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A black and white photo of airplanes in a hangar. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of airplanes in a hangar. Office of War Inform...

Annotation on negative or original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption sheet entry. 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. Ventura bombers. The "Pony Express" driver in a large Western aircraft plant rounds the corner of "Bataan Boulevard," one of the assembly lines on which many fighting and bombing planes are being built. His work is to distribute parts for Ventura bombers and other mighty ships of our new air armada. Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California

Production. Ventura bombers. The "Pony Express" driver in a large West...

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

Los Angeles, California. Japanese-American evacuation from West Coast areas under U.S. Army war emergency order. Japanese-American child who will go with his parents to Owens Valley

Los Angeles, California. Japanese-American evacuation from West Coast ...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

A woman employee in North American's sheet metal department counter-sinks holes prior to riveting

A woman employee in North American's sheet metal department counter-si...

Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is a... More

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. A woman employee at Vultee's Downey, California plant works on a fuselage frame for a "Valiant" basic trainer. At the Downey plant is made the BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainer--a fast, sturdy ship powered by by a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. A woman employee at Vul...

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

North American Aviation's P-51 Mustang fighter receives its finishing touches outdoors on the "California Assembly Line"

North American Aviation's P-51 Mustang fighter receives its finishing ...

Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is a... More

Shipbuilding. Pipes and fittings. Steel pipe flanges in the pipe shop at the Wilmington, California, yard of the California Shipbuilding Corporation. The Booker T. Washington, recently launched at this yard, is one of the many freighters the company has built since Pearl Harbor

Shipbuilding. Pipes and fittings. Steel pipe flanges in the pipe shop ...

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

A group of people standing next to each other. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people standing next to each other. Office of War Informati...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... 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

Electric spotwelding is becoming increasingly important in the aviation industry. Two North American employees work together on a tank that will go into a B-25 bomber

Electric spotwelding is becoming increasingly important in the aviatio...

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

Los Angeles County, California. Japanese arriving at the Santa Anita reception center for Japanese evacuated under United States Army war emergency order

Los Angeles County, California. Japanese arriving at the Santa Anita r...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Stacks of vital aluminum in the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated. From the receiving department they will be delivered to the proper departments for fabrication into war planes for the United Nations. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Stacks of vital aluminum in...

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

Los Angeles County, California. The evacuation of Japanese and Japanese-Americans from the West coast areas under Army war emergency order. Japanese farmer packs seed which he will carry with him

Los Angeles County, California. The evacuation of Japanese and Japanes...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Two North American employees at Inglewood, California, rivet a nacelle door. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Two North American 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. Aircraft. This air compressor in a Western aircraft plant supplies air power for riveting hammers, sprayguns, and other air-operated equipment

Production. Aircraft. This air compressor in a Western aircraft plant ...

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

Production. P-51 "Mustang" fighter planes. An employee checks one of the temporary wooden wheels placed on a P-51 fighter on the North American flight training at the Inglewood, California, plant. Regular rubber tires are installed when the planes are ready for flight tests. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. P-51 "Mustang" fighter planes. An employee checks one of t...

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

Santa Anita reception center, Los Angeles County, California. Japanese registering on arrival from West coast areas being evacuated under United States Army war emergency order

Santa Anita reception center, Los Angeles County, California. Japanese...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a woman in a dress. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a woman in a dress. Office of War Informati...

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 manufacture, general. Finished parts for airplane landing gear are placed in containers as they are finished in the Inglewood, California, machine shop of North American Aviation, Incorporated. Hundreds of machines and skilled machinists turn out thousands of extremely accurate parts each day. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Finished parts for airplane...

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

Landing gears completely assembled are delivered to the final assembly floor, where they will be attached to B-25 bombers

Landing gears completely assembled are delivered to the final assembly...

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

Production. Aircraft. An aluminum casting, placed on an X-ray film-holder, ready to be photographed in the test laboratory of a big Western aircraft plant. The numeral figures being placed on the film are made of lead and will stop the X-ray beam. A clean, sharp number is left on the film for future identification of the part

Production. Aircraft. An aluminum casting, placed on an X-ray film-hol...

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

Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from West coast areas under United States Army war emergency order. The Japanese referred to in this sign were an advance group going to Owens Valley for construction work

Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from Wes...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Thousands of sheet metal plane parts are formed daily in the drop hammer department of North American Aviation, Incorporated at Inglewood, California. Hemp rope and the rubber in the mold on the press are used to snub and control the impact of the hammer. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Thousands of sheet metal pl...

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. Airplanes. A toolmaker's apprentice at work on a Pratt and Whitney automatic tool room machine in a large Western aircraft plant. He is working on a flap track for a Lockheed Model 58

Production. Airplanes. A toolmaker's apprentice at work on a Pratt and...

