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[Two women in new Oldsmobile in front of log cabin, Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C.; picture made for Oldsmobile Sales Co.]

[Two women in new Oldsmobile in front of log cabin, Rock Creek Park, W...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Automobiles. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative: LC-F82-3750. Caption card tr... More

Oldsmobile window - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Oldsmobile window - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Accurate workmanship is required to make perfectly uniform shells for the Army. Inspectors are on the alert to reject those which fail to meet requirements. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Accurate workmanship is required to make perfectly uniform shells for ...

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It's hard to recognize the production layout of a well-known auto plant in machine lines that win with wartime production. It's shells instead of auto parts now--but American industry can turn out the orders for war as well as for peace. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

It's hard to recognize the production layout of a well-known auto plan...

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Oldsmobile Sales Co., interior - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Oldsmobile Sales Co., interior - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

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Oldsmobile truck, Thomas J. Crack

Oldsmobile truck, Thomas J. Crack

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. American power in the air grows rapidly as machine guns of the finest quality pour from our production lines. These guns, entirely completed and ready to fire, await shipment from the large converted auto plant in which they were made. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. American power in the air g...

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Important machine operations in the manufacture of shells for the Army are performed in a converted automobile plant where workers are accustomed to the fast and accurate production on highly developed machines. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Important machine operations in the manufacture of shells for the Army...

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A production lathe in a former auto plant and an experienced automobile worker team up to give our air force the greatest possible number of the finest possible machine guns. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A production lathe in a for...

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Oldsmobile Sales Co., Capitol, [Washington, D.C.]

Oldsmobile Sales Co., Capitol, [Washington, D.C.]

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Oldsmobile window - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Oldsmobile window - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Black in Oldsmobile - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Black in Oldsmobile - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Fannie Brice in Oldsmobile - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Fannie Brice in Oldsmobile - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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A bearing of a big forge hammer is removed for overhauling as the maker of a popular American car switches over to production of machine guns for the Air Force. Every machine in the plant must be in perfect condition for big orders in the months to come. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

A bearing of a big forge hammer is removed for overhauling as the make...

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Conversion. Auto plant to 75- and 155-mm shell production. The work of pointing shells must be conducted with care. Shells must be perfect to insure accurate performance. But high standards of accuracy are nothing new to the former automobile plant where these shells are being made. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Conversion. Auto plant to 75- and 155-mm shell production. The work of...

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1 cyl. curved dash oldsmobile, 1905

1 cyl. curved dash oldsmobile, 1905

J36862 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph by the Grogan Photo Company. Copyright by the Grogan Photo Company, Danville, Ill.

Good-bye Lucile (before 1920)

Good-bye Lucile (before 1920)

Man and woman at gate to house. H103631 U.S. Copyright Office. Proof of lantern slide to accompany the song, In my merry Oldsmobile. Copyright by Tom M. Phillips.

Oldsmobile Sales Co., Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.]

Oldsmobile Sales Co., Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.]

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Oldsmobile Sales Co., Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.]

Oldsmobile Sales Co., Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.]

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[Fannie Brice in Oldsmobile] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Fannie Brice in Oldsmobile] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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War production drive. The war production drive was incorporated in the "Keep 'Em Firing" campaign at the Oldsmobile plant. One method of calling attention to the drive is through the posting of news on the bulletin board. When a bulletin tells how a piece of equipment made in the plant figured in a campaign, enthusiasm runs high

War production drive. The war production drive was incorporated in the...

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

Zebulon, North Carolina. Feggen Jones lives with fourteen children on an eighty-six acre farm purchased through the FSA (Farm Security Administration). He has two cows, three mules, four hogs, two hundred chickens, two dogs and a cat. He owns a Ford truck and an Oldsmobile sedan. His cash crop is seven acres of tobacco. He also grows five acres of cotton, seven acres of wheat, twelve acres of corn and two acres of vegetable garden. Electricity is supplied by the REA (Rural Electrification Administration). Jones was formerly a sharecropper in this area

Zebulon, North Carolina. Feggen Jones lives with fourteen children on ...

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4 cyl. Empire, 1913 - A black and white photo of an old car

4 cyl. Empire, 1913 - A black and white photo of an old car

J36870 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph by the Grogan Photo Company. Copyright by the Grogan Photo Company, Danville, Ill.

