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Production. C-47 transport planes. Teams of men and women work efficiently to prepare a C-47 transport plane for riveting operations at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. The versatile C-47 performs many important tasks for the Army. It ferries men and cargo across the oceans and mountains, tows gliders and brings paratroopers and their equipment to scenes of action

Production. C-47 transport planes. Teams of men and women work efficie...

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

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Interesting patterns are formed by the wings of A-20 attack bombers, waiting their turn on the assembly lines of the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. The A-20 is used by the American Air Force and Royal Air Force (RAF) for hedge hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations--also for reconnaissance work and night fighting. It is armed with light and heavy caliber guns

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Interesting patterns are formed by th...

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. Airplane maufacture, general. At the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company, scrap metal is carefully segregated in separate boxes for the maximum salvage at the smelter. Most important of the many types of aircrafts made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. At the Long Beach, Californi...

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. C-47 transport planes. Inner wings for C-47 transport planes are carefully inspected before being joined to fuselages at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. The versatile C-47 performs many important tasks for the Army. It ferries men and cargo across the oceans and mountains, tows gliders and brings paratroopers and their equipment to scenes of action

Production. C-47 transport planes. Inner wings for C-47 transport plan...

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. Airplane maufacture, general. New styles in feminine fashion are provided by ornaments made of lathe turnings from the metal salvage pile at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. New styles in feminine fashi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an ornamental print, pattern design, mannerism, baroque, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Califo...

Apr 1895. 4 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

5870-5874 Atlantic Avenue (Commercial Building), 5870-5874 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

5870-5874 Atlantic Avenue (Commercial Building), 5870-5874 Atlantic Av...

Significance: The Atlantic Theater was constructed in 1941-42, and the Hanson Building was erected in 1945-46. In 1946 the two structures were joined. The theater was designed by prominent Los Angeles architect... More

5870-5874 Atlantic Avenue (Commercial Building), 5870-5874 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

5870-5874 Atlantic Avenue (Commercial Building), 5870-5874 Atlantic Av...

Significance: The Atlantic Theater was constructed in 1941-42, and the Hanson Building was erected in 1945-46. In 1946 the two structures were joined. The theater was designed by prominent Los Angeles architect... More

5870-5874 Atlantic Avenue (Commercial Building), 5870-5874 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

5870-5874 Atlantic Avenue (Commercial Building), 5870-5874 Atlantic Av...

Significance: The Atlantic Theater was constructed in 1941-42, and the Hanson Building was erected in 1945-46. In 1946 the two structures were joined. The theater was designed by prominent Los Angeles architect... More

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Final Aircraft Assembly Building, 3855 Lakewood Boulevard, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Final Aircraft Assembly Bui...

Significance: Building No. 1 is one of 18 contributing buildings two features to the Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant historic district. Activities associated with the district significantly contribut... More

Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surrounding area

Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surroundin...

Photographs show chiefly buildings in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Specific sites in Los Angeles include 1000 Wilshire Building, 777 Tower at Citicorp Plaza, ABC Entertainment Center, Ahmanson Center T... More

Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surrounding area

Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surroundin...

Photographs show chiefly buildings in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Specific sites in Los Angeles include 1000 Wilshire Building, 777 Tower at Citicorp Plaza, ABC Entertainment Center, Ahmanson Center T... More

Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surrounding area

Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surroundin...

Photographs show chiefly buildings in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Specific sites in Los Angeles include 1000 Wilshire Building, 777 Tower at Citicorp Plaza, ABC Entertainment Center, Ahmanson Center T... More

Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surrounding area

Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surroundin...

Photographs show chiefly buildings in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Specific sites in Los Angeles include 1000 Wilshire Building, 777 Tower at Citicorp Plaza, ABC Entertainment Center, Ahmanson Center T... More

Roosevelt Base, Gatehouse, Corner of Ocean Boulevard & Gate 1, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Roosevelt Base, Gatehouse, Corner of Ocean Boulevard & Gate 1, Long Be...

