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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...

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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...

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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...

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Making harnesses, Mary Saverick stitching, Pioneer Parachute Company Mills, Manchester, Conn.

Making harnesses, Mary Saverick stitching, Pioneer Parachute Company M...

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An employee of the Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California

An employee of the Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California

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Working on the main seams of pilot parachutes, Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California. A double-needle sewing machine is used

Working on the main seams of pilot parachutes, Pacific Parachute Compa...

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Negro, Mexican, and white girls are employed at the Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California

Negro, Mexican, and white girls are employed at the Pacific Parachute ...

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Production. Parachute making. Not taking a tuck in a wedding gown but sewing up a seam of a flare parachute! This is a joining operation in which sixteen panels, or gores, of the parachute are sewn together. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. Not taking a tuck in a wedding gown but ...

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Hemming a pilot parachute on a double needle sewing machine at the Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California

Hemming a pilot parachute on a double needle sewing machine at the Pac...

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Office of the Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California

Office of the Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California

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Laying out pilot parachute on the inspection table at the Pacific Parachute Company, San Diego, California

Laying out pilot parachute on the inspection table at the Pacific Para...

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Production. Parachute making. Mother of a sergeant in the Army, wife of a World War I veteran, Mrs. Emilia Gworek is a soldier in her own right. Here she sews parachute seams during the night shift of an Eastern plant. In the daytime, she is active in Red Cross work and is president of her American Legion Auxiliary. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. Mother of a sergeant in the Army, wife o...

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Repairman for the sewing machines at the Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California

Repairman for the sewing machines at the Pacific Parachute Company. Sa...

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"Skippy" Smith, manager, watching one of the girls working on a pilot parachute at the Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California

"Skippy" Smith, manager, watching one of the girls working on a pilot ...

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Mexican girl inspecting the shrouds or briddle of a pilot parachute made at the Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California

Mexican girl inspecting the shrouds or briddle of a pilot parachute ma...

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Chief inspector of the Standard Parachute Company and "Skippy" Smith, manager of the Pacific Parachute Company, examining a pilot parachute. San Diego, California

Chief inspector of the Standard Parachute Company and "Skippy" Smith, ...

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Production. Parachute making. Not gowns for a bal, but chutes for a fall are these yards and yards of silk, here being stitched together in an Eastern parachute manufacturing plant. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. Not gowns for a bal, but chutes for a fa...

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Production. Parachute making. Final inspection of flare parachutes is as important to this worker as inspection of parachutes that will carry "live cargo." Location: an Eastern parachute plant. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. Final inspection of flare parachutes is ...

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Production. Parachute making. Doing her part, as her brother in the Navy is doing his, this operator is assembling packs for parachutes in an Eastern plant. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. Doing her part, as her brother in the Na...

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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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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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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...

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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...

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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...

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

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

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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

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

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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 ...

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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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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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...

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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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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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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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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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Conversion. Toy factory. Stephanie Cewe and Ann Manemeit, have turned their skill from peacetime production of toy trains to the assembly 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. Here, they are assembling parachute flare casings, using the same electric screwdrivers they formerly used to assemble the locomotives of toy trains. A. C. Gilbert Company, New Haven, Connecticut

Conversion. Toy factory. Stephanie Cewe and Ann Manemeit, have turned ...

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

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

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Production. Parachute making. Two of her brothers are in the Army, two brothers are World War I veterans. Perhaps that's why Bonnie Bonness finds attaching shroud cords to parachute straps in this Eastern factory more important than her former profession: dancing in New York's Greenwich Village nightclubs. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. Two of her brothers are in the Army, two...

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Putting in the shrouds of a pilot parachute manufactured by the Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California

Putting in the shrouds of a pilot parachute manufactured by the Pacifi...

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Production. Parachute making. The utmost precision is required of these operators who are cutting and drilling parachute packs in an Eastern factory. Their work is under constant close supervision. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. The utmost precision is required of thes...

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Production. Parachute making. Every stitch on this basting machine means as much to Eva Matties as the parachutes she is sewing may mean to her fiance in the Army. Miss Matties also has two brothers in the service, one stationed at an air base, the other in an aircraft carrier somewhere in the Pacific. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. Every stitch on this basting machine mea...

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Pacific Parachute Company, San Diego, California. Negro, Mexican, and white girls are employed at this plant

Pacific Parachute Company, San Diego, California. Negro, Mexican, and ...

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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. Here she is shown at her former job--assembling locomotives for toy trains. Today she operates the same screwdriver in her assembly work on flare casing. A. C. Gilbert Company, New Haven, Connecticut

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

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Line of sewing machines on which most of the work on the pilot parachutes is done. Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California

Line of sewing machines on which most of the work on the pilot parachu...

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Inspection of the pilot parachute is accomplished by means of transmitted light. Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California

Inspection of the pilot parachute is accomplished by means of transmit...

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Employee tying the knots for the shrouds on a pilot parachute. Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California

Employee tying the knots for the shrouds on a pilot parachute. Pacific...

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Final inspection of pilot parachutes at the Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California

Final inspection of pilot parachutes at the Pacific Parachute Company....

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Marking the parachute where the shrouds are to be rigged. Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California

Marking the parachute where the shrouds are to be rigged. Pacific Para...

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Production. Parachute making. As these two girls thread shroud cords through the material, these yards of silk become more nearly recognizable as one of the parachutes turned out by this Eastern plant. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. As these two girls thread shroud cords t...

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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. Here she is shown at her former job--assembling locomotives for toy trains. Today she operates the same screwdriver in her assembly work on flare casing. A. C. Gilbert Company, New Haven, Connecticut

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

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Production. Parachute making. As Louis Nerkin guides this cutting machine along the pattern lines, these layers of silk come one step nearer completion as parachutes. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. As Louis Nerkin guides this cutting mach...

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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 machines. Today she drills holes in parachute flare casings, using the same press she formerly used to drill castings for toy locomotives. A. C. Gilbert Company, New Haven, Connecticut

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

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An employee of the Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California

An employee of the Pacific Parachute Company. San Diego, California

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Production. Parachute making. Though it looks like a skirt on an ironing board, this is really a parachute stretched over a glass table, upon which it is subjected to rigid inspection. Electric lights underneath the table show up the slightest imperfection. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. Though it looks like a skirt on an ironi...

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

Inspector of the Standard Parachute Company and "Skippy" Smith, manage...

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Skippy Smith, manager of the Pacific Parachute Company, San Diego, California, subcontractors of Standard Parachute Company

Skippy Smith, manager of the Pacific Parachute Company, San Diego, Cal...

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