A bronze collar is fitted on a shell for the Army in a converted automobile plant. Much of the production machinery was switched to the new work with little change, some was changed more radically and some new machinery was installed. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

A bronze collar is fitted on a shell for the Army in a converted autom...

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A huge forge manner is taken off its regular peacetime duties in an automobile plant and put on war Production. When workmen have finished their conversion job, the big fellow began shaping crankshafts for defense. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

A huge forge manner is taken off its regular peacetime duties in an au...

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A big auto plant changes over to the production of machine guns for the Air Force. Electricians begin running power lines to the new machine locations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

A big auto plant changes over to the production of machine guns for th...

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Oldsmobile Co. truck - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Oldsmobile Co. truck - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. American power in the air grows rapidly as machine guns of the finest quality pour from our production lines to arm the planes that are coming steadily from other lines. These guns, entirely completed and ready to fire, await shipment from the large converted auto plant in which they were made. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. American power in the air g...

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The big forge plant in which they work used to hammer out auto parts. Now that same plant is working its fine equipment and its trained men to full capacity on the production of shells for the Army. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

The big forge plant in which they work used to hammer out auto parts. ...

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. An assembly line in a converted auto plant, now turning out machine guns for the Air Corps, comes through with plenty of these important tools of war. And the tide of American productive power is still far from being reached. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. An assembly line in a conve...

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Completed guns for planes await shipment from one of the Oldsmobile's gun plants

Completed guns for planes await shipment from one of the Oldsmobile's ...

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The coach was once king of the road -- now it's the Oldsmobile

The coach was once king of the road -- now it's the Oldsmobile

Advertisement for Oldsmobile. (DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Automobubbling [sic] you and I

Automobubbling [sic] you and I

Couple riding in automobile. H103621 U.S. Copyright Office. Proof of lantern slide to accompany the song, In my merry Oldsmobile. Copyright by Tom M. Phillips.

Oldsmobile truck, E. Thomfordt - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Oldsmobile truck, E. Thomfordt - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

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Oldsmobile - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Oldsmobile - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Milan in Oldsmobile - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Milan in Oldsmobile - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Each shell must have proper identification as it travels along the production line. This operation imposes no undue burden on the trained workers of a converted automobile plant where the shells are being made. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Each shell must have proper identification as it travels along the pro...

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Since the days of early American gunsmiths, our arms manufacturers have taken pride in the quality of their work. Today, a skilled worker in a converted auto plant feels that same pride as he bores a machine gun barrel for Air Corps. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Since the days of early Ame...

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A line of forges that seem endless is turning out a stream of shells that is endless. The auto manufacturing plant that used these same forges for car parts is now on a full wartime production basis. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

A line of forges that seem endless is turning out a stream of shells t...

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The coach was once king of the road -- now it's the Oldsmobile

The coach was once king of the road -- now it's the Oldsmobile

Advertisement for Oldsmobile. (DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Early automobiles - Oldsmobile Co. truck

Early automobiles - Oldsmobile Co. truck

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Day and night, the conversion of a big auto manufacturing plant to the production of machine guns for the Air Corps continues without letup until the job is done. Electricians extending power lines are often among the first at the new machine locations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Day and night, the conversi...

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A big auto plant changes over to the production of machine guns for the Air Corps. Electricians begin running power lines to the new machine locations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A big auto plant changes ov...

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Oldsmobile Sales Co., Scottish Rite

Oldsmobile Sales Co., Scottish Rite

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Oldsmobile Sales Co., Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.]

Oldsmobile Sales Co., Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.]

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Oldsmobile truck, Emmert Bros. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Oldsmobile truck, Emmert Bros. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

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Milan in Oldsmobile - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Milan in Oldsmobile - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. American power in the air grows rapidly as machine guns of the finest quality pour from production lines to arm the planes that are coming steadily from other lines. These guns, entirely completed and ready to fire, await shipment from the large converted auto plant which made them. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. American power in the air g...

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Oldsmobile Sales Co., State War & Navy truck

Oldsmobile Sales Co., State War & Navy truck

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Oldsmobile Sales Co., speedway, [Washington monument in background]

Oldsmobile Sales Co., speedway, [Washington monument in background]

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Oldsmobile Sales Co., Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.]

