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Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. William Howell, aircraft worker in a large Eastern plant, is inserting bearings in a surface control of a medium bomber. Howell got his job after completing a war training course. Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant. Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. William Howell, aircraft worker ...

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Manpower, junior size. "Who wants to be a junior commando?" teacher asks. Willing hands shoot up and eager voices cry "Yes!" Everyone in this Roanoke, Virginia class wants to be one of the thirty-million children banding together throughout the United States to form America's junior army, young fighters to collect scrap for ammunition

Manpower, junior size. "Who wants to be a junior commando?" teacher as...

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Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. Benjamin Stephens is one of the many old-timers speeding ship production in an Eastern navy yard. He operates a pneumatic chipper on the giant propellers which send American ships to all ports of the world

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. Benjamin Stephens is one of the man...

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Manpower. Negro aircraft propeller workers. America draws its manpower from various races for the war production drive. This skilled Negro worker is grinding profile and radius on the leading edge of a blade in a large Eastern propeller factory. Even the slightest mistake in this operation may ruin the entire blade. Curtiss-Wright Propeller Division. Caldwell, New Jersey

Manpower. Negro aircraft propeller workers. America draws its manpower...

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Manpower, junior size. "After this old tire's been done over, it will make twelve gas masks. Just think! You'll save the lives of twelve soldiers!" These fifth graders in the Gainsboro Elementary School in Roanoke, Virginia had been gathering scrap on their own, even before the junior commandos were organized there. Eagerly, they listen to teacher Nettie Traynham tell them that now--along with thirty-million other young Americans--they are part of America's junior army to collect scrap for our fighting men

Manpower, junior size. "After this old tire's been done over, it will ...

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Manpower. Boatyard workers. Installing one of the twin diesel engines which will power a fifty-foot steel ramp boat to be used in making beach landings of men, tanks and equipment on enemy shores. The large Southern boatyard doing the work is also turning out motor torpedo boats, smaller wooden ramp boats and other Navy craft

Manpower. Boatyard workers. Installing one of the twin diesel engines ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Office equipment used by the War Production Board (WPB). Telegraph services for the Office of War Information (OWI), the War Manpower Commission (WMC), and the Office of Price Administration (OPA), as well as for the WPB, go through the Business Management Branch of the WPB's Administrative Division. This unit, which contains twenty-two teletype machines and eight receiving sets, sends out an average of 3,000 messages daily

Office equipment used by the War Production Board (WPB). Telegraph ser...

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Montgomery Blair High school Victory Corps. Gold braid and official titles decorated the training field at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, when Army, Navy, and civilian officers reviewed the Victory Corps maneuvers. Left to right: Merwin M. Peake, Chief, Pre-Induction Training Section, Civilian Personnel Division, Services of Supply, U.S.; John Lund, Executive Director, U.S. Office of Education Wartime Commission; John W. Studebaker, U.S. Commissioner of Education; Lieutenant Colonel Junius R. Smith, Executive Officer of Manpower Branch, Civilian Personnel Division, War Department; Lieutenant Colonel Harley B. West, member High School Victory Corps National Policy Committee; Major Harold W. Kent, Bureau of Public Relations, War Department; Flight Lieutenant Roald Dahl, Assistant Air Attache, British Embassy; Squadron Leader Ben Travers, Royal Air Force; Commander Harry Blaine Miller, U.S. Navy; Major Francis Parkman, member High School Victory Corps National Policy Committee

Montgomery Blair High school Victory Corps. Gold braid and official ti...

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Washington, D.C. Doctor Robert C. Weaver, Chief of the Minority Groups, Bureau of Placement, War Manpower Commission, until February 1944, when he went to Chicago to become codirector of the mayor's interracial committee, set up on racial relations following the Detroit riots. Shown with a secretary, Miss Mary Pipes of the War Manpower Commission, Bureau of Placement

Washington, D.C. Doctor Robert C. Weaver, Chief of the Minority Groups...

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Manpower. Veteran boring mill worker. Seventy-five-year-old George Shoemaker has worked at this same vertical boring mill for the past fifty-four years. The boring mill, built in 1865, made pump parts in the last year of the Civil War and worked through the Spanish-American War and World War I. In this war, it is kept busy seventy-six hours a week. The machine can handle castings up to eleven feet square

Manpower. Veteran boring mill worker. Seventy-five-year-old George Sho...

