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

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

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

Rubber reclamation. Harvesting rubber from discarded tires. Scrap rubber, reclaimed by dissolving and washing out the fibrous materials in old casings, goes through the first refining process in a big Midwest plant. The cleaned, plasticized scrap passes through rolls which carry off dirt and foreign particles at the sides. The refined rubber is then gathered in sheets for further steps in the xylos process. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Harvesting rubber from discarded tires. Scrap rubb...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Production. 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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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.

Production. Airplane engines. All the parts of an airplane engine, which has just undergone severe tests in a Midwest plant, are spread out for minute inspection. After the checkup, the engine will be reassembled and sent on for final inspection. Continental Motors, Michigan

Production. Airplane engines. All the parts of an airplane engine, whi...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

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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Steam cleaning an Army halftrac scout car for final painting. One of the last touches a large Midwest plant gives the cars is a good paint job that provides protection against the weather and puts the car "into Army uniform." White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Steam cleaning an Army halftrac scout car for final painting. One of t...

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Rubber reclamation. Producing reclaimed rubber. Rubber scrap, obtained by dissolving and washing away all fibrous materials, passes through a steaming operation. It will then go through the drying, refining and other xylos processes at a big Midwest plant that is recovering large quantities for war essentials. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Producing reclaimed rubber. Rubber scrap, obtained...

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man with a hose. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man with a hose. Office of War Informatio...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Pipe fittings. Large shipments of pipe fittings for Army purposes are shipped regularly from a big Midwest plant. Tube Turn Incorporated

Production. Pipe fittings. Large shipments of pipe fittings for Army p...

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Production. Pipe fittings. A giant press used in a Midwest plant now forging 75 mm shells for the Army. Tube Turn Incorporated

Production. Pipe fittings. A giant press used in a Midwest plant now 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.

Production. Pipe fittings. Huge stocks of pipe fittings for Army equipment are being built up steadily in a big Midwest plant. The fittings are made by bending straight pipe, cutting off desired lengths from the curved sections and beveling edges for butt welding. Tube Turn Incorporated

Production. Pipe fittings. Huge stocks of pipe fittings for Army equip...

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Production. Pipe fittings. A giant press used in a Midwest plant now forging 75 mm shells for the Army

Production. Pipe fittings. A giant press used in a Midwest plant now f...

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Production. Pipe fittings. Finishing department of large Midwest plant producing pipe fittings for the Army. Here fittings made by bending straight pipe pass through beveling and other machine operations that prepare them for later welding. Tube Turn Incorporated

Production. Pipe fittings. Finishing department of large Midwest plant...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-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...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. 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. 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...

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

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.

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. 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...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man working in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man working in a factory. Office of War I...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

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. 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.

Rubber reclamation. Producing reclaimed rubber. One of the machines used in converting scrap rubber into reclaim stock in a large Midwest plant which utilizes old tires in making sheet rubber. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Producing reclaimed rubber. One of the machines us...

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. Harvesting rubber from discarded tires. Scrap rubber, reclaimed by dissolving and washing out the fibrous materials in old casings, goes through the first refining process in a big Midwest plant. The cleaned, plasticized scrap passes through rolls which carry off dirt and foreign particles at the sides. The refined rubber is then gathered in sheets for further steps in the xylos process. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Harvesting rubber from discarded tires. Scrap rubb...

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.

Halftrac scout cars. Putting precision-made pistons assemblies into precision-made cylinders is a job that fits this former auto worker. The engine will be the power plant of an Army halftrac scout car. The Midwest plant that is turning it out has trained American automotive workers for every job on the line. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Halftrac scout cars. Putting precision-made pistons assemblies into pr...

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. Marine boilers. Driving a die key on a forging hammer in a big Midwest plant processing heavy hydraulic fittings and other necessary equipment for the Army

Production. Marine boilers. Driving a die key on a forging hammer in a...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. She carries a torch for the men of America's armed forces! Blonde, twenty-one-year-old Elne Nigholm brazes bolt latch releases for the Army's machine guns in a Midwest plant which has been converted from the manufacture of spark plugs to production of war materials. Two thousand women now work in this plant, with more to be added as production increases. A.C. Spark Plugs

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. She carries a torch fo...

