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Mural "Opening of the Midwest," by Robert Francis White at Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Mural "Opening of the Midwest," by Robert Francis White at Federal Bui...

Date: 1937; medium: tempera. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in th... More

Halftrac scout cars. It won't be long before this capable-looking engine becomes the power plant of a halftrac scout car. Right now it's being hoisted to the assembly floor of a Midwest truck plant turning out a large order for the Army. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Halftrac scout cars. It won't be long before this capable-looking engi...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Diesel engines. Naval officers and men are instructed in diesel engine operation at a Midwest manufacturing plant

Production. Diesel engines. Naval officers and men are instructed in d...

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Bofors forty-millimeter mounts. A plant inspector carefully checks welded gun carriages for Bofors forty-millimeter anti-aircraft guns. These carriages and Bofor gun mounts are now manufactured in a large Midwest rubber company which has been converted to production of war necessities. Originally, Bofors carriages were riveted and required many additional operations in assembling, but company engineers have produced this welded construction which has reduced time and cost of manufacture and produced a much stronger, one-piece article

Bofors forty-millimeter mounts. A plant inspector carefully checks wel...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The tracks for Army halftrac cars run over bogie wheels which distribute the load and absorb shock through the springs on which they are mounted. The steel bases for these bogie wheels undergo inspection at a Midwest tire plant engaged in halftrac production. Goodrich, Akron, Ohio

The tracks for Army halftrac cars run over bogie wheels which distribu...

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Rubber reclamation. Rubber harvest from scrapped tires. Reclaimed, dried scrap rubber is plasticized on the eighty-four-inch mill roll of a xylos process plant in the Midwest. Pigments are added to give the properties desired in the finished product. As it comes off the mill rolls, the reclaimed substance has regained the appearance of new rubber. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Rubber harvest from scrapped tires. Reclaimed, dri...

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

Production. 155mm shells. Removing 155mm shells from an overhead conveyor to cool after the nosing operation has been performed. From here they will be forwarded for shot blasting and finish turning. Site: a converted Midwest auto plant. Willy's, Toledo, Ohio

Production. 155mm shells. Removing 155mm shells from an overhead conve...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an artillery gun, cannon, weapon, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Diesel engines. An inspector at a Midwest plant measures precision parts that will go into diesel engines being made for the Navy

Production. Diesel engines. An inspector at a Midwest plant measures p...

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Airplane seat production. Final inspection of completed airplane pilot seats at a large Midwest rubber company converted to war production is a thorough process that must cover every rivet and adjustment. Here inspectors are operating the fore and aft track adjustment which permits the pilot to move his position backward and forward while the plane is in operation

Airplane seat production. Final inspection of completed airplane pilot...

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. Diesel engines. General view of the engine testing department at a Midwest plant producing diesel engines for the Navy

Production. Diesel engines. General view of the engine testing departm...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Aircraft veneers are made in a large Midwest factory. Millions of feet of logs are used each month. The logs in the foreground are American poplar, those in the background are African mahogany. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Aircraft ven...

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Production. Milling machines and machine castings. In this pile of scrap cast iron there are old machine tool beds, foundry flasks, pipe, boilers, automobile engine blocks -- almost anything that a magnet will pick up. Location: large Midwest machine tool foundry

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. In this pile of scr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Marine boilers. A seam on a marine boiler is ground in a big Midwest plant producing essential equipment for the Army

Production. Marine boilers. A seam on a marine boiler is ground in a b...

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

Production. Making boilers. Great care is taken in producing steam boilers for the Army in a big Midwest plant. A defect detected by X-ray examination of the steel is chipped out by an air hammer

Production. Making boilers. Great care is taken in producing steam boi...

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Production. Airplane engines. Airplane engines assembled for testing in a Midwest plant. After the tests have been run, the engines will be torn down and all parts minutely inspected. After reassembly and another series of tests, the engines will be shipped to airplane factories. Continental Motors, Muskegon

Production. Airplane engines. Airplane engines assembled for testing i...

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

Women in industry. Tool production. Trained to catch the tiniest defect in the smallest drill, this attractive, young inspector in a large Midwest drill and tool plant is doing valuable work for the war effort. These drills, used in the manufacture of every kind of war machinery, must be perfect so that America's planes and ships and tanks can be built to exact specifications. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. Trained to catch the tiniest defe...