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Prize-winning poster aids war manpower effort. The War Manpower Commission is using as its seal a prize-winning poster designed by Jewell Phelps, eighteen, of Pittsburgh. Phelps displays a photograph of the seal sent to him along with a letter complimenting him for his "broad conception of the Commission's work." His drawing shows three arms holding implements of labor, industry and agriculture

Prize-winning poster aids war manpower effort. The War Manpower Commis...

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War Manpower Commission poster. Farm labor poster distributed to Department of Agriculture. War boards for display in small town post offices, community centers and other public buildings. The original, size 28 1/2 inches by 40 inches, is printed in yellow and black on white and is from a photograph by Carola Gregor who specializes in outdoor photography of children and youth. Copies of the poster may be obtained by writing to the War Manpower Commission, Washington, D.C.

War Manpower Commission poster. Farm labor poster distributed to Depar...

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Manpower, junior size. The charge of the scrap brigade in Roanoke, Virginia includes such methods of collection as this pony cart. The patriotic and energetic youngsters of the town are making an all-out effort to corner every available piece of scrap in the city, so that their soldier and sailor brothers will have the shells, guns, and tanks with which to beat the Axis

Manpower, junior size. The charge of the scrap brigade in Roanoke, Vir...

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Manpower. Americans all. Though his parents were born in the "old country" and European customs are maintained in his home, Michael Kassalo is as American as pork and beans. Michael's job as a vertical turret lathe operator in one of the Midwest's largest medium-tank plants gives him the satisfaction of producing weapons to defeat the Axis. Pressed Steel Can Company, Chicago, Illinois

Manpower. Americans all. Though his parents were born in the "old coun...

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Manpower. Southern shipyard workers. R.W. Hollamon works at gap shears in his wartime job at a Southern Navy yard. In peacetime he was a farmer, but he has converted his skill to turning out ship parts for the U.S. Navy for the duration

Manpower. Southern shipyard workers. R.W. Hollamon works at gap shears...

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Manpower, junior size. A couple of husky junior commandos add to a neighborhood scrap pile in Roanoke, Virginia. Bedsprings, coal buckets, bird cages, stoves--no piece of unused metal is safe from the hands of these patriotic youngsters, who are out to see that their older brothers in the armed forces have the guns, ships, and ammunition they need to beat the Axis

Manpower, junior size. A couple of husky junior commandos add to a nei...

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A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...

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Manpower. Southern shipyard workers. A grocery store manager for thirteen years, C.R. Summers now is a sheet metal worker in a Southern Navy yard. Following a short training course in this work, he became adept at the job shown here, brazing on the sleeves that join lengths of copper tubing for Navy vessels

Manpower. Southern shipyard workers. A grocery store manager for thirt...

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Fort Benning. Tank forces. Double trouble for the Axis -- American manpower and American production ability. The smart soldier ready to alight from a medium (M-3) tank with Tommy gun and side arms is nearing graduation from the armored forces's training school at Fort Benning, Georgia

Fort Benning. Tank forces. Double trouble for the Axis -- American man...

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Paul V. McNutt, Chairman of the War Manpower Commission, calls the first meeting of the Commission on May 6, 1942. The committee members seated from left to right are: Donald M. Nelson, War Production Board (WPB); Claude R. Wickard, Agriculture Department; V. McNutt, Federal Security Agency; Francis Perkins, Labor Department; James V. Forrestal, Navy Department. Standing: Wendell Lund, Labor Production Division; Golwaite H. Dorr, War Department; Lewis B. Hershey, Selective Service System; Arthur J. Altmeyer, Executive Officer; Arthur S. Fleming, Civil Commission; Fowler V. Harper, Deputy Chairman

Paul V. McNutt, Chairman of the War Manpower Commission, calls the fir...

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Manpower. Americans all. Born in Rumania, George Sackwar is doing what he can to shoot up the Axis - not with a gun but with the radial drill on which he makes parts for medium tanks. One of many hundreds of loyal, foreign-born Americans who work in this large Midwest tank plant, Sackwar is proud of his role in the war. "Maybe I'm too old to fight," he says, "but I'm giving our soldiers something to fight with." Pressed Steel Can Company, Chicago, Illinois

Manpower. Americans all. Born in Rumania, George Sackwar is doing what...