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. Large pipe elbows for the Army are formed in a Midwest plant by heating lengths of pipe with gas flames and forcing them around a die. Tube Turn Incorporated

Production. Pipe fittings. Large pipe elbows for the Army are formed i...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Rubber reclamation. Producing reclaimed rubber. One of the machines used in converting scrap rubber into reclaim stock in a large Midwest plant which utilizes old tires in making sheet rubber. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Producing reclaimed rubber. One of the machines us...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

The Army is an important user of tire chains. Each of the new halftrac scout cars being turned out in a large Midwest plant will carry tire chains as standard equipment. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

The Army is an important user of tire chains. Each of the new halftrac...

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

A black and white photo of trucks in a warehouse. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of trucks in a warehouse. Office of War Inform...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Production. Marine boilers. Large forge furnaces prepare heats for the shaping of heavy hydraulic fittings and other essential war equipment in a big Midwest plant

Production. Marine boilers. Large forge furnaces prepare heats for the...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Airplane engines. An airplane engine is torn down after it has gone through a grueling test in a Midwest plant. Each of the disassembled parts will be carefully inspected before the engine is reassembled and subjected to a final checkup. Continental Motors, Michigan

Production. Airplane engines. An airplane engine is torn down after it...

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Marine boilers. The operator at the controls of a large flanging press must know his buttons. He is working on heavy plate being shaped into marine boiler drums at a big Midwest plant now producing war essentials exclusively

Production. Marine boilers. The operator at the controls of a large fl...

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. 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 ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Three-inch A.A. cartridge cases. The making of antiaircraft cartridge cases in a big Midwest plant involves a series of drawing and other machine operations, together with washings and annealing between operations. The cases are transferred from one location to another in baskets

Three-inch A.A. cartridge cases. The making of antiaircraft cartridge ...

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. Pipe fittings. A giant press used in a Midwest plant now forging 75 mm shells for the Army

Production. Pipe fittings. A giant press used in a Midwest plant now f...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Manpower. Americans all. Checo Blanco comes from a long line of Americans, some of whom probably resented those "immigrants" who came over here on the Mayflower. An Apache Indian from the Mescalaro Reservation in Arizona, Blanco is fighting to protect the land of his forefathers from encroachment by the Axis wreckers. He's a skilled machine operator who is processing parts for Uncle Sam's medium tanks in a huge Midwest plant. Pressed Steel Can Company, Chicago, Illinois

Manpower. Americans all. Checo Blanco comes from a long line of Americ...

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

Production. Pipe fittings. Large pipe elbows for the Army are formed in a Midwest plant by heating lengths of pipe with gas flames and forcing them around a die. Tube Turn Incorporated

Production. Pipe fittings. Large pipe elbows for the Army are formed i...

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. 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 ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Production. Naval gun mounts. A big naval gun mount chassis is coated with aluminum paint before proceeding to assembly operations in a Midwest plant. Westinghouse, Louisville

Production. Naval gun mounts. A big naval gun mount chassis is coated ...

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Production. Milling machines and machine castings. Small ladles for small molds can be handled by one man and a monorail crane. These molds might be for small hand wheels or other small parts of machines made in a large Midwest plant

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. Small ladles for sm...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

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 working on. Briggs Manufacturing Company, Detroit, Michigan

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

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. She carries a torch for the men of America's armed forces! Blonde, twenty-one-year-old Elne Nigholm brazes bolt latch releases for the Army's machine guns in a Midwest plant which has been converted from the manufacture of spark plugs to production of war materials. Two thousand women now work in this plant, with more to be added as production increases. A.C. Spark Plugs

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. She carries a torch fo...

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 boilers. Forging hammers and heavy punch presses used in a Midwest plant to produce hydraulic fittings and other essential Army equipment

Production. Marine boilers. Forging hammers and heavy punch presses us...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Airplane 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...

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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...

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

Production. Airplane engines. An airplane engine that has been assembled, tested, torn down, subjected to minute examination of all parts, and again assembled in a Midwest plant. It is now getting a bath before final inspection. Continental Motors, Michigan

Production. Airplane engines. An airplane engine that has been assembl...

