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Parachute jumping - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Parachute jumping - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The water stretching machine of an eastern parachute manufacturer stretches shroud lines so as to make them more adaptable to the finished product, Manchester, Conn.

The water stretching machine of an eastern parachute manufacturer stre...

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Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Picture of a man doing a good job. He's one of Uncle Sam's student paratroopers at Fort Benning, Georgia, but the way he's getting his chute under contol would do credit to an old timer. A few minutes ago this man bailed out of a high-speed plane at a point calculated to bring him to the spot where he is landing. Good work, soldier

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Picture of a man doing a good job. He'...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Parachute making. This machine, operated by Joyce Puopolo, sews four parachute canopy seams at one time. Before joining the war production army, Miss Puopolo was a motorcycle stunt rider in Hollywood. Her husband, who also worked in movie thrillers, is now at a naval air base. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. This machine, operated by Joyce Puopolo,...

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

Repairman working on a sewing machine at the Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California

Repairman working on a sewing machine at the Pacific Parachute Company...

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

Mitchell Field. Eagle ready for battle. An American pursuit pilot in combat gear is all set to climb into his plane. His flying equipment includes a combined oxygen mask and throat-type microphone, headphones, parachute and Mae West life jacket

Mitchell Field. Eagle ready for battle. An American pursuit pilot in c...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Putting the shrouds into a pilot parachute at the Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California

Putting the shrouds into a pilot parachute at the Pacific Parachute Co...

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

Mitchell Field. Eagle poised for flight. An American pursuit pilot makes the final adjustment of his parachute just before the takeoff

Mitchell Field. Eagle poised for flight. An American pursuit pilot mak...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Parachute making. Married only two weeks when her husband went into the air corps, Mary Saverick makes parachute harnesses for him and all the other husbands and brothers in the corps. "He's doing all he can to help win the war," she says, "it's only right that I should, too." Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. Married only two weeks when her husband ...

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

Warner Robins, Georgia. Air Service Command, Robins Field. Parachute men of an air depot group inspecting a parachute

Warner Robins, Georgia. Air Service Command, Robins Field. Parachute m...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

MacDill Air Force Base, Parachute Building, 2700 Eagle Staff Court, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Parachute Building, 2700 Eagle Staff Court, Ta...

Significance: The Parachute Building, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, is an integral part of the MacDill Air Force Base's historic character. ... More

Coney Island, Parachute Jump, Coney Island, Kings County, NY

Coney Island, Parachute Jump, Coney Island, Kings County, NY

Survey number: HAER NY-344 Building/structure dates: 1939 Initial Construction

Parachute descent - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Parachute descent - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex.

Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, ...

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

Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command base sixteen miles from Detroit, Michigan. Lieutenant Benton selecting his parachute from the locker room

Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command...

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Sergeant Tony Gaudiello, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, somewhere in the European war theater, inspecting the contents of the kit which fits into the back pad of a parachute. It contains, among other things, concentrated food, emergency ration, a frying pan, knife, lighter, compass, bullets, gloves, and insecticide in a compact form

Sergeant Tony Gaudiello, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, somewhere in the ...

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

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Look at that boy come, riding a chute like an oldtimer. A student paratrooper at Fort Benning, Georgia has wind currents to think about, and he has his mind on the spot where he wants to land. He's learning to make the kind of a landfall he wants

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Look at that boy come, riding a chute ...

Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Parachute making. With two aunts and an uncle in occupied France, Mrs. Delia Raymond makes careful inspection of flare parachutes which she hopes will help free her relatives. Of her work she says, "I like it. It's something so vital--it means so much and is so interesting. The country needs these parachutes, and I'm proud to be able to help make them. We keep hoping all the world will be free someday." Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. With two aunts and an uncle in occupied ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Toy factory. Lucille Ciecko is one of the thousands of workers turning their skill today to the production of vital parts of Uncle Sam's war machine. Here she is shown at her peacetime work, drilling castings for toy locomotives in a large Eastern plant. Today she uses the same press, with different drills, to make the holes in parachute flare casings through which wires are inserted. A. C. Gilbert Company, New Haven, Connecticut

Conversion. Toy factory. Lucille Ciecko is one of the thousands of wor...