Significance: The Roosevelt Base Historic District, constructed in 1940-1943, consists of 11 buildings designed in the International Style with Mediterranean Revival detailing, five structures, and extensive hi... More

Roosevelt Base, Main Gate No. 1, Ocean Boulevard where Nevada & Maryland Street meet, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Roosevelt Base, Main Gate No. 1, Ocean Boulevard where Nevada & Maryla...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway depot, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 Henry Ford Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 H...

Significance: Ford Motor Company built the Long Beach Assembly Plant during 1929-1930 as one of six contemporaneous assembly plants constructed in the United States. The overall purpose of these plants was to ... More

Long Beach, George Grantham Bain Collection

Long Beach, George Grantham Bain Collection

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Two unidentified women at Long Beach, New York

Two unidentified women at Long Beach, New York

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. The Arnold Genthe collection includes a wide range of photographs. It is particularly renowned for its photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, which Genthe began shooti... More

View near Arnold Genthe's bungalow in Long Beach, New York

View near Arnold Genthe's bungalow in Long Beach, New York

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. The Arnold Genthe collection includes a wide range of photographs. It is particularly renowned for its photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, which Genthe began shooti... More

Riveter at work at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant in Long Beach, Calif

Riveter at work at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant in Long Beac...

12002-39. 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

Production. C-47 transport planes. Wing installation engine and tuneup are among the final operations in the building of C-47 transport planes in the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. The versatile C-47 performs many important tasks for the Army. It ferries men and cargo across oceans and mountains, tows gliders and brings paratroopers and their equipment to scenes of action

Production. C-47 transport planes. Wing installation engine and tuneup...

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. A-20 attack bombers. Experienced assembly line workers of both sexes contribute to the production of A-20 attack bombers in the Douglas Aircraft plant at Long Beach, California. The A-20 is used by the American Air Force and the Royal Air Force (RAF) for hedge hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations--also for reconnaissance work and night fighting. It is armed with light and heavy caliber guns

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Experienced assembly line workers of ...

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. C-47 transport planes. On the flight line of Douglas Aircraft Company at Long Beach, California, expert mechanics complete final adjustments before a C-47 transport plane makes trial flight. The versatile C-47 performs many important tasks for the Army. It ferries men and cargo across oceans and mountains, tows gliders and brings paratroopers and their equipment to scenes of action

Production. C-47 transport planes. On the flight line of Douglas Aircr...

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. A-20 attack bombers. Long lines of A-20 attack bombers roll ceaslessly, night and day, through the Douglas Aircraft plant at Long Beach, California. The A-20 is used by the American Air Force and the Royal Air Force (RAF) for hedge hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations--also for reconnaissance work and night fighting. It is armed for its several duties with light and heavy caliber guns in varying combinations

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Long lines of A-20 attack bombers rol...

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. A-20 attack bombers. Myriads of lights at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company form pleasing star patterns in the shatterproof plexiglass windows of noses for A-20 attack bombers. The A-20 is used by the American Air Force and Royal Air Force (RAF) for hedge hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations--also for reconnaissance work and night fighting. It is armed with light and heavy caliber guns

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Myriads of lights at the Long Beach, ...

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. C-47 transport planes. A new C-47 transport plane gets a final checkup on the flight ramp of Douglas Aircraft Company at Long Beach, California. If it passes the trials successfully it will be delivered to the Army. The versatile C-47 performs many important military tasks. It ferries men and cargo across oceans and mountains, tows gliders and brings paratroopers and their equipment to scenes of action

Production. C-47 transport planes. A new C-47 transport plane gets a f...

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

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. A woman plane construction technician fits the bombsight mount of a B-17F heavy bomber nearing completion at the Long Beach, California, plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company. The mount will carry the world's deadliest bombsight. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude, heavy bomber with a crew of seven to nine men with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. A woman plane construction technician...

