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Oil burners to machine gun parts. Oil burners are the normal product of this Eastern factory now undergoing conversion to production of small precision parts for machine guns. This machine has been converted to production of gun parts. Reif-Rexoil Company, Buffalo, New York

Oil burners to machine gun parts. Oil burners are the normal product o...

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

Good temper. Quenching operation following the heat treatment of gun parts in an eastern arsenal

Good temper. Quenching operation following the heat treatment of gun p...

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

Conversion. Farm implements to gun parts. A milling operation is performed on a Bofors gun slide in a large Midwestern farm implement plant now converted to war production. The plant also makes marine steam cargo winches for the Maritime Commission

Conversion. Farm implements to gun parts. A milling operation is perfo...

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

Steel mill equipment. A worker inspects the dimensions of a huge turning roll that will soon be installed in one of our steel mills to increase the production of steel plate and sheet to supply the tanks, ships and gun parts that are required under our expanded war program. A scene in one of Pennsylvania's heavy industry plants now converted to the production of vitally needed military equipment. AETNA, Ellwood City, Pennsylvania

Steel mill equipment. A worker inspects the dimensions of a huge turni...

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War production worker at the Vilter [Manufacturing] Company making M5 and M7 guns for the U.S. Army, Milwaukee, Wis. Ex-housewife, age 49, now doing bench work on small gun parts. Son [is] Second L[ieutenan]t, Son-in-law, Capt[ain] in Army

War production worker at the Vilter [Manufacturing] Company making M5 ...

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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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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...

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

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

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

One of the girls of Vilter Manufacturing Co. filing small gun parts, Milwaukee, Wisc. One brother in Coast Guard, one going to Army

One of the girls of Vilter Manufacturing Co. filing small gun parts, M...

12002-21. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

One of the girls of Vilter [Manufacturing] Co. filing small gun parts, Milwaukee, Wisc. One brother in Coast Guard, one going to Army.

One of the girls of Vilter [Manufacturing] Co. filing small gun parts,...

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

Conversion. Farm implements to gun parts. A grinding operation is performed on a Bofors gun slide in a converted Midwestern farm implement plant which is also making marine steam cargo winches for the Maritime Commission

Conversion. Farm implements to gun parts. A grinding operation is perf...

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

Shenandoah Valley. Mr. McGahey showing the contract for gun parts, which was let to his grandfather's plant by the Confederacy

Shenandoah Valley. Mr. McGahey showing the contract for gun parts, whi...

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

Conversion. Farm implements to gun parts. Prior to conversion to the production of military equipment, a centerless grinder was used by a Midwest farm implement manufacturer for grinding bearing pins for bell cranks of harvesting machines. This machine is now used in the production of 37 mm. shells

Conversion. Farm implements to gun parts. Prior to conversion to the p...

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

Good temper. Quenching operation following the heat treatment of gun parts in an eastern arsenal

Good temper. Quenching operation following the heat treatment of gun p...

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

Shenandoah Valley. Mr. McGahey showing the contract for gun parts, which was let to his grandfather's plant by the Confederacy

Shenandoah Valley. Mr. McGahey showing the contract for gun parts, whi...

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Conversion. Farm implements to gun parts. A grinding operation is performed on a Bofors gun slide in a converted Midwestern farm implement plant which is also making marine steam cargo winches for the Maritime Commission

Conversion. Farm implements to gun parts. A grinding operation is perf...

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

Oil burners to machine gun parts. Oil burners are the normal product of this Eastern factory now undergoing conversion to production of small precision parts for machine guns. This machine has been converted to production of gun parts. Reif-Rexoil Company, Buffalo, New York

Oil burners to machine gun parts. Oil burners are the normal product o...

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

War production worker at the Vilter Manufacturing Company making M5 and M7 guns for the U.S. Army, Milwaukee, Wis. Ex-housewife, age 49, now doing bench work on small gun parts. Son is Second Lieutenant, Son-in-law, Captain in Army

War production worker at the Vilter Manufacturing Company making M5 an...

12002-21. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

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

A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information P...

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

Conversion. Farm implements to gun parts. A milling operation is performed on a Bofors gun slide in a large Midwestern farm implement plant now converted to war production. The plant also makes marine steam cargo winches for the Maritime Commission

Conversion. Farm implements to gun parts. A milling operation is perfo...

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