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[Complex machine using water-wheel, bellows, and turbine action]

[Complex machine using water-wheel, bellows, and turbine action]

Engraving by Agostino Ramelli. Illus. in: Le diverse et artificiose machine, Paris, 1588. Reference copy may be in LOT 7007. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Machine aérostatique de 70 pieds de hauteur sur 46 de diametre, qui s'est élevée à Paris, avec deux homme à la hauteur de 324 pieds le 19 oct. 1783

Machine aérostatique de 70 pieds de hauteur sur 46 de diametre, qui s'...

Illustration shows the ornate balloon used by Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier and Girond de Villete in a captive balloon ascent from Paris, October 19, 1783, reaching an altitude of 330 feet for nine minutes. (... More

[John Heathcoat, inventor of the knitting machine]

[John Heathcoat, inventor of the knitting machine]

Japanese print showing Heathcoat displaying the first successful result from his knitting machine to his wife. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 163; 47623a (white label); LC2585; 42; typescript cap... More

[Sewing machine] - Architectural drawing, public domain image

[Sewing machine] - Architectural drawing, public domain image

LOT subject: Dressmaking. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by H. Ballou Carter.

The solar gaz machine. O. P. Drake's latest improvement for lighting with gas. factories, hotels, stores, and dwellings ... Manufactured and sold by O. P. Drake & company 6 & 8 Bedford Street, Boston, Mass. [1866].

The solar gaz machine. O. P. Drake's latest improvement for lighting w...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 72, Folder 12.

[The Caille-Schiemer Co. bagatelle machine in use]

[The Caille-Schiemer Co. bagatelle machine in use]

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

[Caille-Schiemer Co., peanut machine, The]

[Caille-Schiemer Co., peanut machine, The]

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Workers in colliery machine shop of S. Manchuria R.R., Chien-Chin, Chai

Workers in colliery machine shop of S. Manchuria R.R., Chien-Chin, Cha...

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[Brown hoist machine, Cleveland, Ohio]

[Brown hoist machine, Cleveland, Ohio]

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Demonstrate aviator's tester at Military Surgeons and Pharmacists Congress. Washington, D.C., May 8. Lieut. Ugo Reitano, army medical corps member from Italy, Capt. C.L. Leedhorn of the U.S. School of Aviation, look on while General Constantine Iliescu of Roumania tries out the latest U.S. Army mechanical tester for reaction of airplane pilots. The machine sets up theoretical problems for the pilot and test his reaction to each, thus eliminating hours of expensive tests by other methods

Demonstrate aviator's tester at Military Surgeons and Pharmacists Cong...

A black and white photo of two men in military uniforms. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[1903 machine on the launching track at Big Kill Devil Hill, prior to the December 14th trial. Four men from the Kill Devil Hills Lifesaving Station helped move it from the shed to the hill, accompanied by two small boys and a dog]

[1903 machine on the launching track at Big Kill Devil Hill, prior to ...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 56. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Powered 1903 machine in the shop]

[Powered 1903 machine in the shop]

Title from reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

[Wilbur and Orville Wright with their second powered machine; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Wilbur and Orville Wright with their second powered machine; Huffman ...

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[Thomas W. Lawson, full-length portrait, seated at desk, facing right, on telephone, alongside ticker tape machine]

[Thomas W. Lawson, full-length portrait, seated at desk, facing right,...

H42845 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 9205. Public domain photograph related to development of telegraph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

P.O. Money order machine - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

P.O. Money order machine - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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TABULATING MACHINE CO. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

TABULATING MACHINE CO. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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TABULATING MACHINE CO. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

TABULATING MACHINE CO. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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The famous French automobilist [Sisz] in his facing machine

The famous French automobilist [Sisz] in his facing machine

After winning the grand prize for the contest over the Sarthe Circuit. Photo by the Gilliams Press Syndicate. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Gran... More

Hand punching machine, Census - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Hand punching machine, Census - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

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[Beef cutting machine, Armour's, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, U.S.A.]

[Beef cutting machine, Armour's, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, U.S.A.]

J134783 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Kelley & Chadwick. Public domain photograph of New York, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Noon Hour. Workers in Enterprize [sic?] Cotton Mill, Augusta, Ga. The wheels are kept running through noon hour (which is only 40 minutes) so employees may be tempted to put in part of this time at machine if they wish. Location: Augusta, Georgia.

Noon Hour. Workers in Enterprize [sic?] Cotton Mill, Augusta, Ga. The ...