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

[Black fighter pilot series--pilot with parachute room in background, Ramitelli, Italy]

[Black fighter pilot series--pilot with parachute room in background, ...

Photograph shows: Pilot Newman C. Golden, Cincinnati, Oh, Class 44-G, scanning the skies, with parachute room in background, Ramitelli, Italy. (Source: Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group pilots.) Toni Frissell... More

Albrook Air Force Station, Parachute & Armament Building, 200 feet north of Andrews Boulevard, Balboa, Former Panama Canal Zone, CZ

Albrook Air Force Station, Parachute & Armament Building, 200 feet nor...

Survey number: HABS CZ-10-D

Albrook Air Force Station, Parachute & Armament Building, 200 feet north of Andrews Boulevard, Balboa, Former Panama Canal Zone, CZ

Albrook Air Force Station, Parachute & Armament Building, 200 feet nor...

Survey number: HABS CZ-10-D

Albrook Air Force Station, Parachute & Armament Building, 200 feet north of Andrews Boulevard, Balboa, Former Panama Canal Zone, CZ

Albrook Air Force Station, Parachute & Armament Building, 200 feet nor...

Survey number: HABS CZ-10-D Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Le premier parachute de Jacques Garnerin, essayé par lui-même au parc de Mousseaux, le 22 octobre 1797]

[Le premier parachute de Jacques Garnerin, essayé par lui-même au parc...

Three technical illustrations show "Calotte du parachute" (crown of deployed parachute); "Parachute ployé, à l'instant du départe" (release from ascending balloon); and "Parachute déployé, à l'instant de la sép... More

Expérience du parachûte. Le 1er Brumaire an 6 (22 octobre 1797. v.f.) à 5h. 28m. du soir, le citoyen Garnerin, s'éleva à ballon perdu au parc de Monceau ... / Simon Petit, peintre, del. sculp.

Expérience du parachûte. Le 1er Brumaire an 6 (22 octobre 1797. v.f.) ...

Print shows André Jacques Garnerin, first man to descend in a parachute, standing in the gondola of his parachute waving a French flag after release from his balloon (shown deflated at left). His balloon had as... More

Parachute jump - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Parachute jump - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Final check, weather device. Washington, D.C., Sept. 13. L.L. Stockman, also of the Bureau of Standards, Radium Division, uses a wave meter to check the radiometeorograph before attaching it to the parachute and the balloon. When the inflated bag breaks, which it usually does after several hours flying, the instrument is parachuted to the ground. Many times the instrument is found and returned to the bureau. The radiometeorograph contains two radio tubes, a miniature dry cell battery and devices which record and send the weather signals which, in turn, are recorded on a chronograph in Dr. Astin's bood [?] radio room.

Final check, weather device. Washington, D.C., Sept. 13. L.L. Stockman...

A black and white photo of a man holding a camera. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. experts test weather device. Washington, D.C., Sept. 13. Scientists of the National Bureau of Standards today conducted a test of the new radiometeorograph, a device attached to parachute and balloon and sent into the skies to radio back signals giving the pressure, temperature and humidity of the upper air. Preparing the balloon for the ascension are Dr. L.V. Astin, (left) of the Bureau's Electrical Division, and Dr. L.F. Curtiss, head of the Radium Division. The balloon carries the instrument as high as 50,000 or 60,000 feet. 9 to 11 miles high. Today's test was conducted for the U.S. Weather Bureau. 9/13/37

U.S. experts test weather device. Washington, D.C., Sept. 13. Scientis...

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Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex.

Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Parachute making. The importance of proper folding and rigging of parachutes is well known to Adeline Gray, an employee of an Eastern plant, and herself a licensed rigger parachute jumper. Last summer she made the first jump in the first nylon parachute. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. The importance of proper folding and rig...