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Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. A million dollar baby, not in terms of money but in her value to Uncle Sam, twenty-one-year-old Eunice Hancock, erstwhile five-and-ten-cent store employee, operates a compressed-air grinder in a Midwest aircraft motor plant. With no previous experience, Eunice quickly mastered the techniques of her war job and today is turning out motor parts with speed and skill. Note protective mask and visor, two vital safety accessories

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. A million dollar baby, not ...

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. 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...

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

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. General view of one of the pouring floors in the foundry of a large Midwest machine tool plant showing the multiplicity of overhead and bracket covering the area as well as the evidence that production is going full tilt, using every available foot of floor space

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. General view of one...

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Production. Jeep engines. Assembling jeep engines in a Midwest plant. The hard-boiled little army cars rate the best of material and workmanship. Continental Motors, Michigan

Production. Jeep engines. Assembling jeep engines in a Midwest plant. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Aircraft engines. A veteran of the assembly bench, twenty-two-year-old Anne Weinmen, employee of a large Midwest aircraft factory, inspects pistons to be used in airplane engines. With several years experience in Midwestern plants behind her, Miss Weinmen has developed the patience and dexterity this work requires. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. A veteran of the assembly bench, twenty-...

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Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. These women war workers at a Midwest supercharger plant are buffing small delicate airplane engine parts. Note protective head coverings and comfortable slack suits. Allis Chalmers Manufacture Company

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. These women war workers at a...

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.

Production. Pipe fittings. Forging shop crew of a Midwest plant serve the world's largest machine of its kind a nine inch upsetter. This machine is used for forging 75 mm shells for the Army. Tube Turn Incorporated

Production. Pipe fittings. Forging shop crew of a Midwest plant serve ...

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

Production. Marine boilers. Grinding of welded seams inside the drum of a large marine boiler at a Midwest plant which has converted its facilities to war production

Production. Marine boilers. Grinding of welded seams inside the drum o...

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Production. Milling machines and machine castings. This milling machine head's tool casting is ready for machining. Location: a large Midwest tool plant

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. This milling machin...

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

Production. Naval gun mounts. Final finishing of a large naval gun mount is well under way as workmen of a Midwest machine shop do a careful job of scraping surfaces. Westinghouse, Louisville

Production. Naval gun mounts. Final finishing of a large naval gun mou...

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Women in war. Machine gun production operators. One of 2,000 women currently employed in a Midwest war plant, this young Negro worker has proven a competent and earnest machine operator. She processes gun parts in this plant which has been converted from the production of spark plugs to machine guns. A.C. Spark Plugs

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. One of 2,000 women cur...

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.

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. A million dollar baby, not in terms of money but in her value to Uncle Sam, twenty-one-year-old Eunice Hancock, erstwhile five-and-ten-cent store employee, operates a compressed-air grinder in a Midwest aircraft motor plant. With no previous experience, Eunice quickly mastered the techniques of her war job and today is turning out motor parts with speed and skill. Note protective mask and visor, two vital safety accessories

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. A million dollar baby, not ...

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. 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...

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

Production. Marine boilers. A turning operation on a large gun mount casting in a big Midwest plant backing the war production drive with all its facilities

Production. Marine boilers. A turning operation on a large gun mount c...

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. Milling machines and machine castings. With the most modern equipment and surroundings, the company dentist of a large Midwest machine tool plant gives free dental services and advice to all employees. A dental hygienist assists him in check-up of the employees' teeth

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. With the most moder...

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Conversion. Farm implements to cargo winches. Making a vernier caliper measurement of a tooth on a cargo winch gear in a converted Midwest farm implement plant. The hobbing machine used in this operation formerly cut bull gears for plow tractors

Conversion. Farm implements to cargo winches. Making a vernier caliper...

Public domain photograph - working class people, the 1930s United States, work, labor, worker, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Marine boilers. A flange is turned on a large cone that is part of heat transfer equipment being made for the Army in a big Midwest plant

Production. Marine boilers. A flange is turned on a large cone that is...

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Production. 105 millimeter shells. Plumbing fixtures came off these assembly lines in peace time, but today Giles Knowles and his fellow workers produce 105 millimeter shells in a Midwest plant now converted 100 percent to war production. Knowles, a minor league baseball pitcher, broke a league record for strike-out; now he's out to break the company record for shell production (Manitowac Shipyards)

Production. 105 millimeter shells. Plumbing fixtures came off these as...

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

Production. Aircraft engines. Using multi-colored pins to mark residences of its employees, a Midwest aircraft factory innovates its car-pooling system. Like hundreds of other U.S. factories, this plant encourages workers to utilize all available car space, thereby sparing tires, saving gasoline, and lessening the load on public transportation vehicles. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Using multi-colored pins to mark residen...