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

Production. Pipe fittings. Large pipe elbows for the Army are formed in a Midwest plant by heating lengths of pipe with gas flames and forcing them around a die. Tube Turn Incorporated

Production. Pipe fittings. Large pipe elbows for the Army are formed i...

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.

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

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

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Conversion. Farm implements to cargo winches. A steam cargo winch for the Maritime Commission is put under test in a Midwest plant converted from the production of power farming implements

Conversion. Farm implements to cargo winches. A steam cargo winch for ...

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Production. Airplane engines. An airplane engine is torn down after it has gone through a grueling test in a Midwest plant. Each of the disassembled parts will be carefully inspected before the engine is reassembled and subjected to a final checkup. Continental Motors, Michigan

Production. Airplane engines. An airplane engine is torn down after it...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, 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...

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

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...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Airplane engines. All the parts of an airplane engine, which has just undergone severe tests in a Midwest plant, are spread out for minute inspection. After the checkup, the engine will be reassembled and sent on for final inspection. Continental Motors, Michigan

Production. Airplane engines. All the parts of an airplane engine, whi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Production. Pipe fittings. Pipe fittings for the Army. A power saw cuts a pipe elbow to size in a Midwest plant. Elbows are cut to any length and angle from bent pipe

Production. Pipe fittings. Pipe fittings for the Army. A power saw cut...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a machine, industrial equipment, engine, generator, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Three-inch A.A. cartridge cases. Baskets of partly-finished cartridge cases for antiaircraft shells pass under the critical eye of a foreman as they are returned from pickling to the next press operation. The Midwest plant which makes these cases finishes them for loading with propelling charge and explosive shell

Three-inch A.A. cartridge cases. Baskets of partly-finished cartridge ...

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

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. This capable young woman is making an important contribution to America's war effort. Employed by a Midwest plant, converted from the production of spark plugs to machine guns, she's one of many skilled women milling-machine operators who are producing weapons for America's armed forces. Here, she's checking a slot she has just milled in a gun part. A.C. Spark Plugs

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. This capable young wom...

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. Farm implements to cargo winches. A steam cargo winch for the Maritime Commission is put under test in a Midwest plant converted from the production of power farming implements

Conversion. Farm implements to cargo winches. A steam cargo winch for ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Diesel engines. Old hands and green hands back America's war production drive. An apprentice learning to operate a screw machine at a Midwest plant producing diesel engines for the Navy

Production. Diesel engines. Old hands and green hands back America's w...

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rubber reclamation. Rubber "spaghetti" from old tires. In the xylos process of reclaiming scrap in a Midwest plant, rubber is forced through a screen by a large worn screw, and bits of metal and fiber are removed. Ropy lengths of rubber, ready for the final refining operation, are extruded. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Rubber "spaghetti" from old tires. In the xylos pr...

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

Army halftrac scout cars ready for final test. When the test drivers of a large Midwest plant get through doing their stuff, these trucks will be ready for full Army duty. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Army halftrac scout cars ready for final test. When the test drivers o...

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

Three-inch A.A. cartridge cases. Cartridge cases for three-inch antiaircraft shells are produced by a series of operations that transform a flat brass disc into a case ready for loading with propelling charge and shell. Between each operation there is careful washing to remove all scale and adhesion and to leave surfaces clean for later processing. The big Midwest plant doing the work is well equipped to handle it in stride

Three-inch A.A. cartridge cases. Cartridge cases for three-inch antiai...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Naval gun mounts. Rough-cutting a steel plate for naval gun mounts. The acetylene flame-cutting methods of a large Midwest plant are a substantial help in keeping production at a high level. Westinghouse, Louisville

Production. Naval gun mounts. Rough-cutting a steel plate for naval gu...

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Marine boilers. Driving a die key on a forging hammer in a big Midwest plant processing heavy hydraulic fittings and other necessary equipment for the Army

Production. Marine boilers. Driving a die key on a forging hammer in a...

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.