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. B-17F heavy bombers. Negro girls are proving willing and capable aircraft workers. This girl works on wing jigs in the assembly of B-17F heavy bombers at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude, heavy bomber with a crew of seven to nine men and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. Negro girls are proving willing and c...

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

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 ...

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. C-47 transport planes. Great numbers of C-47 transport planes move along the assembly lines at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant at Long Beach, California. The versatile C-47 performs many important tasks for the Army. It ferries men and cargo across oceans and mountains, tows gliders and brings paratroopers and their equipment to scenes of action

Production. C-47 transport planes. Great numbers of C-47 transport pla...

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

Lido Gardens, Long Beach, Long Island. Large group II

Lido Gardens, Long Beach, Long Island. Large group II

Public domain photograph of apartment building, architectural plan, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Long Island Lighting Co., Long Beach, Long Island. Barrett station

Long Island Lighting Co., Long Beach, Long Island. Barrett station

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Repp & Mott Auction House, angle 1, 2501 E. Anaheim Street, Long Beach, California

Repp & Mott Auction House, angle 1, 2501 E. Anaheim Street, Long Beach...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: General commercial buildings; Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-2). Credit line: John ... More

Lifeguards in Long Beach, New Jersey

Lifeguards in Long Beach, New Jersey

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-8). Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol... More

A distant shoreline view in a Washington State town fittingly called Long Beach, since it advertises its 28-mile-long Pacific Ocean strand as "the world's longest beach"

A distant shoreline view in a Washington State town fittingly called L...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-13) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More

Seagulls find a scrap or two of food in a Washington State town fittingly called Long Beach, since it advertises its 28-mile-long Pacific Ocean strand as "the world's longest beach"

Seagulls find a scrap or two of food in a Washington State town fittin...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-13) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Califo...

Apr 1895. 4 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Califo...

Sep 1898. 8 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

Long Beach, California, Bathing Beauty Parade, 1927

Long Beach, California, Bathing Beauty Parade, 1927

J292962 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; M. F. Weaver; October 26, 1928. Copyright claimant's address: L[os] A[ngeles]. No. 6461-3.

Roosevelt Base, Recreation & Bowling Alley, Corner of West Virginia Street & Richardson Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Roosevelt Base, Recreation & Bowling Alley, Corner of West Virginia St...

Significance: The Roosevelt Base Historic District, constructed in 1940-1943, consists of 11 buildings designed in the International Style with Mediterranean Revival detailing, five structures, and extensive hi... More

Roosevelt Base, Gatehouse, Corner of Ocean Boulevard & Gate 1, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Roosevelt Base, Gatehouse, Corner of Ocean Boulevard & Gate 1, Long Be...

Significance: The Roosevelt Base Historic District, constructed in 1940-1943, consists of 11 buildings designed in the International Style with Mediterranean Revival detailing, five structures, and extensive hi... More

Roosevelt Base, Labor Board Building, Corner of Ocean Boulevard & Gate 1, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Roosevelt Base, Labor Board Building, Corner of Ocean Boulevard & Gate...

Public domain photograph of office, auditorium, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 Henry Ford Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 H...

Significance: Ford Motor Company built the Long Beach Assembly Plant during 1929-1930 as one of six contemporaneous assembly plants constructed in the United States. The overall purpose of these plants was to ... More

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 Henry Ford Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 H...

Significance: Ford Motor Company built the Long Beach Assembly Plant during 1929-1930 as one of six contemporaneous assembly plants constructed in the United States. The overall purpose of these plants was to ... More

A Midway, Long Beach, Calif. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

A Midway, Long Beach, Calif. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Part of title from jacket; "Long Beach, Cal." on umbrella. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Unidentified man and two women at Long Beach, New York

Unidentified man and two women at Long Beach, New York

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. The Arnold Genthe collection includes a wide range of photographs. It is particularly renowned for its photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, which Genthe began shooti... More

Arnold Genthe's bungalow at Long Beach

Arnold Genthe's bungalow at Long Beach

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. NY 96r; sleeves The Arnold Genthe collection includes a wide range of photographs. It is particularly renowned for its photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, which Gen... More

Girl worker at lunch also absorbing California sunshine, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif

Girl worker at lunch also absorbing California sunshine, Douglas Aircr...