Public domain scan of vintage 18th-century map, old atlas, navigation, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Production. Shell loading. Infra-red rays dry the paint on shells in these compartments at a large Midwest loading plant. The production of shells never stops here, three shifts of workers being spread "round the clock." Ravenna ordnance plant

Production. Shell loading. Infra-red rays dry the paint on shells in t...

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Mural "Opening of the Midwest," by Robert Francis White at Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Mural "Opening of the Midwest," by Robert Francis White at Federal Bui...

Date: 1937; medium: tempera. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in th... More

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.

Production. Diesel engines. Plant policeman at a big Midwest manufacturing plant producing diesel engines for the Navy

Production. Diesel engines. Plant policeman at a big Midwest manufactu...

Public domain image of a military portrait, uniform, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of discarded casings cover more than 100 acres at one Midwest recovery plant. Systematic piling and sectional arrangement reduce fire hazard. Special processes will separate metal from the tires and tube bodies. The reclaimed material will be used to manufacture thousands of essential mechanical rubber products. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of dis...

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bofors forty-millimeter mounts. He has a vital job in the manufacture of forty-millimeter Bofors gun mounts and carriages. This arc welder wearing a protective mask is completing a skilled operation on part of a gun mount in a large Midwest rubber factory now converted to war production

Bofors forty-millimeter mounts. He has a vital job in the manufacture ...

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.

Airplane seat production. Each piece of aluminum necessary to the manufacture of airplane pilot seats must be thoroughly checked before being assembled in this large Midwest rubber factory now converted to war production. Should the precision gauge show up the tiniest imperfection in placement or drilling operations, the stamping will be discarded

Airplane seat production. Each piece of aluminum necessary to the manu...

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

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. So covered with coolant that neither the cutter nor the work can be seen, this small milling machine is having clutch teeth cut in its face. As in this case, the fixtures required to hold or turn small pieces of work properly are frequently many times larger and more intricate than the piece being made. Site: a Midwest machine tool plant

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. So covered with coo...

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

Manpower. Americans all. Their common hatred of fascism bridges the gulf in ancestory of these two Americans, one of Irish descent, the other born in Rumania. Working together with one urgent goal uppermost in mind - victory for the United Nations. J.Powers (left) and J.M. Deli are processing parts for America's medium tanks in a Midwest tank plant. Pressed Steel Can Company, Chicago, Illinois

Manpower. Americans all. Their common hatred of fascism bridges the gu...

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Conversion. Toy furniture to dies for incendiary bombs. Dies to destroy the Axis. The owner of this small Midwest factory inspects dies for making incendiary bombs. Note doll's furniture on the wall, the company's previous product. Complete conversion of all machines for this factory's production of war essentials is rapidly taking place. Sivon Machine Company, Painesville, Ohio

Conversion. Toy furniture to dies for incendiary bombs. Dies to destro...

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Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Using a small rotary air grinder, this young employee of a Midwest aircraft motor plant performs a delicate job on a gear spacer that will see duty in the mechanism of one of America's battleships of the air

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Using a small rotary air gr...

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.

Production. Pipe fittings. The V-belt drive of the world's largest machine of its kind, a nine inch upsetter. The machine is used in a Midwest plant to forge 75 mm shells for the Army. Tube Turn Incorporated

Production. Pipe fittings. The V-belt drive of the world's largest mac...

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Women in industry. Gas mask production. Don't let their youth and good looks deceive you, these two young workers are actually full-fledged government inspectors who are employed in a converted Midwest vacuum cleaner plant to test gas masks. Every one of the hundreds of rubber masks that move along the assembly belt each day must be thoroughly tested by young women inspectors who put the masks through many different tests. Eureka Vacuum, Detroit, Michigan

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Don't let their youth and good...

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.

Production. Pipe fittings. Beveling a large pipe elbow to prepare it for butt welding. Elbows like this, for use in Army equipment, are made by bending straight pipe in a large Midwest plant. Tube Turn Incorporated

Production. Pipe fittings. Beveling a large pipe elbow to prepare it f...

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.

Salvage. Scrap for steel mills. Graded scrap metal, collected from Midwest homes and farms, is received at a Chicago steel mill where it will be processed into weapons of war

Salvage. Scrap for steel mills. Graded scrap metal, collected from Mid...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. We are inclined to compare all liquids with water. Iron trickles through little channels with a speed that makes water look sluggish -- a surprising thing until you realize that, molten or not, it's still heavy as iron. Location: a large Midwest machine tool factory

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. We are inclined to ...