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. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Landing gears for "Valiant" basic trainers at Vultee's Downey, California plant. At the Downey plant is made the BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainer--a fast, sturdy ship powered by a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Landing gears for "Vali...

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

Women aircraft workers. Three little maids in aircraft school? They're learning the use of templates, used in training material for bullet proofing gas tanks in a West Coast airplane factory. Vega

Women aircraft workers. Three little maids in aircraft school? They're...

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

The motor on a North American B-25 bomber is adjusted before the initial flight

The motor on a North American B-25 bomber is adjusted before the initi...

Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is a... More

Production. Ventura bombers. Tinfoil--and only part of one day's collection--made by employees of a large Western aircraft plant. These same workers are making another, and more important, contribution to America's war effort: they are producing a steady stream of Ventura bombers and other fighting and bombing planes. Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California

Production. Ventura bombers. Tinfoil--and only part of one day's colle...

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

North American Aviation, Incorporated. Inglewood, California(?). A Wright whirlwind engine for a B-25 bomber receiving a final checkup before moving to the final assembly floor

North American Aviation, Incorporated. Inglewood, California(?). A Wri...

File print missing series code; added Aug. 1999. Title and other information from file print. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More infor... More

Inglewood, California. Employees of North American Aviation, Inc., listening to an outdoor program while eating their lunch

Inglewood, California. Employees of North American Aviation, Inc., lis...

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

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. Aircraft. An aluminum casting, placed on an X-ray film-holder, ready to be photographed in the test laboratory of a big Western aircraft plant. The numeral figures being placed on the film are made of lead and will stop the X-ray beam. A clean, sharp number is left on the film for future identification of the part

Production. Aircraft. An aluminum casting, placed on an X-ray film-hol...

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. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Ailerons on "Valiant" basic trainers are fabric-covered. A woman worker at Vultee's Downey, California plant performs a stitching operation. At the Downey plant is made the BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainer--a fast sturdy ship powered by a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Ailerons on "Valiant" b...

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

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Net result: everywhere Don goes in the plant, he is reminded of his tire situation

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Net result: everywhere Don goes in the p...

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

Production. Aircraft. On the tail section of a Ventura bomber, a Negro and a white worker team up to raise the production rate of a big Western aircraft plant

Production. Aircraft. On the tail section of a Ventura bomber, a Negro...

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. 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. War housing trailers. Lining panels of 1/8 inch fir plywood go into place on a war housing trailer under construction at the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. Mahogany, formerly used in most house trailer lining jobs, is now on the shortage list

Production. War housing trailers. Lining panels of 1/8 inch fir plywoo...

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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. These containers hold nuts, bolts, rivets and parts that go into assemblies at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation. Employees are urged to conserve on all items. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. These containers hold nuts,...

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

Los Angeles, California. Prices advertised at stores in Little Tokyo, before the evacuation of Japanese from West coast areas under United States Army war emergency orders

Los Angeles, California. Prices advertised at stores in Little Tokyo, ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

High school Victory Corps. A student photographer at Washington High School, Los Angeles, California, takes a picture of some members of the aeronautics class

High school Victory Corps. A student photographer at Washington High S...

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

North American Aviation Incorporated. Inglewood, California(?). A worker with a rivet gun is shown admiring a North American B-25 medium bomber

North American Aviation Incorporated. Inglewood, California(?). A work...

File print missing series code; added Aug. 1999. Title and other information from file print. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More infor... More

On North American's "Sunshine" assembly line, a B-25 bomber is prepared for painting. Paper is taped to those areas not to be painted

On North American's "Sunshine" assembly line, a B-25 bomber is prepare...

Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is a... More

Los Angeles County, California. The evacuation of Japanese and Japanese-Americans from the West coast areas under Army war emergency order. Japanese farmer packs seed which he will carry with him

Los Angeles County, California. The evacuation of Japanese and Japanes...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A squeeze riveted in operation at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated. The operator works the machine as he assembles parts for the horizontal and vertical stabilizers for the control surfaces of bomber and fighter planes. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A squeeze riveted in operat...

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 a main beam for the center section of a Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. When the center section of the ship is completed it will go to a "mating" operation in which other plane sections are attached to it. The plane body will then travel down the main assembly line where nose sections, engines, wings, landing gear and other equipment will be installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Finishing a main beam for th...

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. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Riveting sheet metal for "Valiant" basic trainers on a special machine at Vultee's Downey, California plant. At the Downey plant is made the BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainer--a fast, sturdy ship powered by a a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Riveting sheet metal fo...

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

High school Victory Corps. Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles, California, teaches its students trades which fit them to help in the war program. Under this mask is a Chinese student who is learning to weld

High school Victory Corps. Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles, Calif...