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Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. Benjamin Stephens is one of the many old-timers speeding ship production in an Eastern navy yard. He operates a pneumatic chipper on the giant propellers which send American ships to all ports of the world

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. Benjamin Stephens is one of the man...

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

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

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Women airport workers. In airports as well as airplane factories, women are now contributing to the nation's manpower needs. Here at Washington National Airport, Mattie Marks scoots from plane to baggage room in her "gas buggy," transporting passengers' suitcases and overnight bags. Miss Marks was formerly a seamstress in a laundry

Women airport workers. In airports as well as airplane factories, wome...

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

Manpower, junior size. "Who wants to be a junior commando?" teacher asks. Willing hands shoot up and eager voices cry "Yes!" Everyone in this Roanoke, Virginia class wants to be one of the thirty-million children banding together throughout the United States to form America's junior army, young fighters to collect scrap for ammunition

Manpower, junior size. "Who wants to be a junior commando?" teacher as...

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Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. American manpower draws its skills from various racial groups. This youthful Negro worker, graduate of a war training course, makes fuel tanks for medium bombers in a large Eastern aircraft plant. Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant. Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. American manpower draws its skil...

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War Manpower Commission Women's Advisory Committee. Seven of the twelve members of the Women's Advisory Committee, WMC, are shown at a meeting in Washington, D.C., March 18, 1943. Reading from left to right, they are: Mrs. Beatrice Gould, editor, Ladies' Home Journal; Mrs. Harris T. Baldwin, vice-president, National League of Women Voters; Miss Bess Bloodworth, vice-president in charge of personnel, the Namm Store, Brooklyn, New York; Miss Margaret A. Hickey, lawyer and business executive of Saint Louis, Missouri, chairman; Mrs. Maudelle Bousfield, principal, Wendell Phillips High School, Chicago, Illinois; Mrs. Blanche M. Ralston, former Works Progress Administration (WPA) regional director, Coahoma, Mississippi; and Miss Jennie Matyas, International Ladies' Garment Union, San Francisco, California

War Manpower Commission Women's Advisory Committee. Seven of the twelv...

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Manpower bores a shallow well if the soil is soft. Ridge well project, St. Mary's County, Maryland

Manpower bores a shallow well if the soil is soft. Ridge well project,...

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Manpower, junior size. She's put her playthings aside for a more important game. This Roanoke, Virginia youngster is one of America's thousands of school age boys and girls who are self-appointed scrap collectors for the duration

Manpower, junior size. She's put her playthings aside for a more impor...

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Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Installing the nose door of a consolidated transport plane, one of the last assembly line operations at a Western aircraft plant. Here womanpower and manpower work together or various sections of the plane. This new transport, an adaptation of the B-24 greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production. It is built in a plant equipped with one of the best and most modern air conditioning and fluorescent lighting systems in the country

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Installing the nose door...

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Manpower, junior size. A treat for the junior commandos of Roanoke, Virginia! Ensign Andrew Blair, U.S. Navy Reserves extends congratulations to the youngsters at their scrap rally for their whole-hearted efforts to collect material for Uncle Sam's armed forces

Manpower, junior size. A treat for the junior commandos of Roanoke, Vi...

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Manpower. Negro aircraft propeller workers. Workers of many racial groups contribute their skills to war production. This Negro worker is checking the size and shape of a propeller blade in a large Eastern airplane propeller factory. Reading the blade with a template requires keen eyes and high precision. Curtiss-Wright Propeller Division. Caldwell, New Jersey

Manpower. Negro aircraft propeller workers. Workers of many racial gro...

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Manpower, junior size. The spirit of '42. The Jefferson High School drum and bugle corps in Roanoke, Virginia started the junior commando rally with a fanfare and a drum roll. Outside of the auditorium, the "military band" prepared to enter the hall where Roanoke school children awaited the opening of the rally that was to number them as part of America's junior army to collect scrap for our armed forces

Manpower, junior size. The spirit of '42. The Jefferson High School dr...