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Abe Cohen & son, laundry machine

Abe Cohen & son, laundry machine

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Wooden Box Industry: young woman working at machine

Wooden Box Industry: young woman working at machine

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Industry Boxes; Women Employment; Shelf.

Dosilav Loselle, 6 Gardner Rd. (At his Machine) Young band boy in 5 and 6; been there three months. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Dosilav Loselle, 6 Gardner Rd. (At his Machine) Young band boy in 5 an...

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Money washing machine at the Treasury Dept.

Money washing machine at the Treasury Dept.

Copyright by Scherer. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Accident to young cotton mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo October 23rd, 1912) while working in Sanders Spinning Mill, Bessemer City, N.C., August 21st, 1912, a piece of the machine fell on to his foot mashing his toe. This caused him to fall on to a spinning machine and his hand went into the unprotected gearing, crushing and tearing out two fingers. He told the Attorney he was 11 years old when it happened. His parents are now trying to make him 13 years old. The school census taken at the time of the accident makes him12 years (parents' statement) and school records say the same. His school teacher thinks he is 12. His brother (see photo 3071) is not yet 11 years old. Both of the boys worked in the mill several months before the accident. His father, (R.L. Newsom) tried to compromise with the Company when he found the boy would receive the money and not the parents. The mother tried to blame the boys for getting jobs on their own hook, but she let them work several months. The aunt said "Now he's jes got to where he could be of some help to his ma an' then this happens and he can't never work no more like he oughter." Location: Bessemer City, North Carolina.

Accident to young cotton mill worker. Giles Edmund Newsom (Photo Octob...

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A menace to Society. The Padgett family. The entire family including the mother totally illiterate. No one could read or write. The mother does mill work some. Alice, 17 years has steady job. Makes from $5 to $6 a week. Alfred, 13 years now, worked here when he was 12, and in other mills before that. Makes $4 a week. Recently crippled by getting his hand caught in the cogs of a spinning machine. Richard just reached 11. Been working here 1 year; began when he was 10. Makes $2.40 a week. "The work runs him down too." William, 6 years old, nearly blind. Lizzie, 5 years old. Home in utter neglect; filthy and bare. When investigator called the mother had been gone about an hour, leaving a roomer's 3 months old baby in the cradle before an open fire on the hearth, and only two children 5 and 6 years old - one nearly blind, playing around. She came back and fed them a lot of cheap candy. What will Society reap from its neglect of this family? Shaw Cotton Mills. Location: South Weldon, North Carolina.

A menace to Society. The Padgett family. The entire family including t...

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[German machine gunners in a trench]

[German machine gunners in a trench]

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[Aldea Balanger - French - Weaver. Cornell Mills - 14 years old July 12, 1915, getting her certificate for her 5th position. Face broken out as most of weavers have from the machine oil, handling it and not washing hands. Lint gets into pores.] Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

[Aldea Balanger - French - Weaver. Cornell Mills - 14 years old July 1...

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In a Detroit shop - Public domain portrait print

In a Detroit shop - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows two women wearing overalls as they work in a factory in Detroit, Michigan during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service o... More

CENSUS BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. TABULATING MACHINE

CENSUS BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. TABULATING MACHINE

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ADDRESSING MACHINE AT TREASURY DEPARTMENT

ADDRESSING MACHINE AT TREASURY DEPARTMENT

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S.R. Winters, harvesting machine

S.R. Winters, harvesting machine

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Testing machine. Longest testing machine in the world

Testing machine. Longest testing machine in the world

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Sewing machine. Girl operating sewing machine

Sewing machine. Girl operating sewing machine

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F.L. Lewton with auto tire fabric machine, museum, 7/22/25

F.L. Lewton with auto tire fabric machine, museum, 7/22/25

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a motorcycle. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

F.W. Reynolds at Vacuum Sugar Machine

F.W. Reynolds at Vacuum Sugar Machine

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Here is the "inside workings" of the automatic telephone, located at the Smithsonian Instituion, Wash., being operated by Carl Mitman. The electro magnets do all the work. The current necessary to operate these magnets is supplied by 32 dry batteries located in the box at the left. The motor generator is along side. This machine is capable of operating 50 telephones

Here is the "inside workings" of the automatic telephone, located at t...

E.E. Pressler, Bu. of Standards with dish breaking machine, 5/28/25

E.E. Pressler, Bu. of Standards with dish breaking machine, 5/28/25

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Maytag Washing Machine Company. Attaching legs

Maytag Washing Machine Company. Attaching legs

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Damaged machine parts at Buzzard Point plant XI

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Damaged machine parts ...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Men in front of machine at Buzzard Point plant

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Men in front of machin...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Damaged machine parts at Buzzard Point plant IX

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Damaged machine parts ...