Public domain photograph of American trade card, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. War housing trailers. Many time-saving methods are employed in the making of war housing trailers at the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. A heavy-duty stapling machine, for example, makes fast work of fastening the waterproof finish sheeting in place. Later a decorative strip will cover the staple heads and the sheeting will be trimmed off flush with the lower edge of the stip

Production. War housing trailers. Many time-saving methods are employe...

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 plane. An armorer's assistant in a large Western aircraft plant works on the installation of one of the machine guns in the nose section of a new Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. This nose section will later be "mated" to a center section and the plane body will travel down a main assembly line where wings, engines, and other essential equipment will be installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. An armorer's assistant in a l...

Picryl description: Public domain image of knight armor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A girl clerk on the flight ramp of North American's Inglewood, California, aircraft plant, carries dispatches over large areas quickly with a bicycle. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A girl clerk on the flight ...

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

A group of people standing next to a train. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people standing next to a train. Office of War Information ...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A trailer load of material from the receiving stockrooms of the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated, is hitched to a small truck driven by a woman employee. This plant produces the battle-tested ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A trailer load of material ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1940s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Motor rings for "Valiant" basic trainers at Vultee's Downey, California plant. At the Downey plant is made the BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainer--a fast, sturdy ship powered by a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Motor rings for "Valian...

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 manufacture, general. This woman employee at North American's Inglewood, California, plant, assembles control brackets for bomber and fighter planes. All parts are arranged conveniently in the semi-circle. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. This woman employee at Nort...

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. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Woman bucking rivets on a "Valiant" basic trainer at Vultee's Downey, California plant. At the Downey plant is made the BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainer--a fast, sturdy ship powered by a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Woman bucking rivets on...

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

Tanks ready for final assembly surround this North American employee as he finishes another gasoline tank for a B-25 bomber

Tanks ready for final assembly surround this North American employee a...

Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is a... More

Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. The SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro is shown at the fitting-out pier a short time after it was launched at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards. Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto, christened the ship which was named for the noted Negro educator

Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. The SS Booker T....

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 manufacture, general. A clerk in one of the Inglewood, California, stockrooms of North American Aviation, Incorporated, checks parts for a sub-assembly department. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A clerk in one of the Ingle...

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

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. Aircraft. High above a huge Western aircraft plant, an armed guard keeps constant alert watch for irregularities of any kind

Production. Aircraft. High above a huge Western aircraft plant, an arm...

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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Finished parts for airplane landing gear are placed in containers as they are finished in the Inglewood, California, machine shop of North American Aviation, Incorporated. Hundreds of machines and skilled machinists turn out thousands of extremely accurate parts each day. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Finished parts for airplane...

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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. An employee with years of experience at Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated, explains the assembly of a horizontal stabilizer to a new woman employee. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. An employee with years of e...

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

California Shipbuilding Corporation, Wilmington, California. Workmen coming ashore from a ferry

California Shipbuilding Corporation, Wilmington, California. Workmen c...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A Pearl Harbor widow gives her complete effort toward defeating the murderers of her husband. Mrs. C. Margaret Bailey starts the assembly of a bomber tail surface trimming tab in a West Coast airplane factory. She has been working here since the first of the year and is glad that this vital work supports her son and daugher -- aged seven and five -- so that she will not be obliged to accept relief from the Navy

A Pearl Harbor widow gives her complete effort toward defeating the mu...

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.

Santa Anita reception center, Los Angeles County, California. The evacuation of Japanese and Japanese-Americans from West coast areas under United States Army war emergency order. Construction work on accommodations for Japanese

Santa Anita reception center, Los Angeles County, California. The evac...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. An armorer and his assistant check the installation of guns in a nose section of a new Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. As the ship travels from one station to another along the main assembly line, wings, engines, armament and other essential equipment are installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. An armorer and his assistant ...

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

Aluminum alloy angle stock is removed from the stockroom to assembly departments as it is needed

Aluminum alloy angle stock is removed from the stockroom to assembly d...

Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is a... More

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Final "Valiant" basic trainer assembly line at Vultee's Downey, California plant. At the Downey plant is made the BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainer--a fast, sturdy ship powered by a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Final "Valiant" basic t...

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. War housing trailers. The top of a war housing trailer is assembled and finished in the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. Corners are plastic, rounded sections made of paper especially treated to give it great hardness and durability

Production. War housing trailers. The top of a war housing trailer is ...

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 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. Airplane manufacture, general. Kirksite is poured into a mold at the Inglewood, California, foundry of North American Aviation, Incorporated. The die that will be cast in this mold will be used in the forming of sheet metal parts for United Nations war planes. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Kirksite is poured into a m...