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Paul V. McNutt, issuing his statement at April 20, 1942 press conference, upon his appointment as chairman of the War Manpower Commission

Paul V. McNutt, issuing his statement at April 20, 1942 press conferen...

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

Manpower, junior size. A couple of husky junior commandos add to a neighborhood scrap pile in Roanoke, Virginia. Bedsprings, coal buckets, bird cages, stoves--no piece of unused metal is safe from the hands of these patriotic youngsters who are out to see that their older brothers in the armed forces have the guns, ships, and ammunition they need to beat the Axis

Manpower, junior size. A couple of husky junior commandos add to a nei...

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Manpower. Veteran boring mill worker. Seventy-five-year-old George Shoemaker points to the only change ever made in the seventy-seven-year-old vertical boring mill on which he has worked for the past fifty-four years. The groove was cut to accomodate huge castings of lighthouse settings many years ago. The old machine was serving during the Civil and Spanish-American wars and World War I. It works seventy-six hours a week in this war, boring castings up to eleven feet square

Manpower. Veteran boring mill worker. Seventy-five-year-old George Sho...

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Niagara Falls, New York. Meeting of the Niagara Frontier regional committee of the United States War Manpower Commssion. After luncheon at the Lafayette Hotel, representatives of labor, industry and government are discussing problems of manpower and womanpower recruiting

Niagara Falls, New York. Meeting of the Niagara Frontier regional comm...

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Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. From bottom to top, America's bombers are being produced with all the workers of the nation. This Negro worker is speeding the final assembly of the floor in the pilot's compartment of a medium bomber in one of America's largest bomber plants. Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant. Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. From bottom to top, America's bo...

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Manpower. Americans all. Rejoicing in the opportunity to help free his native Greece and keep the Nazis from America's shore, William Demetrios machines parts for Uncle Sam's medium tanks in a large Midwest tank plant. He's one of many naturalized Americans who are working to rid the world of his fatherland's oppressors. Pressed Steel Can Company, Chicago, Illinois

Manpower. Americans all. Rejoicing in the opportunity to help free his...

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

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

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Washington, D.C. Doctor Robert C. Weaver, Chief of the Minority Groups, Bureau of Placement, War Manpower Commission, until February 1944, when he went to Chicago to become codirector of the mayor's interracial committee, set up on racial relations following the Detroit riots. Shown with a secretary, Miss Mary Pipes, of the War Manpower Commission, Bureau of Placement

Washington, D.C. Doctor Robert C. Weaver, Chief of the Minority Groups...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Manpower, junior size. The charge of the scrap brigade in Roanoke, Virginia includes such methods of collecting as this pony cart. The patriotic and energetic youngsters of the town are making an all-out effort to corner every available piece of scrap in the city, so that their soldier and sailor brothers will have the shells, guns, and tanks with which to beat the Axis

Manpower, junior size. The charge of the scrap brigade in Roanoke, Vir...

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

Washington, D.C. Doctor Robert C. Weaver, Chief of the Minority Groups, Bureau of Placement, War Manpower Commission until February 1944, when he went to Chicago to become codirector of the mayor's interracial committee, set up on racial relations following the Detroit riots. Shown with a secretary, Miss Mary Pipes of the War Manpower Commission, Bureau of Placement

Washington, D.C. Doctor Robert C. Weaver, Chief of the Minority Groups...

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Manpower, junior size. "Any scrap for Uncle Sam?" Captain Charles Wentworth, a junior commando in Roanoke, Virginia, hands Mrs. John Farr a leaflet announcing the hunt for precious metal and rubber. Units of three children to a block combed every house for scrap and brought it to their own houses where city trucks carted it away

Manpower, junior size. "Any scrap for Uncle Sam?" Captain Charles Went...

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

Manpower. Boatyard workers. An electric arc welder at a large Southern boatyard examines a bead he has just run on a steel ramp which will be used in making beach landings of men, tanks, and other equipment on hostile shores. The yard is also turning out motor torpedo boats, smaller wooden ramp boats and other Navy craft. Higgins Industries

Manpower. Boatyard workers. An electric arc welder at a large Southern...