12002-39. 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 fast, hard-hitting new A-20 i.e., B-25 attack bomber is brought for a test hop to the flight line at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company

A fast, hard-hitting new A-20 i.e., B-25 attack bomber is brought for ...

Identified as a B-25 aircraft. (Source: J. Barry, May 1995). Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 12002-39. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photo... More

Women at work on C-47 Douglas cargo transport, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif

Women at work on C-47 Douglas cargo transport, Douglas Aircraft Compan...

12002-39. 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

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. New styles in feminine fashion are provided by ornaments made of lathe turnings from the metal salvage pile at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. New styles in feminine fashi...

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

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Mechanics on the flight ramp on the Douglas Aircraft Company at Long Beach, California, check final adjustments on an A-20 attack bomber just before delivery to the Army. The A-20 is used by the American Air Force and Royal Air Force (RAF) for hedge hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations--also for reconnaissance work and night fighting. It is armed with light and heavy caliber guns

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Mechanics on the flight ramp on the D...

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. Airplane maufacture, general. Even scraps of rope are reclaimed for remaking into sturdy new lines at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Most important of the many types of aircrafts made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. Even scraps of rope are recl...

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. Airplane maufacture, general. Sandbags protect vital plant areas of the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company, against air raids. Most important are the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. Sandbags protect vital plant...

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. Airplane maufacture, general. The symbol of democracy, newly painted on a heavy bomber at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company, brings hope to enslaved people in Axis-dominated lands. Most important are the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. The symbol of democracy, new...

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. B-17F heavy bombers. The upper power turret of a new B-17F heavy bomber, just produced at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft. Turrets like this have meant the finish of many Jap and Nazi flyers. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude, heavy bomber with a crew of seven to nine men and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. The upper power turret of a new B-17F...

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. B-17F heavy bombers. Women riveters in the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of the B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude, heavy bomber with a crew of seven to nine men and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. Women riveters in the Long Beach, Cal...

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. A-20 attack bombers. Long lines of A-20 attack bombers roll ceaslessly, night and day, through the Douglas Aircraft plant at Long Beach, California. The A-20 is used by the American Air Force and the Royal Air Force (RAF) for hedge hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations--also for reconnaissance work and night fighting. It is armed for its several duties with light and heavy caliber guns in varying combinations

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Long lines of A-20 attack bombers rol...

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

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. Another new B-17F heavy bomber receives a final tuneup before its maiden flight from the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude, heavy bomber with a crew of seven to nine men and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. Another new B-17F heavy bomber receiv...

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

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. A tidy final assembly line at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company, sends B-17F heavy bombers to the flight lines at a rapid rate. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of the B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude, heavy bomber with a crew of seven to nine men and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. A tidy final assembly line at the Lon...

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. C-47 transport planes. The making of a big C-47 transport calls for the hands and skills of many men and women on the assembly lines of the Douglas Aircraft Company at Long Beach, California. The versatile C-47 performs many important tasks for the Army, It ferries men and cargo across oceans and mountains, tows gliders and brings paratroopers and their equipment to scenes of action

Production. C-47 transport planes. The making of a big C-47 transport ...

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

Lido Gardens, Long Beach, Long Island. Entrance

Lido Gardens, Long Beach, Long Island. Entrance

Public domain photograph of apartment building, architectural plan, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Califo...

Sep 1898. 8 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

5870-5874 Atlantic Avenue (Commercial Building), 5870-5874 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

5870-5874 Atlantic Avenue (Commercial Building), 5870-5874 Atlantic Av...

