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Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Installing one of the four engines of a new B-24E (Liberator) bomber on one of the assembly lines of Ford's big Willow Run plant. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Installing one of...

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Production. Airplane propellers. Two-way spider forgings for Hamilton airplane propellers in the rough store department of a Hartford, Connecticut, plant. After precision machining these spiders will hold a two-blade propeller assembly in the hydromatic mechanism that controls the blade pitch during flight

Production. Airplane propellers. Two-way spider forgings for Hamilton ...

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.

Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. Peacetime product of an Eastern manufacturing firm which now produces dies for Democracy. Operating under prime and sub-contracts, this firm makes precision tools, brass quadrants, etc., for Uncle Sam's armed forces. No more soft drink dispensers, orange juicers and game boards will be manufactured here until there's no more Axis. Bristol and Martin Company, New York, New York

Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. Peacetime product of an Easter...

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New York, New York. Class in the use of precision instruments, part of the government-sponsored industrial training program at New York University. Most of the students are women. Testing the angle of a machined part in degrees and minutes with a five-inch sine bar and vernier height gauge, and consulting a table of constants for a five-inch sine bar

New York, New York. Class in the use of precision instruments, part of...

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New York, New York. Industrial training for war work offering to women by New York University under United States Government sponsorship. Former housewife learning to measure objects to a thousandth of an inch with precision instruments

New York, New York. Industrial training for war work offering to women...

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Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounded by New State Road, Unruh Avenue, & Milnor & (Knorr) Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounde...

Significance: Disston Precision, Incorporated, is the last remaining physical and institutional vestige of Henry Disston's Keystone Saw Works. For about a century, Disston saws were among the finest made anywh... More

Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounded by New State Road, Unruh Avenue, & Milnor & (Knorr) Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounde...

Significance: Disston Precision, Incorporated, is the last remaining physical and institutional vestige of Henry Disston's Keystone Saw Works. For about a century, Disston saws were among the finest made anywh... More

Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounded by New State Road, Unruh Avenue, & Milnor & (Knorr) Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounde...

Significance: Disston Precision, Incorporated, is the last remaining physical and institutional vestige of Henry Disston's Keystone Saw Works. For about a century, Disston saws were among the finest made anywh... More

Hamilton Watch Factory. Master precision clock

Hamilton Watch Factory. Master precision clock

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Production. Diesel engines. An inspector at a Midwest plant measures precision parts that will go into diesel engines being made for the Navy

Production. Diesel engines. An inspector at a Midwest plant measures p...

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Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. The half-hour lunch period at Ford's big Willow Run plant is usually spent near one of the sections of the B-24E (Liberator) bombers. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. The half-hour lun...

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Three-inch A.A. cartridge cases. Antiaircraft cartridge cases must be correct in size. A careful gauge inspection assures precision

Three-inch A.A. cartridge cases. Antiaircraft cartridge cases must be ...

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Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. New Liberator (B-24E) bombers await paint jobs after coming off the assembly lines at Ford's big Willow Run plant. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. New Liberator (B-...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Looking down one of the two final assembly lines for B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Ford's big Willow Run plant. Guns and wing tips have not yet been added to the planes in the foreground. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Looking down one ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. Class in the use of precision instruments, part of the government-sponsored industrial training program at New York University. Most of the students are women. Checking the outside diameter of a cast iron face cam to the nearest thousandth of an inch with a five to six inch micrometer caliper

New York, New York. Class in the use of precision instruments, part of...

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Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounded by New State Road, Unruh Avenue, & Milnor & (Knorr) Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounde...

Significance: Disston Precision, Incorporated, is the last remaining physical and institutional vestige of Henry Disston's Keystone Saw Works. For about a century, Disston saws were among the finest made anywh... More

Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounded by New State Road, Unruh Avenue, & Milnor & (Knorr) Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounde...

Significance: Disston Precision, Incorporated, is the last remaining physical and institutional vestige of Henry Disston's Keystone Saw Works. For about a century, Disston saws were among the finest made anywh... More

Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounded by New State Road, Unruh Avenue, & Milnor & (Knorr) Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounde...

Significance: Disston Precision, Incorporated, is the last remaining physical and institutional vestige of Henry Disston's Keystone Saw Works. For about a century, Disston saws were among the finest made anywh... More

Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounded by New State Road, Unruh Avenue, & Milnor & (Knorr) Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounde...