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Agriculture. Women on farms. Induction of much of America's manpower into the armed forces brings increased activity to U.S. farmer's wives. One of these, Mrs. Harold Sontag of Maple Park, Illinois, finds the day all too short for the completion of her many chores. With cattle, horses, and poultry to tend, there are very few minutes for repose and relaxation in Mrs. Sontag's war-conditioned life

Agriculture. Women on farms. Induction of much of America's manpower i...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower. Handicapped workers. Ineligible for the army because of physical handicaps, James C. Schneider (left) and John D. Arrowood are two of Uncle Sam's ablest soldiers of production. They are inspectors of airplane motor parts in a Baltimore factory. Twenty-year-old Schneider has not let infantile paralysis interfere with war work, nor has twenty-four-year-old Arrowood allowed his polio-disabled leg and curvature of the spine to prevent his making a valuable contribution to the war effort. White Engineering Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Handicapped workers. Ineligible for the army because of phys...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower. Negro shipyard workers. A hot one for Hitler. This worker heats the rivets which go into Uncle Sam's mighty warships being produced in a large Eastern shipyard. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation. Kearny, New Jersey

Manpower. Negro shipyard workers. A hot one for Hitler. This worker he...

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Manpower. Americans all. Machining hoods for America's medium tanks is much more than just a job to Peter Dykzeul. Born in Holland, this employee of a Midwest tank plant knows the brutality and horror Nazi agression can bring to a freedom-loving people. And he's just one among America's many loyal, foreign-born workers who are pitching in with every ounce of strength to keep the nation free, and to lift the yoke from their native lands. Pressed Steel Can Company, Chicago, Illinois

Manpower. Americans all. Machining hoods for America's medium tanks is...

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New Britain, Connecticut. Committee which launched a successful drive to utilize all available women for industrial and defense plants when the labor shortage became acute due to manpower being drafted into the Army

New Britain, Connecticut. Committee which launched a successful drive ...

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New York, New York. Miss Anna Rosenberg of the War Manpower Commission, at the exhibition of cartoons concerning lost hours in war production, sponsored by the Office of War Information. She is looking at a cartoon, autographed by Mayor La Guardia of New York City, who submitted the idea for this illustration

New York, New York. Miss Anna Rosenberg of the War Manpower Commission...

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Niagra Falls, New York. Nan Hannegan doing door to door recruiting for women to work in war plants. This program was organized by the War Manpower Commission in cooperation with local war plants who loaned nineteen women workers

Niagra Falls, New York. Nan Hannegan doing door to door recruiting for...

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Manpower. Americans all. Born in Rumania, George Sackwar is doing what he can to shoot up the Axis - not with a gun but with the radial drill on which he makes parts for medium tanks. One of many hundreds of loyal, foreign-born Americans who work in this large Midwest tank plant, Sackwar is proud of his role in the war. "Maybe I'm too old to fight," he says, "but I'm giving our soldiers something to fight with." Pressed Steel Can Company, Chicago, Illinois

Manpower. Americans all. Born in Rumania, George Sackwar is doing what...

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Paul V. McNutt, issuing his statement at April 20, 1942 press conference, upon his appointment as chairman of the War Manpower Commission

Paul V. McNutt, issuing his statement at April 20, 1942 press conferen...

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

Women in war. Agricultural workers. With the nation's manpower swelling the ranks of the armed forces, women must step into many new occupations in both urban and rural life. These women harvest hands in Rochelle, Illinois, are helping the national welfare by picking the summer asparagus crop

Women in war. Agricultural workers. With the nation's manpower swellin...

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Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. American women of many racial groups are furnishing manpower for war production. This Negro girl is a machine operator in the aircraft factory of an Eastern navy yard. She is turning out small parts for assembly in another part of the plant

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. American women of many racial group...

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Women's Policy Committee of the War Manpower Commission. At the first meeting of the Women's Policy Committee of the War Manpower Commission on October 1, 1942, three members get acquainted. They are, left to right: Maudelle Bousfield, Margaret A. Hickey, chairman; and Sara Southall. The committee was formed to aid in mobilizing women workers for the war effort

Women's Policy Committee of the War Manpower Commission. At the first ...