Significance: The Atlantic Theater was constructed in 1941-42, and the Hanson Building was erected in 1945-46. In 1946 the two structures were joined. The theater was designed by prominent Los Angeles architect... More

5870-5874 Atlantic Avenue (Commercial Building), 5870-5874 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

5870-5874 Atlantic Avenue (Commercial Building), 5870-5874 Atlantic Av...

Significance: The Atlantic Theater was constructed in 1941-42, and the Hanson Building was erected in 1945-46. In 1946 the two structures were joined. The theater was designed by prominent Los Angeles architect... More

5870-5874 Atlantic Avenue (Commercial Building), 5870-5874 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

5870-5874 Atlantic Avenue (Commercial Building), 5870-5874 Atlantic Av...

Significance: The Atlantic Theater was constructed in 1941-42, and the Hanson Building was erected in 1945-46. In 1946 the two structures were joined. The theater was designed by prominent Los Angeles architect... More

Long Beach, California, Bathing Beauty Parade, 1927

Long Beach, California, Bathing Beauty Parade, 1927

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

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Final Aircraft Assembly Building, 3855 Lakewood Boulevard, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Final Aircraft Assembly Bui...

Significance: Building No. 2 is one of 18 contributing buildings and two features to the Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant historic district. Activities associated with the district significantly contr... More

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 Henry Ford Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 H...

Significance: Ford Motor Company built the Long Beach Assembly Plant during 1929-1930 as one of six contemporaneous assembly plants constructed in the United States. The overall purpose of these plants was to ... More

Roosevelt Base, Fleet Landing Building, Bounded by Richardson & Pratt Avenues, Maryland & West Virginia Streets, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Roosevelt Base, Fleet Landing Building, Bounded by Richardson & Pratt ...

Significance: The Roosevelt Base Historic District, constructed in 1940-1943, consists of 11 buildings designed in the International Style with Mediterranean Revival detailing, five structures, and extensive hi... More

Long Beach, York, Me. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Long Beach, York, Me. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from jacket. "4297" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034811. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Long Beach, York, Me. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Long Beach, York, Me. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from jacket. "1534" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033262. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Long Beach, George Grantham Bain Collection

Long Beach, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been termed an industrial melting pot, since men and women of fifty-eight national origins work side by side in pushing Americas's plane output. S. O. Porter, Douglas director of personnel, recently declared that Negros are doing an outstanding job in all plants. Ruth Miller works in the El Segundo Plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company

The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been term...

Image source: Douglas Aircraft photo from OWI. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More infor... More

Two assembly line workers at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company enjoy a well-earned lunch period, Long Beach, Calif. Nacelle parts of a heavy bomber form the background

Two assembly line workers at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas ...

12002-39. 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

Long Beach Junior Senior High School, Long Beach, Long Island. General exterior

Long Beach Junior Senior High School, Long Beach, Long Island. General...

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

Long Beach Junior Senior High School, Long Beach, Long Island. Auditorium interior, revised

Long Beach Junior Senior High School, Long Beach, Long Island. Auditor...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school auditorium, college, education, building interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. Conservation of civilian tires makes possible this airplane tire ready to leave the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. Conservation of civilian tir...

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. C-47 transport planes. Expert mechanics complete final delivery arrangements on a group of C-47 transport planes at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. The versatile C-47 performs many important tasks for the Army. It ferries men and cargo across oceans and mountains, tows gliders and brings paratroopers and their equipment to scenes of action

Production. C-47 transport planes. Expert mechanics complete final del...

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. B-17F heavy bombers. A girl worker at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company, puts final touches on a nacelle of a B-17F heavy bomber before it is installed on a wing. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of the B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude, heavy bomber, with a crew of seven to nine men and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. A girl worker at the Long Beach, Cali...

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. A-20 attack bombers. Mechanics work in a "goldfish bowl", or bombardiers's compartment, of an A-20 attack bomber on the flight ramp of the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. The A-20 is used by the American Air Force and Royal Air Force (RAF) for hedge hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations--also for reconnaissance work and night fighting. It is armed with light and heavy caliber guns

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Mechanics work in a "goldfish bowl", ...