Oldsmobile Sales Co., Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.]

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Oldsmobile Sales Co., amphitheater, Arlington, [Virginia]

Oldsmobile Sales Co., amphitheater, Arlington, [Virginia]

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Oldsmobile truck, Dyer Bros., [Washington, D.C.]

Oldsmobile truck, Dyer Bros., [Washington, D.C.]

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. He used to make automobile parts. Now the big auto plant in which he works is using his skill to make machine guns for the Air Corps. After each operation, the gun barrels are racked on trucks for removal to succeeding operations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. He used to make automobile ...

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Early automobiles - [The First Oldsmobile]

Early automobiles - [The First Oldsmobile]

Photograph shows three men sitting inside automobile in forest like area; automobile sits on top of cloth on leaf covered ground. No. 611.

Young Johnnie Steele has an Oldsmobile / Copyright 1907 by Tom M. Phillips.

Young Johnnie Steele has an Oldsmobile / Copyright 1907 by Tom M. Phil...

Photograph showing a man driving an early Oldsmobile automobile. H103632 U.S. Copyright Office. Proof of lantern slide to accompany the song, "In my merry Oldsmobile."

Oldsmobile Sales Co., Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.]

Oldsmobile Sales Co., Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.]

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Oldsmobile Sales Co., Lincoln Memorial, [Washington, D.C.]

Oldsmobile Sales Co., Lincoln Memorial, [Washington, D.C.]

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Oldsmobile Co., Pan Am. Union, [Washington, D.C.]

Oldsmobile Co., Pan Am. Union, [Washington, D.C.]

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Early automobiles - Oldsmobile - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Early automobiles - Oldsmobile - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

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War production drive poster. In addition to posters furnished by the War Production Board (WPB), the Oldsmobile plant created its own series of posters to stimulate production. Those with good earthy humor like this were the most effective

War production drive poster. In addition to posters furnished by the W...

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A former automotive worker in a converted auto plant sights through the precision-made breech of a machine gun for the Air Corps. One of thousands of examples of the way American enterprise threw its technical skill and its tremendous mass production facilities behind the war production drive. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A former automotive worker ...

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Oldsmobile Sales Co., Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.]

Oldsmobile Sales Co., Rock Creek Park, [Washington, D.C.]

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Oldsmobile Sales Co., Library [of Congress, Washington, D.C.]

Oldsmobile Sales Co., Library [of Congress, Washington, D.C.]

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Oldsmobile Sales Co. window - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Oldsmobile Sales Co. window - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

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Fannie Brice in Oldsmobile - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Fannie Brice in Oldsmobile - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Tidiness and order contribute to plant morale and efficiency. A former auto plant now turning out machine guns is straining every resource to get top production, but it still keeps the maintenance men busy cleaning and painting the building and equipment. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Tidiness and order contribu...

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A huge forge hammer in an automobile plant is converted to war work. The importance of the auto in American life is proving to be tremendous advantage as the the great automotive plants pool their resources in the mightiest war production effort the world has ever seen. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

A huge forge hammer in an automobile plant is converted to war work. T...

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A grinding operation on the breech of a machine gun for the Air Corps. The adaptability of grinding machines to this work helped speed the conversion of the auto factory which is now making these guns. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A grinding operation on the...

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Their brawn and their skill serve democracy in the forge plant of an automobile factory now working full capacity on production of shells for the Army. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Their brawn and their skill serve democracy in the forge plant of an a...

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America's huge production machine is really rolling now. A plant that was producing a popular car a short time ago is now operating even more efficiently on the manufacture of shells for the Army. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

America's huge production machine is really rolling now. A plant that ...

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In a big automobile plant changing over to production of shells, this "Cat Skinner" (tractor operator) was kept busy for some time pulling, turning and bulldozing machines into new location. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

In a big automobile plant changing over to production of shells, this ...

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A number of forging operations are required to produce a shell for the Army. Experienced auto plant workers do this work as efficiently as they did parts for the family car. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

A number of forging operations are required to produce a shell for the...