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Manpower. Negro aircraft propeller workers. A batch of propeller blades is rushed from one operation to another by one of the many Negro workers in a large Eastern airplane propeller plant. Curtiss-Wright Propeller Division. Caldwell, New Jersey

Manpower. Negro aircraft propeller workers. A batch of propeller blade...

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Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. Americans of various racial groups provide manpower for war industries. These youths, employees in a large Eastern bomber plant, are assembling bomb indicators. Both are graduates of government war training courses. Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant. Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. Americans of various racial grou...

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Manpower, junior size. These hardy determined young fighters of the Jamison Elementary School in Roanoke, Virginia, are bent upon doing their best as members of Uncle Sam's newest home front fighting team, the junior army. Their teacher is explaining the seriousness of Uncle Sam's scrap metal, rubber, and fats shortage and how they are to be mobilized to collect this vital scrap

Manpower, junior size. These hardy determined young fighters of the Ja...

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Agriculture. Women on farms. Induction of much of America's manpower into the armed forces brings increased activity to U.S. farmer's wives, who, like Mrs. Harold Sontag of Maple Park, Illinois, finds the day all too short for the completion of her many chores. With one of her youngsters to help, she's tending the chicken feeder

Agriculture. Women on farms. Induction of much of America's manpower i...

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Manpower. Handicapped workers. Erstwhile sewer of fine seams, Minnie Rost, crippled by infantile paralysis, has a new job which is vital to America's war effort. She's hand-burring Y's for aiplane engines at the Maryland League for Crippled Children. White Engineering Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Handicapped workers. Erstwhile sewer of fine seams, Minnie R...

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Manpower, junior size. Two barefoot junior commandos in Roanoke, Virginia, wriggle their toes with delight as they study their instructions for collecting scrap for Uncle Sam's great army. Directions for the scrap collection were given to the children at the huge star-spangled rally that launched the campaign

Manpower, junior size. Two barefoot junior commandos in Roanoke, Virgi...

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Manpower, junior size. Proud young fighters in Uncle Sam's junior army visit a scrap yard in Roanoke, Virginia to see for themselves what happens to the scrap they collect for our war industries. One of the workers explains to the children how the acetylene torch he holds cuts heavy metal into the shapes required for melting by the steel mills

Manpower, junior size. Proud young fighters in Uncle Sam's junior army...

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Manpower. Handicapped workers. Auburn-haired, twenty-one-year-old, Belva Fletcher, left, handicapped by progressive paralysis, is still able to do a good job for Uncle Sam. With twenty-five-year-old Henriette Furley, she's painting Y's for airplane engines at the Maryland League for Crippled Children, where this work is done under subcontract to a Baltimore engineering company. Henriette is badly crippled by arthritis and must work standing because of the arthritic condition from which she suffers. White Engineering Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Handicapped workers. Auburn-haired, twenty-one-year-old, Bel...

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Washington, D.C. Doctor Robert C. Weaver, Chief of the Minority Groups, Bureau of Placement, War Manpower Commission, until February 1944, when he went to Chicago to become codirector of the mayor's interracial committee, set up on racial relations following the Detroit riots

Washington, D.C. Doctor Robert C. Weaver, Chief of the Minority Groups...

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Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. Final assembly of the pilot's compartment is being made by these Negro workers in a large Eastern aircraft factory. These youths went directly from a war training course to their jobs in this plant. Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant. Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. Final assembly of the pilot's co...

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Manpower, junior size. Nobody played hookey the day teacher Doris Jordan at Jamison Elementary School explained how every pupil can help win the war. These Roanoke, Virginia youngsters, along with some thirty million other young Americans, are being mobilized into the nation's newest home front fighters, the junior army, to collect scrap for ammunition

Manpower, junior size. Nobody played hookey the day teacher Doris Jord...

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Manpower storage is so acute in Washington, D.C. that for the first time in history, Negro women are now employed as gardners in the rose garden of the Botanical Gardens--one of the beauty spots of the nation's capital

Manpower storage is so acute in Washington, D.C. that for the first ti...

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War Manpower Commission Women's Advisory Committee. Miss Margaret A. Hickey, chairman of the Women's Advisory Committee, War Manpower Commission (WMC). As chairman of this committee, Miss Hickey, who is a lawyer and a business executive of Saint Louis, Missouri, heads the first wartime committee of American women which settles important policy. In private life, she is Mrs. Joseph Strubinger, wife of a Saint Louis lawyer

War Manpower Commission Women's Advisory Committee. Miss Margaret A. H...