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Machines. Letter sealing machine II

Machines. Letter sealing machine II

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New aviation safety test made. Tests conducted by the Bureau of Standards have indicated than an aviator may exert a pull of approximately 1,000 pounds on his safety belt without breaking it. The photograph shows M.M. Kiley of the Bureau standing beside the machine used in stretching the belts still they were broken

New aviation safety test made. Tests conducted by the Bureau of Standa...

Public domain photograph of people in office, interior, the 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Fingerprint viewing machine?] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Fingerprint viewing machine?] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

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A black and white photo of two men cutting a piece of wood, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A black and white photo of two men cutting a piece of wood, Vermont. F...

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[Young men and boys operating copy machine in office]

[Young men and boys operating copy machine in office]

A group of people standing around a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sharpening knife of old mowing machine on farm near Hyde Park, Vermont

Sharpening knife of old mowing machine on farm near Hyde Park, Vermont

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Responsible for unemployment census. Washington, D.C., Nov. 24. William L. Austin (left) Director of the U.S. Census Bureau and whose workers are tabulating the returns from the unemployment questionnaires, describes to Unemployment Census Director John D. Biggers the working of the special tabulating machine used to count the unemployed noses. Work of counting the unemployed returns was begun in the Capital today. 11/24/37

Responsible for unemployment census. Washington, D.C., Nov. 24. Willia...

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Girl playing slot machine in decorated barroom. Raceland, Louisiana

Girl playing slot machine in decorated barroom. Raceland, Louisiana

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Couple playing slot machine, Raceland, Louisiana

Couple playing slot machine, Raceland, Louisiana

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Wife of sharecropper, with baby in her lap, at sewing machine. Family will work under tenant purchase program. Near Caruthersville, Missouri

Wife of sharecropper, with baby in her lap, at sewing machine. Family ...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Affixes U.S. seal to all state documents. Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Mrs.. Helen S. Bru, clerk in the State Department's Appointment Section, affixes the great seal of the United States to about 1200 documents per year. This is the only machine in the world which will place the seal of the United States to about 1200 documents per year. This is the only machine in the world which will place the seal of the United States on a document,1/8/38

Affixes U.S. seal to all state documents. Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Mr...

A black and white photo of a woman working on a machine. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

How much wear will your carpet stand? Washington, D.C., March 19. A machine that produces the bending, slipping, twisting, and compression of the pile that takes place when a carpet is walked upon, has been developed by the National Bureau of Standards to test the durability of carpets. H.F. Schiefer, physicist at the Bureau, is shown in the photograph, 3/19/38

How much wear will your carpet stand? Washington, D.C., March 19. A ma...

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Attendant at farm machine display at county fair, central Ohio

Attendant at farm machine display at county fair, central Ohio

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Farmer's son running mowing machine on his land. Sunflower Plantations project, Merigold, Mississippi Delta

Farmer's son running mowing machine on his land. Sunflower Plantations...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man holding a milk can, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a man holding a milk can, Great Depression....

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The water stretching machine of an eastern parachute manufacturer stretches shroud lines so as to make them more adaptable to the finished product, Manchester, Conn.

The water stretching machine of an eastern parachute manufacturer stre...

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Two women workers are shown capping and inspecting tubing which goes into the manufacture of the "Vengeance" (A-31) dive bomber made at Vultee's Nashville division, Tennessee. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the R.A.F. and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Two women workers are shown capping and inspecting tubing which goes i...

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Emptying the dough from mixing machine into the moveable rising vats. Bakery, San Angelo, Texas

Emptying the dough from mixing machine into the moveable rising vats. ...

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Rolling machine used along Nueces Bay. Corpus Christi, Texas

Rolling machine used along Nueces Bay. Corpus Christi, Texas

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A man milking a cow in a barn, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A man milking a cow in a barn, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

Picryl description: Public domain image of cow, cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Emptying a sack of flour into the dough mixing machine. Bakery, San Angelo, Texas

Emptying a sack of flour into the dough mixing machine. Bakery, San An...

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.

Operating linotype machine. Office of the Valley News. Browns Valley, Minnesota

Operating linotype machine. Office of the Valley News. Browns Valley, ...

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Corner of bakery with machine which forms dough into rolls. Bakery, San Angelo, Texas

Corner of bakery with machine which forms dough into rolls. Bakery, Sa...