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

Mitchell Field. Eagle ready for battle. An American pursuit pilot in combat gear is all set to climb into his plane. His flying equipment includes a combined oxygen mask and throat-type microphone, headphones, parachute and Mae West life jacket

Mitchell Field. Eagle ready for battle. An American pursuit pilot in c...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Look at that boy come riding a chute like an oldtimer. A student paratrooper at Fort Benning, Georgia has wind currents to think about, and he has his mind on the spot where he wants to land. He's learning to make the kind of landfall he wants

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Look at that boy come riding a chute l...

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

Buckling on a parachute. Lake Muroc, California

Buckling on a parachute. Lake Muroc, California

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Parachute making. There is far more to hemming this parachute than running the sewing machine. The operator must match pencil marks on the braid with pencil marks on the seams to turn out infallible parachutes for men in the Air Force. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. There is far more to hemming this parach...

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

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Ready to make port. A student paratrooper at Fort Benning, Georgia who bailed out of a plane a few minutes ago is about ready to take the ground and perform the little chore of getting his chute under control

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Ready to make port. A student paratroo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Instructor explaining operation of parachute to student pilots. Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Texas

Instructor explaining operation of parachute to student pilots. Meacha...

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

Twelve Navy pilots make parachute jump from [...] plane. Scene at the Naval Air Station in Washington today as twelve Naval officers and enlisted men jumped simultaneously from a Navy plane, as a part of nationwide celebration of Navy Day. This picture was snapped shortly after the men jumped from the plane

Twelve Navy pilots make parachute jump from [...] plane. Scene at the ...

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Production. Parachute making. What at first seems to be a department store lingerie counter is actually pilot chutes lined up for inspection at an Eastern parachute factory. A pilot chute is hooked up to every parachute. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. What at first seems to be a department s...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Good work! A student paratrooper at Fort Benning, Georgia is about to land in a big clear space and he's all set to take the ground in the most approved paratrooper style

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Good work! A student paratrooper at Fo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Parachute making. First-generation Americans whose parents represent Italy, Greece, and England, these three girls work side by side at the punching machine in an Eastern parachute factory. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. First-generation Americans whose parents...

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Working on the hems of a pilot parachute at the Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California

Working on the hems of a pilot parachute at the Pacific Parachute Comp...

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

Instructor explaining operation of parachute to student pilots. Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Texas

Instructor explaining operation of parachute to student pilots. Meacha...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Good work! A student paratrooper at Fort Benning, Georgia is about to land in a big, clear space and he's all set to take the ground in the most approved paratrooper style

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Good work! A student paratrooper at Fo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Edwards Air Force Base, North Base, Parachute Drying Pit, Near Second & D Streets, Boron, Kern County, CA

Edwards Air Force Base, North Base, Parachute Drying Pit, Near Second ...

Survey number: HAER CA-170-JJ Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

San Diego, California, Pacific Parachute Company. Inspector of the Standard Parachute Company and "Skippy" Smith, manager of the Pacific Parachute (subcontractor of Standard Parachute), at the final inspection of pilot parachutes

San Diego, California, Pacific Parachute Company. Inspector of the Sta...

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

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Good work! A student paratrooper at Fort Benning, Georgia is about to land in a big, clear space, and he's all set to take the ground in the most approved style

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Good work! A student paratrooper at Fo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Toy factory. From toy trains to parachute flare casings is the work history of Stephanie Cewe, whose skill with this electric screwdriver has been turned to the aid of Uncle Sam's war machine. Then Stephanie used to assemble toy locomotives; today, she uses the same screwdriver to assemble flare casings. A. C. Gilbert Company, New Haven, Connecticut

Conversion. Toy factory. From toy trains to parachute flare casings is...

Public domain photograph of electric locomotive, electrified railroads, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Parachute making. Parachutes, back from a test flight, are inspected in this manner in an Eastern plant. A certain percentage of all parachutes produced are dropped from planes, then returned to the plant for inspection. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. Parachutes, back from a test flight, are...

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

Lunch hour at the Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California

Lunch hour at the Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California

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

Production. Parachute making. Rolls of silk, destined for action as parachutes for the U.S. Air Force, shown here on the laying-out and cutting table of an Eastern manufacturing plant. The folder machine folds layer upon layer of silk for the cutting operation. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. Rolls of silk, destined for action as pa...