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Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. Plant foremen point to 20-year-old Annie Tabor as one of their best lathe operators, despite her lack of previous industrial experience. Employed by a large Midwest supercharger plant, this young woman machines parts of aircraft engines. Like many other young Negro girls, she had known only

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. Plant foremen point to 20-ye...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Gasoline rationing. It can't happen here in the gas-rationed East, but in the Midwest states you're still apt to see such a sign as this displayed outside a service station. Coupons for gasoline purchase are unknown in this part of the country

Gasoline rationing. It can't happen here in the gas-rationed East, but...

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Women in industry. Gas mask production. Flower in hair, Betty Gumbetter adds glamour to the assembly line of a Midwest gas mask factory which formerly made vacuum cleaners. Operating a riveting press, which attaches cloth tabs to the face pieces of gas masks, this young worker is one of the many company employees who switched over from work on vacuums when the plant was converted. Betty likes her new job better than the old one. "It bears a lot more relationship to my American Women's Voluntary Services work," she says. Eureka Vacuum, Detroit, Michigan

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Flower in hair, Betty Gumbette...

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Women in industry. Tool production. "X" marks the kind of work being done by these women cutoff machine operators who are processing small machine parts in a Midwest drill and tool plant. Although this work is relatively unskilled, industrial experience was new to most of the women, many of whom had previously been waitresses, schoolteachers, or saleswomen. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. "X" marks the kind of work being ...

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Women in industry. Gas mask production. She used to wrap bread in a bakery, before Pearl Harbor, but today twenty-one-year-old Eugenia Bireta is a qualified government inspector who tests gas masks for "eye leakage" on this pressure gauge. She's one of many young women employed by a large Midwest vacuum cleaner company now converted to production of gas masks. Eureka Vacuum, Detroit, Michigan

Women in industry. Gas mask production. She used to wrap bread in a ba...

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.

Conversion. Auto body plant. This business of wiping Hitler off the map is a job that calls for speed. Workers in a huge Midwest plant, newly converted from automobile body to airplane production, take time out for lunch right next to the job they're doing. Briggs Manufacturing Company, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Auto body plant. This business of wiping Hitler off the ma...

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"Cloverleaf clusters" is the official title for these packages of 105 mm. artillery shells. Delivery lines are speedy at the large Midwest loading plant where they are made. Fourteen 2,000-pound bombs have been removed from a truck and placed in a freight car in fourteen minutes--and four 4,000-pound "block busters" have been moved from truck to freight car in fifteen minutes. Ravenna ordnance plant

"Cloverleaf clusters" is the official title for these packages of 105 ...

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

Production. Shell loading. Every shell that goes through a large Midwest loading plant must be thoroughly cleaned. These women are removing excess paint from the bands that circle the projectiles. Women also stencil firing data on the shells and perform many other essential operations. Ravenna ordnance plant

Production. Shell loading. Every shell that goes through a large Midwe...

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.

National parks of the Midwest. - Public domain map

National parks of the Midwest. - Public domain map

Scale 1:7,500,000. Title from verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text, location map, and 2 enlargements with one showing "Jefferson National Expansion Mem... More

Midwest Steel & Iron Works Company, 25 Larimer Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

Midwest Steel & Iron Works Company, 25 Larimer Street, Denver, Denver ...

Significance: The company is one of Denver's oldest and largest metal fabricators. Since the late 19th century Midwest had produced structural and ornamental components for buildings and engineering structures ... More

Midwest Steel & Iron Works Company, 25 Larimer Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

Midwest Steel & Iron Works Company, 25 Larimer Street, Denver, Denver ...

Significance: The company is one of Denver's oldest and largest metal fabricators. Since the late 19th century Midwest had produced structural and ornamental components for buildings and engineering structures ... More

The ordnance department must satisfy itself that every halftrac scout car turned over to it by a Midwest manufacturer is fit for Army duty. The department's own inspector gives it a thorough going over from bumper to bumper. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

The ordnance department must satisfy itself that every halftrac scout ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Army truck parts. An electric flash welding machine sending a million sparks into the air during the process of merging the two ends of a bogie roller ring at a large Midwest rubber factory now converted to war production. These rollers, placed inside the steel and rubber tanks tracks, are used to support the weight of Army tanks

Conversion. Army truck parts. An electric flash welding machine sendin...

