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Engine blocks for the Army's new halftrac scout cars. They represent the latest and best thought in automotive foundry and precision machining practice. The large Midwest plant that is turning them out has been making engine blocks for many years for commercial trucks. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Engine blocks for the Army's new halftrac scout cars. They represent t...

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. 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...

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. 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. ...

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. A woman's place is on the production line in this Midwest plant which has been converted from the manufacture of spark plugs to machine guns. Elsie M. Terry, one of 2,000 women employed here, is a skilled milling-machine operator who is making an important contribution to the war effort. She's making guns for America's armed forces. A.C. Spark Plugs

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. A woman's place is on ...

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. 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. 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...

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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 to strips of wood veneer to permit attachment to lumbercore panels in a Midwest plant. Louisville, Kentucky

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

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Production. Torpedo tube mounts. Scraping the teeth of a torpedo tube base in a Midwest plant engaged in large-scale production of mounts for torpedo tubes and large naval guns. Westinghouse, Louisville

Production. Torpedo tube mounts. Scraping the teeth of a torpedo tube ...

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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 ...

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. Marine boilers. Working on large heat exchangers in a Midwest plant now producing marine condensors for the Army

Production. Marine boilers. Working on large heat exchangers in a Midw...

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

Production. Marine boilers. Bronze heads for surface condensors are drilled and inspected by experienced men at a big Midwest plant now producing essential equipment for the Army

Production. Marine boilers. Bronze heads for surface condensors are dr...

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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.

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 ...

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. 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...

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

Three-inch A.A. cartridge cases. Loading antiaircraft cartridge cases into a stress-annealing furnace to make them soft, uniform and ductile, ready for succeeding machine operations. The equipment possessed by this big Midwest plant was well suited for producing these cases in large volume

Three-inch A.A. cartridge cases. Loading antiaircraft cartridge cases ...

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

Production. Marine boilers. A nozzle is welded on a marine boiler drum in a big Midwest plant producing essential equipment for the Army and Navy

Production. Marine boilers. A nozzle is welded on a marine boiler drum...

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. Marine boilers. Spacers in a multi-tube condensor are welded in a large Midwest plant now producing many war essentials

Production. Marine boilers. Spacers in a multi-tube condensor are weld...

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

Production. Marine boilers. Cutting large billets on a circular cold saw. The pieces are for use in the forging plant of a large Midwest plant producing heavy hydraulic fittings for the Army

Production. Marine boilers. Cutting large billets on a circular cold s...

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

Production. Pipe fittings. Pipe fittings for the Army. An automatic torch cuts a pipe elbow to size in a Midwest plant. Elbows are cut to any length and angle from bent pipes. Tube Turn Incorporated

Production. Pipe fittings. Pipe fittings for the Army. An automatic to...

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

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...

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Production. Marine boilers. A big press performs an operation on heavy flanges in a Midwest plant which has converted all its facilities to war production

Production. Marine boilers. A big press performs an operation on heavy...

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Three-inch A.A. cartridge cases. Antiaircraft cartridge cases are unloaded from a stress-annealing furnace which has made them soft, uniform and ductile, ready for succeeding machine operations. The big Midwest plant doing this work is ideally equipped for volume production of war necessities like these cases

Three-inch A.A. cartridge cases. Antiaircraft cartridge cases are unlo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Production. Marine boilers. Forges and heaters at a big Midwest plant waiting on a heat being prepared for the hammers. The plant is producing much essential equipment for the Army

Production. Marine boilers. Forges and heaters at a big Midwest plant ...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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 ...

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

Lunch hour for the workmen in a big Midwest plant where old tires are transformed

Lunch hour for the workmen in a big Midwest plant where old tires are ...

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

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). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

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...

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. Torpedo tube mounts. Front pieces of torpedo tubes are drilled for assembly in a Midwest plant producing great numbers of mounts for torpedo tubes and large naval guns. Westinghouse, Louisville

Production. Torpedo tube mounts. Front pieces of torpedo tubes are dri...

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

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...