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

Production. Parachute making. A strong seam for a parachute that will see a lot of action is being made as this operator in an Eastern factory does zig-zag stitching with her machine. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. A strong seam for a parachute that will ...

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

Conversion. Toy factory. From toy trains to parachute flare casings is the work history of Stephanie Cewe, whose skill with this electric screwdriver has been turned to the aid of Uncle Sam's war machine. Then Stephanie used to assemble toy locomotives, today, she uses the same screwdriver to assemble flare casings. A. C. Gilbert Company, New Haven, Connecticut

Conversion. Toy factory. From toy trains to parachute flare casings is...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lunch hour at the Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California

Lunch hour at the Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California

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

Conversion. Toy factory. The hands of Lucille Ciecko, worker in a New England plant, tells the story of conversion in its simpler aspects. Lucille used to drill casings for toy locomotives. Here she is changing the drill on her press, about to begin the more vital work of today--drilling holes for wires in parachute flare casing. Not all conversion is as simple as this, but thousands of machines used in our peacetime industrial program are now being retooled and changed over to war work. A. C. Gilbert Company, New Haven, Connecticut

Conversion. Toy factory. The hands of Lucille Ciecko, worker in a New ...

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

Production. Parachute making. This machine, operated by Joyce Puopolo, sews four parachute canopy seams at one time. Before joining the war production army, Miss Puopolo was a motorcycle stunt rider in Hollywood. Her husband, who also worked in movie thrillers, is now at a naval air base. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. This machine, operated by Joyce Puopolo,...

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Albrook Air Force Station, Parachute & Armament Building, 200 feet north of Andrews Boulevard, Balboa, Former Panama Canal Zone, CZ

Albrook Air Force Station, Parachute & Armament Building, 200 feet nor...

Survey number: HABS CZ-10-D

Albrook Air Force Station, Parachute & Armament Building, 200 feet north of Andrews Boulevard, Balboa, Former Panama Canal Zone, CZ

Albrook Air Force Station, Parachute & Armament Building, 200 feet nor...

Survey number: HABS CZ-10-D

Albrook Air Force Station, Parachute & Armament Building, 200 feet north of Andrews Boulevard, Balboa, Former Panama Canal Zone, CZ

Albrook Air Force Station, Parachute & Armament Building, 200 feet nor...

Survey number: HABS CZ-10-D

Aviators, College Park, Md. July 1, 1919, Parachute experiments

Aviators, College Park, Md. July 1, 1919, Parachute experiments

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The four freedoms. Let'er rip, and carefree couples glide earthward from the top of Coney Island's famous parachute jump. Not shown are the milling crowds below, who enjoy the carefree screams of the people on the chutes as much as the brave chutists themselves

The four freedoms. Let'er rip, and carefree couples glide earthward fr...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ferris wheel, luna park, attractions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. Soaking raw silk to be used in making parachute cloth and shroud lines. In order to obtain the best results in subsequent operations, it is necessary that the silk be treated in a soaking bath. The still, or non-agitated method, is being used in this instance

Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. Soaking raw silk to be used i...

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.

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Uncle Sam picks a high type of man for a parachute infantryman. This student paratrooper at Fort Benning, Goergia has just completed a descent of which any oldtimer would be proud

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Uncle Sam picks a high type of man for...

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

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Picture of a man doing a good job. He's one of Uncle Sam's student paratroopers at Fort Benning, Georgia, but the way he's getting his chute under control would be credit to an oldtimer. A few minutes ago this man bailed out of a high-speed plane at a point calculated to bring him to the spot where he is landing. Good work, soldier

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Picture of a man doing a good job. He'...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Benning. Tommy gunners, parachute troops. American sky troops. Paratroopers who have just bailed out of planes go into action as soon as they reach the ground. While the last man down is still unbuckling his chute, two comrades go into action with their tommy guns

Fort Benning. Tommy gunners, parachute troops. American sky troops. Pa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Picture of a man doing a good job. He's one of Uncle Sam's student paratroopers at Fort Benning, Georgia, but the way he's getting his chute under contol would do credit to an old timer. A few minutes ago this man bailed out of a high-speed plane at a point calculated to bring him to the spot where he is landing. Good work, soldier

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Picture of a man doing a good job. He'...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Parachute making. German-born Reinhard Lehman left his family in charge of his farm so that he could make these parachute harnesses in an Eastern plant. One of his sons is in the Marines, a nephew is in the Army. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. German-born Reinhard Lehman left his fam...