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

Santa Anita reception center, Los Angeles County, California. The evacuation of Japanese and Japanese-Americans from West coast areas under United States Army war emergency order

Santa Anita reception center, Los Angeles County, California. The evac...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... 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.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Thousands of North American Aviation employees at Inglewood, California look skyward as the bomber and fighter planes they helped build perform overhead during a lunch period air show. This plant produces the battle-tested ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Thousands of North American...

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

A group of men standing next to each other. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men standing next to each other. Office of War Information ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from West coast areas under United States Army war emergency order. Japanese wave good-bye to friends and relatives who are leaving for Owens Valley. All Japanese will be evacuated eventually

Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from Wes...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Baseball players in war production. Outfielder Vince DiMaggio, of the Pittsburgh Pirates, has been working at the California Ship Building Corporation since last October. He's one of the many former athletic stars who are helping to smash the Axis by building the equipment needed by America's fighting men

Baseball players in war production. Outfielder Vince DiMaggio, of the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War I...

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

Santa Monica, California. Italian-Americans at work on bombers at the Douglas Aircraft plant

Santa Monica, California. Italian-Americans at work on bombers at the ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, Cali...

Jun 1887. 2 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

Santa Anita pacemaker (Santa Anita, Calif), May 26, 1942

Santa Anita pacemaker (Santa Anita, Calif), May 26, 1942

Semiweekly Vol. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 18, 1942)-v. 1, no. 50 (Oct. 7, 1942). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. Also available in digita... More

A group of people standing next to a train. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people standing next to a train. Office of War Information ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Santa Anita pacemaker (Santa Anita, Calif), July 4, 1942

Santa Anita pacemaker (Santa Anita, Calif), July 4, 1942

Semiweekly Vol. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 18, 1942)-v. 1, no. 50 (Oct. 7, 1942). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. Also available in digita... More

Santa Anita pacemaker (Santa Anita, Calif), July 25, 1942

Santa Anita pacemaker (Santa Anita, Calif), July 25, 1942

Semiweekly Vol. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 18, 1942)-v. 1, no. 50 (Oct. 7, 1942). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. Also available in digita... More

Santa Anita pacemaker (Santa Anita, Calif), May 29, 1942

Santa Anita pacemaker (Santa Anita, Calif), May 29, 1942

Semiweekly Vol. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 18, 1942)-v. 1, no. 50 (Oct. 7, 1942). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. Also available in digita... More

A black and white photo of a woman and a child. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a woman and a child. Office of War Informat...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Santa Anita pacemaker (Santa Anita, Calif), July 15, 1942

Santa Anita pacemaker (Santa Anita, Calif), July 15, 1942

Semiweekly Vol. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 18, 1942)-v. 1, no. 50 (Oct. 7, 1942). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. Also available in digita... More

Los Angeles Aqueduct, Jawbone, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Aqueduct, Jawbone, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Survey number: HAER CA-298-W Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Santa Anita pacemaker (Santa Anita, Calif), May 29, 1942

Santa Anita pacemaker (Santa Anita, Calif), May 29, 1942

Semiweekly Vol. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 18, 1942)-v. 1, no. 50 (Oct. 7, 1942). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. Also available in digita... More

Santa Anita pacemaker (Santa Anita, Calif), June 24, 1942

Santa Anita pacemaker (Santa Anita, Calif), June 24, 1942

Semiweekly Vol. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 18, 1942)-v. 1, no. 50 (Oct. 7, 1942). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. Also available in digita... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Pomona, Los Angeles County, California

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Pomona, Los Angeles County, California

Apr 1888. 6 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 Azusa, Los Angeles County, California

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Azusa, Los Angeles County, California

Nov 1897. 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 Azusa, Los Angeles County, California

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Azusa, Los Angeles County, California

Oct 1899. 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

Santa Anita pacemaker (Santa Anita, Calif), June 3, 1942

Santa Anita pacemaker (Santa Anita, Calif), June 3, 1942

Semiweekly Vol. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 18, 1942)-v. 1, no. 50 (Oct. 7, 1942). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. Also available in digita... More

Santa Anita pacemaker (Santa Anita, Calif), July 8, 1942

Santa Anita pacemaker (Santa Anita, Calif), July 8, 1942

Semiweekly Vol. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 18, 1942)-v. 1, no. 50 (Oct. 7, 1942). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. Also available in digita... More

Santa Anita pacemaker (Santa Anita, Calif), May 12, 1942

Santa Anita pacemaker (Santa Anita, Calif), May 12, 1942

Semiweekly Vol. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 18, 1942)-v. 1, no. 50 (Oct. 7, 1942). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. Also available in digita... More

Santa Anita pacemaker (Santa Anita, Calif), July 11, 1942

Santa Anita pacemaker (Santa Anita, Calif), July 11, 1942

Semiweekly Vol. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 18, 1942)-v. 1, no. 50 (Oct. 7, 1942). Collected in Japanese camp papers. Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. Also available in digita... More

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