Women in war. Machine gun production. With swift, deft movements, this young worker, one of 2,000 women employed in a Midwest war plant, assembles barrel carriers of machine guns. It's a job requiring constant attention, speed and judgement; a job for which women have proven themselves better fitted than men. Site: a Midwest plant converted from the manufacture of spark plugs to machine guns. A.C. Spark Plugs

Women in war. Machine gun production. With swift, deft movements, this...

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. Plywood for aircraft and boats. Plywood panels for combat planes and boats. These panels, produced in a Midwest plant, have remarkable properties. The synthetic resins used as adhesives make a bond that is stronger than the wood itself, and they resist water so well that they may be boiled without injury. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Plywood for aircraft and boats. Plywood panels for combat ...

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

Production. Pipe fittings. Huge stocks of pipe fittings for Army equipment are being built up steadily in a big Midwest plant that makes many kinds of pipe fittings. Tube Turn Incorporated

Production. Pipe fittings. Huge stocks of pipe fittings for Army equip...

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

Production. Jeep engines. This grinding machine in a Midwest plant is doing yeoman service in the production of jeep engines for the Army. Continental Motors, Michigan

Production. Jeep engines. This grinding machine in a Midwest plant is ...

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. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. A strip of walnut veneer that will be used in a panel of a combat plane comes from the textile dryer of a Midwest plant. This operation reduces the moisture content to about eight to ten percent. Sheets are stacked in exact sequence just as they come off the knife slicer from the log. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Veneer for aircraft and other war essentials. A strip of w...

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Production. Marine engines. Marine engine crankshafts 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. Marine engine crankshafts for the Navy are...

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. Pipe fittings. Pipe fittings for the Army. A large pipe elbow is beveled for welding in a Midwest plant. The elbow is made by bending a straight pipe to the radius desired and sawing out a section of required length. Tube Turn Incorporated

Production. Pipe fittings. Pipe fittings for the Army. A large pipe el...

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

Production. Naval gun mounts. Getting pinions on a naval gun mount assembly. The large Midwest plant producing these mounts in great quantities is also making many torpedo tube mounts. Westinghouse, Louisville

Production. Naval gun mounts. Getting pinions on a naval gun mount ass...

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Charging one of the 180-ton hearth furnaces at a Midwest plant with pig iron. The charge consists of about fifty-two percent steel scrap and forty-eight percent molten iron

Charging one of the 180-ton hearth furnaces at a Midwest plant with pi...

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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 ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Marine engines. A drilling operation on the crankshaft of a marine engine for the Navy. This workman in a Midwest plant can certify that every precaution is taken to assure the finest quality in every crankshaft produced. Continental Motors, Michigan

Production. Marine engines. A drilling operation on the crankshaft of ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. "Get out and get under" is a daily chore for the men who build machine tools. The milling machine bed is being fitted with a hydraulic cylinder unit. Location: a large Midwest plant entirely converted to war production

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. "Get out and get un...

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Production. Jeep engines. Pistons for jeep engines must undergo rigid inspection in a Midwest plant before they earn places in the power plants of the Army's tough little cars-of-all-work. Continental Motors, Michigan

Production. Jeep engines. Pistons for jeep engines must undergo rigid ...

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Production. Marine boilers. Burning a hole in a large hyperbolic valve block that will be part of a hyperbolic press in a powder factory. Site: a Midwest plant converted to war production

Production. Marine boilers. Burning a hole in a large hyperbolic valve...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Production. 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...

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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, Kentucky

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

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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...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Rubber reclamation. Recovering rubber from old tires. In the central wash tanks of a large Midwest plant employing the xylos process, agitated water removes dirt, treated fiber and excess fiber solvent. This operation follows removal of bead portions from scrap casings, breaking of casings into small pieces and dissolving of fiber in caustic soda. The resultant phases of rubber are then pumped to dewatering sources. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Recovering rubber from old tires. In the central w...

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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...

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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...

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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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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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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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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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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. Plywood for aircraft and boats. Plywood panels for combat planes and boats. These panels, produced in a Midwest plant, have remarkable properties. The synthetic resins used as adhesives make a bond that is stronger than the wood itself, and they resist water so well that they may be boiled without injury. Louisville, Kentucky

Production. Plywood for aircraft and boats. Plywood panels for combat ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Production. 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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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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