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Tracks for scout cars and other Army vehicles grow under the hands of skilled workers of a large Midwest tire plant. Goodrich, Akron, Ohio

Tracks for scout cars and other Army vehicles grow under the hands of ...

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.

Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of discarded casings cover more than 100 acres at one Midwest recovery plant. Systematic piling and sectional arrangement reduce fire hazard. Special processes will separate metal from the tires and tube bodies. The reclaimed material will be used to manufacture thousands of essential mechanical rubber products. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of dis...

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

Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of discarded casings cover more than 100 acres at one Midwest recovery plant. Systematic piling and sectional arrangement reduce fire hazard. Special processes will separate metal from the tires and tube bodies. The reclaimed material will be used to manufacture thousands of essential mechanical rubber products. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires mobilized for Victory. Millions of dis...

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"Bog-downs" and bottlenecks in defense plant operation are out for the duration. Maintenance crews are eternally at it to keep everything in good working order. Inspecting electrical wiring in a tunnel between two buildings is only one of innumerable items in the continuous maintenance program of a large Midwest plant now entirely on war

"Bog-downs" and bottlenecks in defense plant operation are out for the...

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

Halftrac scout cars. Another engine for an Army halftrac scout car begins to take form. They're coming through faster and faster every day--engines and cars, both--as the Midwest plant turning out the complete jobs gives everything it has to speeding production. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Halftrac scout cars. Another engine for an Army halftrac scout car beg...

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

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. Polishing spindle sleeves in a large Midwest plant producing essential machine tools for the war production program

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. Polishing spindle s...

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Women in industry. Tool production. Testing small diameter, high-speed twist drills, these women employed by a Midwest drill and tool company roll the drills down a slight incline to determine regularity of diameter. It's a job requiring patience and finger dexterity, and these young women possess those definite feminine propensities for just such work. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. Testing small diameter, high-spee...

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.

Production. Marine engines. Gears for marine engines for the Navy are produced in great quantity at a Midwest plant. The finest of material and workmanship go into their manufacture. Continental Motors, Michigan

Production. Marine engines. Gears for marine engines for the Navy are ...

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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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Production. Plywood for aircraft and boats. Strong, light plywood for our fighting planes. An exact and even spread of urea glue is applied by machine onto the crossboards of lumber-core panels to permit attaching of wood veneers in a Midwest plant. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Plywood for aircraft and boats. Strong, light plywood for ...

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Conversion. Flooring to gunstocks. "Rifle furniture" in the raw. Walnut logs in the yard of a converted Midwest flooring plant await cutting into the blocks or pieces from which army gunstocks will be made. Louisville, Kentucky

Conversion. Flooring to gunstocks. "Rifle furniture" in the raw. Walnu...

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Production. Milling machines and machine castings. A close-up of a milling operation on a large bed. Note the multiple-touch cutter, larger than an elephant's foot, turning at the left. Facing it on the other side of the casting is another cutter of the same size, milling the other side. Special fixtures and cutters are used for different shaped castings machined on this special milling machine, produced in a large Midwest machine tool plant

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. A close-up of a mil...

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

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

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Production. Pipe fittings. The world's largest machine of its kind, a nine inch upsetter, is used in a Midwest plant to forge 75 mm shells for the Army. Tube Turn Incorporated

Production. Pipe fittings. The world's largest machine of its kind, a ...

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Production. Naval gun mounts. The gear drive of a naval gun mount is carefully assembled and fitted in a large Midwest plant, which is also producing torpedo tube mounts. Westinghouse, Louisville

Production. Naval gun mounts. The gear drive of a naval gun mount is c...

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Aluminum casting. Workers in a large Midwest factory at work on smaller molds and castings made at benches. These are jolt squeeze molding machines for hand work. Those numbered hoppers contain conditioned sand. Aluminum Industries, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. Workers in a large Midwest factory at work on smalle...

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Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. A man-sized machine and a man-sized job are effectively handled by 21-year-old Virginia Grochowski of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Employed by a Midwest supercharger plant, this former hosiery mill worker operates these giant drill presses as expertly as any man. Allis Chalmers Manufacture Company

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. A man-sized machine and a ma...

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Production. Aircraft engines. Negro women with no previous industrial experience are reconditioning used spark plugs in a large Midwest airplane plant. Despite their lack of technical knowlege, these women have become expert operators of the small testing machines. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Negro women with no previous industrial ...