Significance: Disston Precision, Incorporated, is the last remaining physical and institutional vestige of Henry Disston's Keystone Saw Works. For about a century, Disston saws were among the finest made anywh... More

Women aircraft workers. Precision assembly at a West Coast aircraft factory. A leadman explains the use of wiring jigs in making up assembly to three of the plant's attractive young war workers. Lockhead

Women aircraft workers. Precision assembly at a West Coast aircraft fa...

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Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Looking down one of the two final assembly lines for B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Ford's big Willow Run plant. Guns and wing tips have not yet been added to the planes in the foreground. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Looking down one ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Story coast defense. A job requiring skill and precision: this Fort Story soldier operates the elevation handwheel of a long shore gun. When he receives range specificaton through his earphones, he turns the wheel until the range appears on the gun's range gun

Fort Story coast defense. A job requiring skill and precision: this Fo...

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

Parris Island. Marine Corps barrage balloons. Setting up balloon barrages is just another chore for the versatile marines. Special units in training at Parris Island, South Carolina handle the big bag with customary marine snap and precision

Parris Island. Marine Corps barrage balloons. Setting up balloon barra...

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Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. The nose of a new B-24E (Liberator) bomber, just off the assembly line and paint shop at Ford's big Willow Run plant, and now ready for its test flights. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. The nose of a new...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Looking up one of the assembly lines at Ford's big Willow Run plant, where B-24E (Liberator) bombers are being made in great numbers. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Looking up one of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Looking down one of the two final assembly lines for B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Ford's big Willow Run plant. Guns and wing tips have not yet been added to the planes in the foreground. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Looking down one ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in essential services. Ethel Peterson, twenty-seven, an expert lift-truck operator at the Paraffine Company in Emeryville, California. Her job demands manual skill and excellent driving judgement, for sharp curves must be rounded and the cargo must be handled with precision and speed at all times

Women in essential services. Ethel Peterson, twenty-seven, an expert l...

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.

New York, New York. Class in the use of precision instruments, part of the government-sponsored industrial training program at New York University. Most of the students are women. Testing diameter variations and concentricity of ground stepped shafts with a comparator. The readings are in 10,000ths of an inch

New York, New York. Class in the use of precision instruments, part of...

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Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounded by New State Road, Unruh Avenue, & Milnor & (Knorr) Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounde...

Significance: Disston Precision, Incorporated, is the last remaining physical and institutional vestige of Henry Disston's Keystone Saw Works. For about a century, Disston saws were among the finest made anywh... More

Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounded by New State Road, Unruh Avenue, & Milnor & (Knorr) Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounde...

Significance: Disston Precision, Incorporated, is the last remaining physical and institutional vestige of Henry Disston's Keystone Saw Works. For about a century, Disston saws were among the finest made anywh... More

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Completing a center wing section for a B-24E (Liberator) bomber in the vertical position at Ford's big Willow Run plant. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Completing a cent...

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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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De Land pool. Carr's Machine Shop. Nothing makes W.E. Mansfield so mad as the idea that Florida shops cannot do fine precision work. He should know, for he's doing it in a member shop of the De Land pool. He worked on weapons and ammunition for the Winchester Arms Company for twenty years and thought he was retiring when he came to Florida. Now seventy-one, he's turning out delicate precision parts for essential war equipment

De Land pool. Carr's Machine Shop. Nothing makes W.E. Mansfield so mad...

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Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Completing a center wing section for a B-24E (Liberator) bomber in the vertical position at Ford's big Willow Run plant. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Completing a cent...

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Oil burners to machine gun parts. Oil burners are the normal product of this Eastern factory now undergoing conversion to production of small precision parts for machine guns. This machine has been converted to production of gun parts. Reif-Rexoil Company, Buffalo, New York

Oil burners to machine gun parts. Oil burners are the normal product o...

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Subcontracting. Passaic home workshop pool. The home of Jack Vida, Passaic, New Jersey. In the basement of this home, Mr. Vida operates a workshop handling part of the production turned out by a subcontract pool organized by the Howe Machinery Company of Passaic. In addition to this work, he follows his regular trade of grinding precision lenses for military use

Subcontracting. Passaic home workshop pool. The home of Jack Vida, Pas...

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Antiaircraft gun carriage. The elevating mechanism is assembled on a thirty-seven-millimeter antiaircraft gun carriage nearing completion. Care and precision is the watchword in the assembling of these mechanisms. A 300-mile-per-hour target requires a precision instrument to allow the gunner to stay with it. War program production scene in one of Pennsylvania's heavy industry plants now converted to the production of vitally needed military equipment. AETNA. Ellwood City, Pennsylvania

Antiaircraft gun carriage. The elevating mechanism is assembled on a t...