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War Manpower Commission poster. Poster distributed by the WMC to war plants, labor organizations, churches, libraries, high schools and colleges. The original is 28 1/2 inches by 40 inches and is printed in red, white and blue, on black and white. It was designed from a photograph by Howard Liberman, staff photographer, Office of War Information. Copies may be obtained from the Office of War Information (OWI), Bureau of Public Inquiries, 1400 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C.

War Manpower Commission poster. Poster distributed by the WMC to war p...

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Manpower, junior size. Saturday's a holiday for most of the nation's small-fries, but to these youngsters of Roanoke, Virginia, it's fat collection day. As part of their junior commando activities, these boys and girls collect all fats and greases from local housewives during the week, and turn it over to school authorities on Saturday. From here, the fats are sent to a rendering plant where precious glycerin will be derived from it

Manpower, junior size. Saturday's a holiday for most of the nation's s...

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Manpower, junior size. Too young to help? Not the youngsters of Roanoke, Virginia. They're out to win the war by gathering up every piece of scrap metal, every bit of worn-out rubber, and all waste fats and greases in the town

Manpower, junior size. Too young to help? Not the youngsters of Roanok...

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Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. American manpower draws its skills from various racial groups alike. Here, in a large Eastern bomber plant, huge transparent plastic bomber noses are being conditioned for installation on planes which will carry America's offensive to the far conrers of the world. Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant. Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. American manpower draws its skil...

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Management labor policy committee of the War Manpower Commission at its first meeting. Arthur S. Flemming, chariman of the committe, at far end of table is presiding. Seated to his left are the members representing management, and on his right representing labor

Management labor policy committee of the War Manpower Commission at it...

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Manpower, junior size. The charge of the scrap brigade in Roanoke, Virginia includes such methods of collection as this pony cart. The patriotic and energetic youngsters of the town are making an all-out effort to corner every available piece of scrap in the city, so that their soldier and sailor brothers will have the shells, guns, and tanks with which to beat the Axis

Manpower, junior size. The charge of the scrap brigade in Roanoke, Vir...

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Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. Final assembly of the pilot's compartment is being made by these Negro workers in a large Eastern aircraft factory. These youths went directly from a war training course to their jobs in this plant. Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant. Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. Final assembly of the pilot's co...

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Manpower. Handicapped workers. With no previous industrial experience, Thelma Lilly learned to operate this burring machine three months ago and today is working full-time on Y's for America's battleships of the air. Despite crippling effects of arrested tuberculosis of the spine, Miss Lilly is one of America's invaluable women "behind the men behind the guns." She's one of a group of physically handicapped women at the Maryland League for Crippled Children, working on subcontract to a Baltimore engineering company. White Engineering Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Handicapped workers. With no previous industrial experience,...

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

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

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Scene at the first broadcast announcing the formation of high school Victory Corps throughout the U.S. Broadcast was made over station WMAL, Washington, D.C. on September 25, 1942 from 8:30 to 9:00 p.m. EWT. John W. Studebaker, U.S. Commissioner of Education, places emblem on Paul V. McNutt, Chairman of the War Manpower Commission (WMC)

Scene at the first broadcast announcing the formation of high school V...

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Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. In a sea of silk, this woman worker is making parachutes for America's paratroopers. She is one of many Negro employees in the aircraft factory of an Eastern navy yard

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. In a sea of silk, this woman worker...

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Manpower. Negro aircraft propeller workers. America draws its manpower from various races for the war production drive. This skilled Negro worker is grinding profile and radius on the leading edge of a blade in a large Eastern propeller factory. Even the slightest mistake in this operation may ruin the entire blade. Curtiss-Wright Propeller Division. Caldwell, New Jersey

Manpower. Negro aircraft propeller workers. America draws its manpower...

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Manpower. Negro shipyard workers. Skills which contributed to America's success in World War I are vital to our efforts in World War II. This Negro riveter is a veteran employee in a large Eastern shipyard. Another Negro broke the world record for riveting in World War I. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation. Kearny, New Jersey

Manpower. Negro shipyard workers. Skills which contributed to America'...