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. Loading antiaircraft cartridge cases into a stress-annealing furnace to make them soft, uniform and ductile, ready for succeeding machine operations. The equipment possessed by this big Midwest plant was well suited for producing these cases in large volume

Three-inch A.A. cartridge cases. Loading antiaircraft cartridge cases ...

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. 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...

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 boilers. Hand hole plugs in marine boilers are carefully inspected at a large Midwest plant that has turned over all its facilities to the production of essential naval equipment

Production. Marine boilers. Hand hole plugs in marine boilers are care...

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. 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...

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 boilers. Working on large heat exchangers in a Midwest plant now producing marine condensors for the Army

Production. Marine boilers. Working on large heat exchangers in a Midw...

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 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. 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...

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

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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Conversion. Flooring to gunstocks. Flooring the Axis. Following the last lot of hardwood plank flooring to go through a large Midwest plant before conversion to the manufacture of gunstocks or rifle furniture. Louisville, Kentucky

Conversion. Flooring to gunstocks. Flooring the Axis. Following the la...

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

Three-inch A.A. cartridge cases. The primer hole of every antiaircraft cartridge case made by a Midwest plant is carefully inspected to insure that the loading and for use against enemy planes

Three-inch A.A. cartridge cases. The primer hole of every antiaircraft...

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 ...

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

Production. Jeep engines. Manifolds for jeep engines ready to go down the assembly line of a Midwest plant. They'll do their part in helping the tough little cars go places. Continental Motors, Michigan

Production. Jeep engines. Manifolds for jeep engines ready to go down ...

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. 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 ...

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. 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 America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Marine boilers. Spacers in a multi-tube condensor are welded in a large Midwest plant now producing many war essentials

Production. Marine boilers. Spacers in a multi-tube condensor are weld...

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

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

A black and white photo of a woman in a pile of bags. Office of War In...

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

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

Pipe fittings. Huge stocks of pipe fittings for Army equipment are bei...

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. 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

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...

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. 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...

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. 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 ...

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 boilers. Forges and heaters at a big Midwest plant waiting on a heat being prepared for the hammers. The plant is producing much essential equipment for the Army

Production. Marine boilers. Forges and heaters at a big Midwest plant ...

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

Production. 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...

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

Three-inch A.A. cartridge cases. Antiaircraft cartridge cases are unloaded from a stress-annealing furnace which has made them soft, uniform and ductile, ready for succeeding machine operations. The big Midwest plant doing this work is ideally equipped for volume production of war necessities like these cases

Three-inch A.A. cartridge cases. Antiaircraft cartridge cases are unlo...

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. 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...

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 engine tests in a Midwest plant provide performance data recorded on an array of precision instruments in a small booth presided over by specially trained men. Continental Motors, Michigan

Production. Airplane engines. Airplane engine tests in a Midwest plant...

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

Production. Shell loading. Nonchalantly loading a two-ton "block buster" at a large Midwest plant. Every precaution is taken, but a certain stoicism is required for this job. The workmen fill each end of the bomb with TNT, delivered "hot," and the remaining spaces with amatol, a mixture of fifty percent ammonium hydrate and fifty percent TNT. Ravenna ordnance plant

Production. Shell loading. Nonchalantly loading a two-ton "block buste...

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

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...

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. 105 millimeter shells. Carefully stacked prior to shipment, thousands of shining shells await shipment to the fighting fronts. These 105 millimeter shells were made in a Midwest plant, where plumbing fixtures were manufactured in peace time (Manitowac Shipyards)

Production. 105 millimeter shells. Carefully stacked prior to shipment...

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

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 ...

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 large casting for a naval gun mount goes through a planing operation in a Midwest plant which is producing gun and torpedo tube mounts in great numbers. Westinghouse, Louisville

Production. Naval gun mounts. A large casting for a naval gun mount go...

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

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...

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 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

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...

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 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...

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. 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 ...

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 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...

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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...

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...

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 boilers. A flexible shaft is used in grinding baffles for marine boilers in a big Midwest plant now engaged entirely in producing essential equipment for the U.S. Navy

Production. Marine boilers. A flexible shaft is used in grinding baffl...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Production. Torpedo tube mounts. Front pieces of torpedo tubes are drilled for assembly in a Midwest plant producing great numbers of mounts for torpedo tubes and large naval guns. Westinghouse, Louisville

Production. Torpedo tube mounts. Front pieces of torpedo tubes are dri...

