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane in a Western aircraft plant. Here the trailing edge of a center section is "mated" to the main beam. On a final assembly line, the completed center section will be joined to other plane sections, and noses, engines, wings, landing gear and other equipment will be installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Beginning construction of a ...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Fittings are attached to a center section of a Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship in a large Western aircraft plant. On the final assembly line, the completed center section will be joined to other plane sections, and noses, engines, wings, landing gear and other equipment will be installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Fittings are attached to a c...

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Close-up showing bracing arrangement on gear cutter. Giant arms holding gear in place are changed to adjust the rotating gear to the cutting mechanism. The job takes three to six weeks of day and night operation for completion. This is one of many highly specialized big precision jobs the converted American industry is turning out for Uncle's Sam's modern fighting ships

Close-up showing bracing arrangement on gear cutter. Giant arms holdin...

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

Detroit, Michigan. Assembly of Rolls Royce engines at the Packard motor car company. Complete reduction gear housing assembly

Detroit, Michigan. Assembly of Rolls Royce engines at the Packard moto...

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It's Mardi Gras, a Cowboy Mardi Gras, including Sandy Matte in a chicken costume and Michael Fontenot in combo Mardi Gras and camouflage gear in little Bandera, the "Cowboy Capital of Texas," west of San Antonio, Texas

It's Mardi Gras, a Cowboy Mardi Gras, including Sandy Matte in a chick...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Mrs. Goff at the airport. Mrs. Goff in flying gear in front of airplane

Mrs. Goff at the airport. Mrs. Goff in flying gear in front of airplan...

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Mrs. Goff at the airport. Mrs. Goff in flying gear

Mrs. Goff at the airport. Mrs. Goff in flying gear

An old black and white photo of a woman wearing a pilot's helmet. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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