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Manpower, junior size. Notes from parents giving permission to their sons and daughters to join the Roanoke, Virginia junior army are received by teacher Doris Jordan. Now these newly appointed junior commandos are ready to collect scrap for victory

Manpower, junior size. Notes from parents giving permission to their s...

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Manpower, junior size. Discussing the best ways to collect the maximum of scrap from the neighborhood, Mrs. Bertha Traynham of Roanoke, Virginia finds that her young grandson is well informed about locations of the most productive garrets and cellars. An evangelist, Mrs. Traynham promises to help the drive by talking about it at her meetings

Manpower, junior size. Discussing the best ways to collect the maximum...

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

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

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

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

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Death unless you surrender. Here is a leaflet giving Japan's ultimatum to the Filipino people. In reply, the Filipinos threw their entire resources and manpower into the struggle on the side of the United States

Death unless you surrender. Here is a leaflet giving Japan's ultimatum...

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Niagara Falls, New York. Nan Hannegan doing door to door recruiting for women to work in war plants. This program was organized by the War Manpower Commission in cooperation with local war plants who loaned nineteen women workers

Niagara Falls, New York. Nan Hannegan doing door to door recruiting fo...

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Manpower, junior size. A mild-mannered little girl--she looks as though she would rather tuck her baby doll into bed than toss old iron into a waiting scrap truck. But along with thirty-million other young Americans, she is a "scrapper for victory" and is spending her days gathering scrap for Uncle Sam's fighting men

Manpower, junior size. A mild-mannered little girl--she looks as thoug...

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Manpower, junior size. Mild-looking little girls of Roanoke, Virginia, but they are "scrappers for victory." The little sisters of our fighting men back up their big brothers at the front by joining America's junior army. These fifth graders receive final instructions from their teacher on the scrap collection drive

Manpower, junior size. Mild-looking little girls of Roanoke, Virginia,...

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Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. So that America's paratroopers may write history in this new field of modern warfare, these women workers in the aircraft factory of an Eastern navy yard are turning miles of silk into parachutes for our armed forces

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. So that America's paratroopers may ...

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Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. Landing gear for American medium bombers, which will carry destruction to the heart of the Axis, is assembled in a large Eastern aircraft plant. These skilled mechanics are products of the government's extensive training program for war workers. Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant. Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. Landing gear for American medium...

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Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. American manpower builds America's fighting ships. This giant propeller, which will grace an American fighting ship, is receiving a pneumatic chipping operation from a Negro worker in a large navy yard on the East Coast

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. American manpower builds America's ...

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Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. American manpower teaming up to beat the Axis. Negro and white employees of a large Eastern aircraft factory work together in attaching skins to the fins of medium bombers. Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant. Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. American manpower teaming up to ...

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Standing, left to right: the Honorable William A.M. Burden, Special Aviation Assistant to the Secretary of Commerce; Willard E. Givens, Executive Secretary, National Education Association; John W. Studebaker, U.S. Commissioner of Education. Seated, left to right: the Honorable Ralph A. Bard, Assistant Secretary of the Navy; Paul V. McNutt, Chairman of the War Manpower Commission (WMC); Robert P. Patterson, the Undersecretary of War

Standing, left to right: the Honorable William A.M. Burden, Special Av...

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A group of people standing in front of a building. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people standing in front of a building. Office of War Infor...

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Manpower. Boatyard workers. This mechanic, an American of Chinese origin, belting on a hinge section of a steel ramp boat, is one of the many efficient workers at a large Southern boatyard. This man has relatives fighting in the Chinese army and it is possible that the ramp boats he helps make will carry soldiers of his race cooperating with American forces in recapturing Japanese-held territory. Higgins Industries

Manpower. Boatyard workers. This mechanic, an American of Chinese orig...

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Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. Negro graduates of war training course are shown attaching skins to the fins of medium bombers in a large Eastern aircraft plant. Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant. Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. Negro graduates of war training ...

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Niagara Falls, New York. Nan Hannegan doing door to door recruiting for women to work in war plants. This program was organized by the War Manpower Commission in cooperation with local war plants who loaned nineteen women workers

Niagara Falls, New York. Nan Hannegan doing door to door recruiting fo...

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