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 boilers. A big press performs an operation on heavy flanges in a Midwest plant which has converted all its facilities to war production

Production. Marine boilers. A big press performs an operation on heavy...

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. Pipe fittings for the Army. An automatic torch cuts a pipe elbow to size in a Midwest plant. Elbows are cut to any length and angle from bent pipes. Tube Turn Incorporated

Production. Pipe fittings. Pipe fittings for the Army. An automatic to...

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

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

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

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: U.S. Army Signal Corps. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Pictu... More

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...

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 ...

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...

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. Reassembly of an airplane engine after subjection to rigid tests and minute examination of all parts in a Midwest plant. The reassembled engine will again be carefully tested and inspected before shipment to an airplane factory. Continental Motors, Michigan

Production. Airplane engines. Reassembly of an airplane engine after s...

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. Airplane engines. Reassembly of an airplane engine after subjection to rigid tests and minute examination of all parts in a Midwest plant. The reassembled engine will again be carefully tested and inspected before shipment to an airplane factory. Continental Motors, Michigan

Production. Airplane engines. Reassembly of an airplane engine after s...

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

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...

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 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...

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. 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...

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. Reclaimed rubber in the making. Dried scrap rubber, reclaimed at a large Midwest plant, is discharged from a continuous belt dryer and collected for an operation on the mill rolls. The procedure is known as the xylos process. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Reclaimed rubber in the making. Dried scrap rubber...

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Rubber reclamation. Reclaimed rubber in the making. Dried scrap rubber, reclaimed at a large Midwest plant, is discharged from a continuous belt dryer and collected for an operation on the mill rolls. The procedure is known as the xylos process. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Reclaimed rubber in the making. Dried scrap rubber...

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 on the test block at a Midwest plant. After tests are completed, the engine will be torn down for minute inspection of all parts. It will then be reassembled and again tested before shipment to an airplane factory. Continental Motors, Muskegon

Production. Airplane engines. Airplane engines on the test block at a ...

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

Production. Jeep engines. Manifolds for jeep engines ready to go down the assembly line of a Midwest plant. They'll do their part in helping the tough little cars go places. Continental Motors, Michigan

Production. Jeep engines. Manifolds for jeep engines ready to go down ...

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Production. Marine boilers. A flexible shaft is used in grinding baffles for marine boilers in a big Midwest plant now engaged entirely in producing essential equipment for the U.S. Navy

Production. Marine boilers. A flexible shaft is used in grinding baffl...

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. Plywood for aircraft and boats. Strong, light plywood for our fighting planes. An exact and even spread of urea glue is applied by machine to strips of wood veneer to permit attachment to lumbercore panels 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. 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...

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

Production. Marine engines. Camshafts 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. Camshafts for marine engines for the Navy ...

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 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. 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. Marine boilers. Rolling tubes in headers is an important operation in the making of marine boilers at a large Midwest plant

Production. Marine boilers. Rolling tubes in headers is an important o...

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

A man sitting in a rocking chair reading a book. Office of War Information Photograph

A man sitting in a rocking chair reading a book. Office of War Informa...

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. Machinist facing flange and connector body of a marine steam condensor in a large Midwest plant producing essential equipment for our armed forces

Production. Marine boilers. Machinist facing flange and connector body...

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. 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...

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...

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

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

Pipe fittings. Huge stocks of pipe fittings for Army equipment are bei...

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

Manpower. Americans all. Machining medium tank parts in a Midwest plant during most of the daylight hours leaves Joe Gore, Jr., in a quite weary state when evening rolls around. Of Polish-born parents, Joe's home shows vestiges of "old country" influences, but his own personal attic sanctum is solid Americana. Note the Home Bride, and the rocker that any mountain home would welcome. Pressed Steel Can Company, Chicago, Illinois

Manpower. Americans all. Machining medium tank parts in a Midwest plan...

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

A black and white photo of a bunch of clocks. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a bunch of clocks. 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. 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...

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

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