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. Airplane maufacture, general. This line of warplane engines at the Long Beach, California, Douglas Aircraft Company, represents enough horsepower to drive an ocean liner. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. This line of warplane engine...

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

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. A noontime rest for a full- fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Nacelle parts for a heavy bomber form the background. Most important are the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. A noontime rest for a full- ...

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. A-20 attack bombers. Myriads of lights at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company form pleasing star patterns in the shatterproof plexiglass windows of noses for A-20 attack bombers. The A-20 is used by the American Air Force and Royal Air Force (RAF) for hedge hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations--also for reconnaissance work and night fighting. It is armed with light and heavy caliber guns

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Myriads of lights at the Long Beach, ...

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

Model Drive In Cleaner, angle, 25th & Long Beach Boulevard, Long Beach, California

Model Drive In Cleaner, angle, 25th & Long Beach Boulevard, Long Beach...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: General commercial buildings; Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-2). Credit line: John ... More

Hot Cha Beer, Long Beach, California

Hot Cha Beer, Long Beach, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Food. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph arc... More

Women workers install fixtures and assemblies to a tail fuselage section of a B-17F bomber at the Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of the B-17 which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude heavy bomber, with a crew of seven to nine men, and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

Women workers install fixtures and assemblies to a tail fuselage secti...

12002-39. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide ... Washington : Library of Congress, 2001, p. 388. General information about the FSA/OWI... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Califo...

Sep 1898. 8 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Performance style, Choreometrics, coding, Early Coding and Consensus, Area IV, Palau IV; Calif State Call, Long Beach

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Performance style, Choreometrics, ...

Public domain scan of a document from Alan Lomax's performing arts studies collection, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Performance style, Choreometrics, coding, Early Coding and Consensus, Area IV, Palau IV; Calif State Call, Long Beach

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Performance style, Choreometrics, ...

Public domain scan of a document from Alan Lomax's performing arts studies collection, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Califo...

Sep 1898. 8 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

5870-5874 Atlantic Avenue (Commercial Building), 5870-5874 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

5870-5874 Atlantic Avenue (Commercial Building), 5870-5874 Atlantic Av...

Significance: The Atlantic Theater was constructed in 1941-42, and the Hanson Building was erected in 1945-46. In 1946 the two structures were joined. The theater was designed by prominent Los Angeles architect... More

5870-5874 Atlantic Avenue (Commercial Building), 5870-5874 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

5870-5874 Atlantic Avenue (Commercial Building), 5870-5874 Atlantic Av...

Significance: The Atlantic Theater was constructed in 1941-42, and the Hanson Building was erected in 1945-46. In 1946 the two structures were joined. The theater was designed by prominent Los Angeles architect... More

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Final Aircraft Assembly Building, 3855 Lakewood Boulevard, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Final Aircraft Assembly Bui...

Significance: Building No. 1 is one of 18 contributing buildings two features to the Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant historic district. Activities associated with the district significantly contribut... More

Roosevelt Base, Bounded by Ocean Boulevard, Pennsylvania Avenue, Richardson Avenue, & Idaho Street, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Roosevelt Base, Bounded by Ocean Boulevard, Pennsylvania Avenue, Richa...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 Henry Ford Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 H...

Significance: Ford Motor Company built the Long Beach Assembly Plant during 1929-1930 as one of six contemporaneous assembly plants constructed in the United States. The overall purpose of these plants was to ... More

Roosevelt Base, Administration & Brig Building, Bounded by Nevada & Colorado Streets, Reeves & Richardson Avenues, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Roosevelt Base, Administration & Brig Building, Bounded by Nevada & Co...

Significance: The Roosevelt Base Historic District, constructed in 1940-1943, consists of 11 buildings designed in the International Style with Mediterranean Revival detailing, five structures, and extensive hi... More

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