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Instructor explaining operation of parachute to student pilots. Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Texas

Instructor explaining operation of parachute to student pilots. Meacha...

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Production. Parachute making. What a boomerang these shroud lines may turn out to be! Made partly from Japanese silk, they are being layed out for marking and cutting. The marker is Charles Baggott, at one time an English butler at the British Embassy in Washington. The parachutes he is helping to produce hold a personal interest for him since his mother and four sisters are in England and his brother is a Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot instructor in Canada. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. What a boomerang these shroud lines may ...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Fort Benning. Tommy gunners, parachute troops. An American paratrooper and his Tommy gun go into action as soon as they reach the ground

Fort Benning. Tommy gunners, parachute troops. An American paratrooper...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military person with a firearm, machine gun, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Instructor explaining operation of parachute to students. Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Texas

Instructor explaining operation of parachute to students. Meacham Fiel...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. Warping nylon threads for use in the making of parachute cloth in an Eastern plant. This picture shows the threads coming from the nylon spools to the warping machine. The number of threads is 1,000. When one thread breaks, an electric switch stops the operation of all the machines. This woman, of German descent, has a son in the U.S. Army

Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. Warping nylon threads for use...

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Conversion. Toy factory. These two girls, Stephanie Cewe and Ann Manemeit, have turned their skill from peacetime production of toy trains to the assembling of parachute flare casings for the armies of democracy. Along with other workers in this Eastern plant, they have turned their skill to the vital needs of the day, and in many cases have seen to it that the machinery they used to use does Uncle Sam's most important work today. Stephanie, left, is assembling toy locomotives, driving screws and nuts with an electric screwdriver, while Ann is at her peacetime job assembling locomotive housings to their chassis. Today both girls are working with electric screwdrivers, assembling parachute flare casings. A. C. Gilbert Company, New Haven, Connecticut

Conversion. Toy factory. These two girls, Stephanie Cewe and Ann Manem...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Hanging a parachute up to dry at the 35th service squadron of the 25th service group

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Hanging a parachute u...

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Albrook Air Force Station, Parachute & Armament Building, 200 feet north of Andrews Boulevard, Balboa, Former Panama Canal Zone, CZ

Albrook Air Force Station, Parachute & Armament Building, 200 feet nor...

Survey number: HABS CZ-10-D

MacDill Air Force Base, Parachute Building, 2700 Eagle Staff Court, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Parachute Building, 2700 Eagle Staff Court, Ta...

Significance: The Parachute Building, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, is an integral part of the MacDill Air Force Base's historic character. ... More

[Balloon with parachute and propellers, associated with Francesco Orlandi, flying over a town harbor and spectators, possibly during an ascent in Italy between 1820 and 1850]

[Balloon with parachute and propellers, associated with Francesco Orla...

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Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, Meacham field, Fort Worth, Tex.

Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, ...

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Instructor explaining the operation of the parachute to students, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex.

Instructor explaining the operation of the parachute to students, Meac...

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The utmost precision is required of these operators who are cutting and drilling parachute packs in an eastern factory, Manchester, Conn. Their work is under constant close supervision. Pioneer Parchute Company

The utmost precision is required of these operators who are cutting an...

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Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Uncle Sam picks a high type of man for a parachute infantryman. This student paratrooper at Fort Benning, Goergia has just completed a descent of which any oldtimer would be proud

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Uncle Sam picks a high type of man for...

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Production. Parachute making. These women sew yards of silk together into flare parachutes, a task which requires just as much care and skill as does working on parachutes that will bear men. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. These women sew yards of silk together i...