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Oldsmobile (Mr. Wilburn D. Thomas), [in front of Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.]

Oldsmobile (Mr. Wilburn D. Thomas), [in front of Lincoln Memorial, Was...

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. The conversion of a big auto manufacturing plant to production of machine guns for the Air Corps continues without letup until the job is done. Electricians extending power lines are often among the first at the new machine locations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. The conversion of a big aut...

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War production drive poster. The terrible urgency of time in war production is emphasized by this display in the Oldsmobile plant, where an effective labor-management committee is conducting a war production drive

War production drive poster. The terrible urgency of time in war produ...

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War production drive. There's nothing like a slogan to get a whole plant singing with production. There is no better way to crystallize the fighting spirit of a group of men. Almost every labor-management committee has held or is planning a slogan contest in connection with the war production drive. This picture shows workmen in the Oldsmobile plant depositing entries for a slogan contest

War production drive. There's nothing like a slogan to get a whole pla...

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Oldsmobile Sales Co., interior - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Oldsmobile Sales Co., interior - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

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Christmas window display at an unidentified Oldsmobile dealer's, probably in Washington, D.C.

Christmas window display at an unidentified Oldsmobile dealer's, proba...

Car coming into living room through fireplace hung with stockings. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Business Activities. National Photo Company Collec... More

A husky upsetter and a forge that was turning out automobile parts a short time ago is one of the many combinations of skilled worker and efficient machine that keep the shells pouring in a steady stream from a converted auto plant. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

A husky upsetter and a forge that was turning out automobile parts a s...

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Oldsmobile [in front of Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.]

Oldsmobile [in front of Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.]

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Another machine is skidded into place in a converted auto plant to swell the production of machine guns for the Air Corps. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Another machine is skidded ...

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A big automobile plant, now entirely on war production, has a well-equipped department for the finishing of breeches for Air Corps machine guns. Milling, grinding and other machine operations are handled as expertly as in the days when the plant was making automobile parts. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A big automobile plant, now...

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Early automobiles - Oldsmobile Co., interior

Early automobiles - Oldsmobile Co., interior

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Caravan - Oldsmobile - A group of cars parked in a parking lot

Caravan - Oldsmobile - A group of cars parked in a parking lot

Title and date from log book. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 14363, frame 6. Forms part of: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection.

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. The muzzle break of a machine gun for the Air Corps must be right. An inspector in a big auto plant now converted to war work examines each piece as it travels down the production line. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. The muzzle break of a machi...

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Another machine is skidded into place in a converted auto plant to swell the production of machine guns for the Air Corps. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Another machine is skidded ...

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Oldsmobile Sales Co., interior - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Oldsmobile Sales Co., interior - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

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Oldsmobile Sales Co., Capitol, [Washington, D.C.]

Oldsmobile Sales Co., Capitol, [Washington, D.C.]

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Oldsmobile Sales Co., Soldiers Home, [Washington, D.C.]

Oldsmobile Sales Co., Soldiers Home, [Washington, D.C.]

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The coach was once king of the road -- now it's the Oldsmobile

The coach was once king of the road -- now it's the Oldsmobile

Advertisement for Oldsmobile. (DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Stock for machine gun barrels is checked in as well-known automobile plant turns its manufacturing facilities over to the Air Force. American industry is on the way to war production records that will amaze the world. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Stock for machine gun barre...

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America's automobile industry changes over to war production. A huge forge hammer which formerly made parts for a well-known car is being converted for producing ammunition. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

America's automobile industry changes over to war production. A huge f...

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When an automobile plant changes over to war production much of the regular plant equipment is ready for use without changes. This big grinding machine, for example, is just as adaptable to shell output as to automobile manufacture. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

When an automobile plant changes over to war production much of the re...

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The good machines of America's arsenal of democracy must have good men to work them. The power hammer that forges shells for the Army is operated by experienced hammer-smiths who, a short time ago, were turning out parts for a well-known American automobile. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

The good machines of America's arsenal of democracy must have good men...

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Just as the "long rifle" of the American pioneer was the world's best gun of its day, so the machine guns of our modern air force must be better than any other. Shaping a machine gun barrel is exacting work, but the precision techniques of a former auto plant readily handle the job. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Just as the "long rifle" of...

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