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

Mohamed Ellai Buksh, sixty-two, works with lend-lease precision tools in India's oldest munitions factory. Ellai Buksh has been at his job in this plant for almot thirty years and of his thirteen children six sons are working either in this munitions plant or others

Mohamed Ellai Buksh, sixty-two, works with lend-lease precision tools ...

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Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Assembling the frame of a nose for a B-24E (Liberator) bomber in Ford's big Willow Run plant. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Assembling the fr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Silverware plant. As many as 10,000 gross of spoons per weeks have been produced by this Eastern company which is now undergoing conversion to production of surgical instruments vitally needed by the Army Medical Corps. The exhibit pictured here is the evolution of the spoon. Conversion of this plant with its hundreds of precision machines and staff of 3,400 skilled and semi-skilled workers is progressing rapidly. Oneida Ltd., Oneida, New York

Conversion. Silverware plant. As many as 10,000 gross of spoons per we...

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Production. Aircraft. A precision machinist in the machine shop of a large Western aircraft factory. Since variation from perfection may mean a jammed gun, a faulty landing-gear or a stalled engine, men like this are now at an all time premium

Production. Aircraft. A precision machinist in the machine shop of a l...

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.

Buffalo, New York. Bronislaus Nowak, precision lathe operator, is engaged to Cecelia Wrazen. Both work at Ross Heater, makers of condensers for the Navy. He is temporarily deferred from the Army because of his essential work. They are of Polish descent

Buffalo, New York. Bronislaus Nowak, precision lathe operator, is enga...

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Women in industry. Tool production. Pioneers of the production line, these two young workers are among the first women ever to operate a centerless grinder, a machine requiring both the knowledge of precision measuring instruments, and considerable experience and skill in setting up. In this Midwest drill and tool plant, manned almost exclusively by women, centerless grinders have been efficiently operated by women for more than a year, and company production figures have continued to soar. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

Women in industry. Tool production. Pioneers of the production line, ...

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Fort Benning paratroopers. Paratroopers take only a one-way ride. These soldiers of the skies in training at Fort Benning, Georgia prepare for a flight to an objective which they will reach with precision

Fort Benning paratroopers. Paratroopers take only a one-way ride. Thes...

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Conversion. Watch cases to war production. His hair is white, but his eye is keen. Fifty years of precision work for a Kentucky watch-case manufacturer, now converted to war production, gave this artisan rare skill in developing fine dies for the arsenal of democracy. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. His hair is white, but his ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1940s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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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Locomotive lubrication chart in the laboratory of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. The laboratory assistant in foreground is working at a precision balance. Chicago, Ill

Locomotive lubrication chart in the laboratory of the Chicago and Nort...

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Oil burners to machine gun parts. Using a micrometer to check this small part for an army machine gun, this worker must achieve tolerance not greater than 1/10,000 of an inch. This upper New York state factory, which formerly produced oil burners, is under contract for 75,000 small precision parts for the Army. Its employees are super-skilled workmen, many of whom have been with the firm for decades. Reif-Rexoil Company, Buffalo, New York

Oil burners to machine gun parts. Using a micrometer to check this sma...

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Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. War production knows no age. An elderly and a young employee of an Eastern manufacturing concern, now converted to production of precision tools and brass quadrants, jig-bore a bullet die. Bristol and Martin Company, New York, New York

Conversion. Soft drink dispenser plant. War production knows no age. A...

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Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Looking up one of the assembly lines at Ford's big Willow Run plant, where B-24E (Liberator) bombers are being made in great numbers. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Looking up one of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. End of a succesful glider flight by a marine student pilot at Page Field, Parris Island, South Carolina. After 1000 such flights and such other accomplishments as precision landings and strange field landings, the young gyrene earns the coveted title of glider pilot

Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. End of a succesful glider flight ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, air field, airport, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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...

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United States "lend-lease" program in eastern India. An Indian technician makes a final check on a clinometer, a field fire control instrument of great accuracy, at the world's oldest precision instrument factory "somewhere in India." Almost every step in the manufacture of this instrument is facilitated by lend-lease

United States "lend-lease" program in eastern India. An Indian technic...

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Hudson, N. Y. 3 Mo. 29, 1809. Respected friend. Anxious to present the public with an improved system of American geography, which shall combine the numerous advantages to be derived from the precision of recent knowledge and the very superior a

Hudson, N. Y. 3 Mo. 29, 1809. Respected friend. Anxious to present the...