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Mitchell Field. Eagle ready for battle. An American pursuit pilot in combat gear is all set to climb into his plane. His flying equipment includes a combined oxygen mask and throat-type microphone, headphones, parachute and Mae West life jacket

Mitchell Field. Eagle ready for battle. An American pursuit pilot in c...

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Production. Parachute making. The importance of proper folding and rigging of parachutes is well known to Adeline Gray, an employee of an Eastern plant, and herself a licensed rigger parachute jumper. Last summer she made the first jump in the first nylon parachute. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. The importance of proper folding and rig...

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Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. A warping machine for preparing nylon threads for the making of parachute cloth in an Eastern plant. This is one of the largest machines of highest speed in the country. It carries one thousand spools of nylon in its rack

Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. A warping machine for prepari...

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Fort Benning paratroopers. The infantry of the skies. Paratroopers in training at Fort Benning, Georgia on their way to Earth to perform precise missions that will prepare them for the real tasks of war

Fort Benning paratroopers. The infantry of the skies. Paratroopers in ...

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Workroom of the Pacific Parachute Company, manufacturers of pilot parachutes. San Diego, California

Workroom of the Pacific Parachute Company, manufacturers of pilot para...

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Mitchell Field. Eagle ready for battle. An American pursuit pilot in combat gear climbs into his plane. His flying equipment includes a combined oxygen mask and throat-type microphone, headphones, parachute and Mae West life jacket

Mitchell Field. Eagle ready for battle. An American pursuit pilot in c...

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Chas. H. Kabrich, the only bike-chute aeronaut novel and thrilling, bicycle parachute act in mid-air.

Chas. H. Kabrich, the only bike-chute aeronaut novel and thrilling, bi...

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[Technical illustration shows four stages of André Garnerin's parachute: apparatus for inflating a balloon with hydrogen, a balloon in flight, parachute attached to ascending balloon, and parachute deployed in descent] / Fauchery, del. et sc.

[Technical illustration shows four stages of André Garnerin's parachut...

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Parachute Jump from SHENANDOAH blimp

Parachute Jump from SHENANDOAH blimp

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World's Fair. Life Savers parachute tower

World's Fair. Life Savers parachute tower

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Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. Silk parachute cloth is washed in an Eastern plant in this continuous machine, following a de-gumming process. Some of this silk, which came from Japan, may pay a surprise visit on its place of origin

Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. Silk parachute cloth is washe...

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Production. Parachute making. A strong seam for a parachute that will see a lot of action is being made as this operator in an Eastern factory does zig-zag stitching with her machine. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. A strong seam for a parachute that will ...

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. Parachute cloth and shrouds. These machines in an Eastern plant braid pure silk shroud lines for parachutes. Much of this silk, which came from Japan, may pay a surprise visit on its place of origin

Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. These machines in an Eastern ...

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Fort Benning paratroopers. The infantry of the skies. Paratroopers in training at Fort Benning, Georgia on their way to Earth to perform precise missions that will prepare them for the real tasks of war

Fort Benning paratroopers. The infantry of the skies. Paratroopers in ...

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Employees of the Pacific Parachute Company checking in for work. San Diego, California

Employees of the Pacific Parachute Company checking in for work. San D...

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Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. The quilling operation, early in the making of parachute cloth, consists of winding the fine nylon thread from spools onto small quills. The threads will later be woven into the parachute cloth

Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. The quilling operation, early...

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Employees of the Pacific Parachute Company, checking in for work. San Diego, California

Employees of the Pacific Parachute Company, checking in for work. San ...

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Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Parachutist in a military demonstration

Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Parachutist in a military demonstration

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"Here's where your parachute came from," Deena Clark, civilian defense volunteer tells Technical Sergeant Leo Matkins of the Army Air Corps. The worn out nylon stockings in this barrel full of salvaged stockings will be reprocessed and made into parachutes for army fliers, tow ropes for glider planes and other war material. The worn out silk stockings return to service as powder bags for the Army's big guns. The collection is typical of the thousands of salvage stations in retail stores throughout the country, which have collected 626,127 pounds of old silk and nylon stockings in three months. The campaign is directed by local salvage committees

"Here's where your parachute came from," Deena Clark, civilian defense...

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