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Conversion. Heaters to bogie wheels. Ready for final assembly, these bogie wheel springs have been stacked in the erstwhile warehouse of a Midwest heater factory. These springs are fitted into bogie wheel assemblies for Army M-4 tanks

Conversion. Heaters to bogie wheels. Ready for final assembly, these b...

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Production. Milling machines and machine castings. Before leaving the foundry, castings are primed, sanded and printed. Location: a large Midwest tool plant

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. Before leaving the ...

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Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Fighting planes and boats need this fine mahogany being inspected in a Midwest factory. Inspectors look for so-called windbreaks, minute pin worms and other defects that would disqualify the veneer. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Fighting pla...

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Three-inch A.A. cartridge cases. On the inspection line of a large Midwest plant turning out antiaircraft cartridge cases the primer hole is carefully checked and other features of the cases examined

Three-inch A.A. cartridge cases. On the inspection line of a large Mid...

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Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Poplar veneer is inspected before being made into panels for combat planes. These rotary-cut strips are carefully checked for quality and thickness in a big Midwest veneer plant. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. Poplar venee...

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Aluminum casting. First aid right on the spot. A nurse is in constant attendance in this Midwest aluminum foundry to treat minor cuts and wounds received in production of aluminum and magnesium molds and casting. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. First aid right on the spot. A nurse is in constant ...

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Production. Naval gun mounts. A naval gun mount assembly, one of many produced in a Midwest plant, is carefully inspected before shipment to an undisclosed destination. Westinghouse, Louisville

Production. Naval gun mounts. A naval gun mount assembly, one of many ...

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Production. Airplane engines. Before this airplane engine arrived at the point of packing for shipment from a Midwest plant, it had to prove itself a good engine. It has been thoroughly tested after original assembly, torn down for minute inspection of all parts, reassembled and put through final tests and inspection. Continental Motors, Michigan

Production. Airplane engines. Before this airplane engine arrived at t...

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Women in industry. Tool production. The hum of whirling machinery accompanies the work of these women cut-off machine operators who are processing small machine parts in a Midwest drill and tool plant. Although this work is relatively unskilled, industrial experience was new to most of these women, many of whom had previously been waitresses, schoolteachers or saleswomen. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. The hum of whirling machinery acc...

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Production. Aircraft engines. Ready for inspection, this line-up of cylinder barrels for airplane engines makes a formidable display. Engines for America's Victory bombers are manufactured in this enormous Midwest plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Ready for inspection, this line-up of cy...

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Production. Milling machines and machine castings. When a full ladle comes along, there must be enough molds ready to take the whole load. Nowhere is Time so stern a master as it is in the foundry. Iron must be poured when it's right -- or thrown out, cooled, and returned to the cupola. Location: a large Midwest tool plant

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. When a full ladle c...

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Aluminum castings. Aluminum castings stacked on trucks in a large Midwest aluminum foundry now converted to production of articles for the army and air corps. These cylinders are now ready for heat treatment

Aluminum castings. Aluminum castings stacked on trucks in a large Midw...

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Production. Shell loading. Weighing the propelling charges of smokeless powder before they are poured into shells at a large Midwest loading plant. This precise work is done mostly by women. Mechanical devices produced in the fuse division enable soldiers in the field to delay or accelerate the explosion of a projectile. Ravenna ordnance plant

Production. Shell loading. Weighing the propelling charges of smokeles...

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Midwest Steel & Iron Works Company, 25 Larimer Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

Midwest Steel & Iron Works Company, 25 Larimer Street, Denver, Denver ...

Significance: The company is one of Denver's oldest and largest metal fabricators. Since the late 19th century Midwest had produced structural and ornamental components for buildings and engineering structures ... More

Production. Aircraft engines. Two of the nation's millions of war workers attach cylinder barrels to one of the "green" engines in a huge Midwest aircraft plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Two of the nation's millions of war work...

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Production. Diesel engines. The gear train housing of a diesel engine for the Navy is assembled at a Midwest manufacturing plant

Production. Diesel engines. The gear train housing of a diesel engine ...

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Production. Diesel engines. A diesel engine produced for the Navy at a Midwest manufacturing plant, is inspected by a "five strip" chief petty officer

Production. Diesel engines. A diesel engine produced for the Navy at a...

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Production. Diesel engines. Blower rotor that will soon be assembled into diesel engines for the Navy at a Midwest manufacturing plant

Production. Diesel engines. Blower rotor that will soon be assembled i...

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