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Near Santa Maria, California. Large-scale pea fields. These peas must be handpicked by gangs of laborers for fresh table use. Frozen food process is not used in marketing California peas, although it may be introduced. Frozen peas in southern New Jersey and peas for canning in Wisconsin are machine harvested

Near Santa Maria, California. Large-scale pea fields. These peas must ...

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Machine shed of Perry Warner, small farmer and FSA (Farm Security Administration) client of Tehama County, California

Machine shed of Perry Warner, small farmer and FSA (Farm Security Admi...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Workers removing scoured and dried wool from machine. Wool scouring plant, San Marcos, Texas

Workers removing scoured and dried wool from machine. Wool scouring pl...

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One of the project women making clothes for her family on her new sewing machine. Terrebonne Project. Schriever, Louisiana

One of the project women making clothes for her family on her new sewi...

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Hay machine at the Casa Grande Valley Farms. Pinal County, Arizona

Hay machine at the Casa Grande Valley Farms. Pinal County, Arizona

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Chrysler tank arsenal. Testing is through at the proving grounds adjoining the Chrysler tank arsenal, near Detroit. This is one of the twenty-eight ton M-3 tanks, the steel monsters which will make our mechanized forces the equal of any in the world in tank warfare. The lower of the two barrels is that of a 75 mm warfare gun, the upper of a 47 mm. anti-aircraft gun, both standard equipment on these tanks. In addition, four machine guns are mounted on each M-3

Chrysler tank arsenal. Testing is through at the proving grounds adjoi...

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Jackson, Michigan. Straw wagons on either side of the threshing machine

Jackson, Michigan. Straw wagons on either side of the threshing machin...

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The National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel. The National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel (under the joint administration of the Civil Service Commission and the National Resources Planning Board) employs this horizontal sorting machine as an aid in the exacting task of picking just the right combination of specifications. This machine selects from the prepared index cards the men who have the required specifications such as a definite specialization in one of the engineering fields, familiarity with certain languages, locations, marital status, ethnicity, age group, extent of education, etc.

The National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel. The Natio...

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War ration book no. 3. This new ration book, replacement for present books when their stamps are used up, will be distributed during the early summer. It contains four pages of "point" stamps, similar to the point stamps in war ration book 2, though slightly different in design and printed in brown ink. It also contains four pages of "unit" stamps for the type of rationing now used for sugar, coffee, and shoes. Each page of fourty-eight stamps bears the design of a different war machine, including guns, tanks, aircraft carriers and planes

War ration book no. 3. This new ration book, replacement for present b...

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Interior of the tool and ie building, Ford River Rouge plant, Dearborn Michigan. Here radically new techniques of mass production have been developed and put in use. Machine tools and dies produced at this plant themselves make mass production easier and more rapid in other factories throughout the country. The building covers 8 1/2 acres; employs 4,500 skilled workers; equipped with 3 million dollars worth of machinery. Many machinists are being trained for the Navy, here by mechanics, tool and die makers

Interior of the tool and ie building, Ford River Rouge plant, Dearborn...

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The chassis of an Army halftrac scout car get a workout. When this test driver at a large Midwest plant has put the machine through its paces, he'll know if the machine meets the exacting specifications of the Army. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

The chassis of an Army halftrac scout car get a workout. When this tes...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Detroit, Michigan. Conference between U.S. Army ordnance and washing machine industry officials to determine the ability of manufacturers to produce parts needed by the Army. After inspecting samples, blueprints and prices were discussed

Detroit, Michigan. Conference between U.S. Army ordnance and washing m...

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

Children of Ray Halstead playing around the well. An electric motor is arranged so that it pumps water and supplies power for the washing machine. He is a FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrower. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Children of Ray Halstead playing around the well. An electric motor is...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

H. Brinton Company, 1270 Broadway, New York City. General view of machine

H. Brinton Company, 1270 Broadway, New York City. General view of mach...

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Detroit, Michigan. Conference between U.S. Army ordnance and washing machine industry officials to determine the ability of manufacturers to produce parts needed by the Army. After inspecting samples, blueprints and prices were discussed

Detroit, Michigan. Conference between U.S. Army ordnance and washing m...

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

Salinas, California. Intercontinental Rubber Producers. Gathering guayule seed with a vacuum machine

Salinas, California. Intercontinental Rubber Producers. Gathering guay...

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Drying at top speed. Reeled away from the calendaring machine, the fresh stock rolls over towering drying racks shown here. Weighted tension bars keep the festooned sheet of new fabric taut and straight as it cools and dries. From the drying racks, the fabric travels quickly onto rolls of cloth where it is rolled onto reels small enough to handle. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Drying at top speed. Reeled away from the calendaring machine, the fre...

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Salinas, California. Intercontinental Rubber Producers. Demonstration of combined harvester and chopper of guayule. This machine was designed and built by the company

Salinas, California. Intercontinental Rubber Producers. Demonstration ...

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A machinist operating a small milling machine. This milling machine is a machine tool used to turn out parts for shell machine. Plant of Frederick Colman & Sons, Inc., Detroit, Michigan

A machinist operating a small milling machine. This milling machine is...

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Detroit, Michigan. Conference between U.S. Army ordnance and washing machine industry officials to determine the ability of manufacturers to produce parts needed by the Army. After inspecting samples, blueprints and prices were discussed

Detroit, Michigan. Conference between U.S. Army ordnance and washing m...

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

Adding the bead wire. Taking a more solid form, the carcass is now ready for the addition of another bead before the final layers of fabric are added. The bead cover is shaped to the exact curvature of the tire, and fits its diameter perfectly. The bead is forced into position under pressure by the machine controlled with the worker's right hand. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Adding the bead wire. Taking a more solid form, the carcass is now rea...

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Conversion. Hosiery factory. Key to this picture is the little spool of silk thread on the machine at right. Instead of using Japanese silk to make women's stockings, this Eastern mill is converting many of its looms (see left) to production of mosquito netting to protect men fighting from insect bites. Van Raalte Company

Conversion. Hosiery factory. Key to this picture is the little spool o...

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Manpower. Grain threshing. The ripe kernels of grain flowing from this threshing machine will help keep America, and her allies, strong. Much of this season's harvest will be shipped abroad on a lend-lease basis. Father and sons contribute their manpower to provide this vital food

Manpower. Grain threshing. The ripe kernels of grain flowing from this...

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Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under FSA (Farm Security Administration) management. Washing machine for Japanese-Americans

Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under...

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Because of the time and difficulties which would be encountered in buying a new staking machine, engineers of a Midwestern company converted an old standard arbor press into an air-operated machine, pictured above, which stakes screws in a twenty- millimeter shell booster. The results of the air-powered machine were a definite saving of time and elimination of fatigue which resulted from the operation of manually operated press. The young lady operating the machine was an operator of a machine for making loose-leaf notebook binders before she became employed on war work

Because of the time and difficulties which would be encountered in buy...

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Conversion. Farm implements to cargo winches. Turning an outside cut on the flange of a cargo winch drum for the Maritime Commission. This machine in the converted plant of a Midwestern farm implement manufacturer was used to turn inside cuts on farm tractor wheels

Conversion. Farm implements to cargo winches. Turning an outside cut o...

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Bell Telephone Laboratory, Murray Hill, New Jersey. Machine shop

Bell Telephone Laboratory, Murray Hill, New Jersey. Machine shop

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Office equipment used by the War Production Board (WPB). A gathering machine in the bindery room of the printing and duplicating section. This twenty-thousand dollar machine binds twenty pages at a time and turns out 3,000 bound sets an hour. It works twenty-four hours a day for the WPB

Office equipment used by the War Production Board (WPB). A gathering m...

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Pennsylvania section of the war emergency twenty-four inch pipeline to carry oil from Texas fields to eastern refineries, completed in July 1943. Ditching machine

Pennsylvania section of the war emergency twenty-four inch pipeline to...

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NYA (National Youth Administration) work center, Brooklyn, New York. Two bench workers, who are receiving training in machine shop practice, removing the burrs from a side piece for a metal pulley block

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Nashville, Tennessee. In the machine shop division. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Nashville, Tennessee. In the machine shop division. Vultee Aircraft Co...

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Conversion. Food machinery plant. Operator of this universal milling machine is John J. Morris shown here cutting steel disc covers for his company's normal product--cube steak machines. Today, Morris used the same machine adapted to war subcontract work- -the cutting of large hexagonal nuts for a government arsenal. "Hexing a nut" is a very simple job with a machine designed to shape the entire piece in one operation, but such a machine is not available and time is short. Morris, therefore, shifts the round piece of steel stock three times, cutting two sides in each operation. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts

Conversion. Food machinery plant. Operator of this universal milling m...

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Production. 45-caliberautomatic pistols. Anthony Freda drills the barrels of .45-caliber automatic pistols in the plant of a large manufacturer of firearms. Many men and women are employed in this plant which produces pistols, machine guns, and other essential weapons for the armed forces

Production. 45-caliberautomatic pistols. Anthony Freda drills the barr...

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Repairman working on a sewing machine at the Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California

Repairman working on a sewing machine at the Pacific Parachute Company...

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