Imprint 2. Page Order: Reverse Folder Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 113, Folder 34.

Antiaircraft gun carriage. This master machinist lays out the precision parts that go to make up a thirty-seven millimeter anti-aircraft gun carriage. Swift flying planes present a difficult target, the anti-aircraft gun must be a precision instrument. War program production scene in one of Pennsylvania's heavy industry plants now converted to the production of vitally needed military equipment. AETNA. Ellwood CIty, Pennsylvania

Antiaircraft gun carriage. This master machinist lays out the precisi...

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Women aircraft workers. Precision assembly at one of the West Coast's huge aircraft plants. A woman inspector here checks electrical assemblies. Vega

Women aircraft workers. Precision assembly at one of the West Coast's ...

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Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. New B-24E (Liberator) bombers just completed at Ford's big Willow Run plant, have been rolled from the hangars for test flights. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. New B-24E (Libera...

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Women in war. Machine gun production. Intent on the important job at hand, Elsie M. Terry uses a precision snap gauge on the machine gun part she has milled. One of 2,000 women employed by a Midwest plant, converted from spark plugs to machine gun manufacture, Mrs. Terry typified the American woman war worker. Serious, skilled and reliable, she is making an invaluable contribution to the war effort. A.C. Spark Plugs

Women in war. Machine gun production. Intent on the important job at h...

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.

Women aircraft workers. Hands that rocked the cradle operate drill presses today, and surpass their male competitors in speed and precision of work. Site: a West Coast aircraft plant. Lockhead

Women aircraft workers. Hands that rocked the cradle operate drill pre...

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Oil burners to machine gun parts. Fixture which holds bare of raw materials from which small pieces, cut to size, are obtained for production of precision parts for Uncle Sam's machine gun squads. Site of these operations is an Eastern factory which has been converted from manufacture of oil burners to production of war essentials. Reif-Rexoil Company, Buffalo, New York

Oil burners to machine gun parts. Fixture which holds bare of raw mate...

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A Keller machine cutting a die shape from a plaster model. The model is at the top. A "feeler" tool runs along the surface of the model and controls the cutting tool at the bottom in such a manner that the contours of the model are duplicated with an extremely high degree of precision in the cast-iron form on the bottom. The die being made is the profiling pad for an automobile front fender. Plant of Frederick Colman & Sons, Inc., Detroit, Michigan

A Keller machine cutting a die shape from a plaster model. The model i...

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

Antiaircraft gun carriage. Inspection of a thirty-seven millimeter antiaircraft gun carriage parts. With 300-plus-mile-per-hour planes for targets, antiaircraft assembly must be a precision instrument to permit the gunner to keep on his target. Inspection is as rigid as in instrument manufacture. War program production scene in one of Pennsylvania's heavy industry plants now converted to the production of vitally needed military equipment. AETNA. Ellwood City, Pennsylvania

Antiaircraft gun carriage. Inspection of a thirty-seven millimeter ant...

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Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Setting lights of transparent plastic in the nose for a B-24E (Liberator) bomber in Ford's big Willow Run plant. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Setting lights of...

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Conversion. Flooring to gunstocks. Cutting gunstock blocks for the Army. A walnut slab, or flitch, is run through a band saw, and marked sections are cut out with precision. The final clear pieces, of gunstock dimension, will later be cut from these sections by the ripsaws of a converted flooring plant

Conversion. Flooring to gunstocks. Cutting gunstock blocks for the Arm...

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

New York, New York. Class in the use of precision instruments, part of the government-sponsored industrial training program at New York University. Most of the students are women

New York, New York. Class in the use of precision instruments, part of...

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Tank manufacture (Chrysler). A large portion of the 10,000 skilled workers turning out twenty-eight ton M-3 tanks at the huge Chrysler tank arsenal in Detroit have spent years in the employ of the Chrysler company. They have learned the precision methods needed for automobile production, and their past experience is invaluable for work on the tanks which will make our new Army the equal of any in the world in mechanized power. This worker is turning and facing a cupola ring

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). A large portion of the 10,000 skilled wor...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Locomotive lubrication chart in the laboratory of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. The laboratory assistant in foreground is working at a precision balance

Chicago, Illinois. Locomotive lubrication chart in the laboratory of t...

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

Close-up showing bracing arrangement on gear cutter. Giant arms holding gear in place are changed to adjust the rotating gear to the cutting mechanism. The job takes three to six weeks of day and night operation for completion. This is one of many highly specialized big precision jobs the converted American industry is turning out for Uncle's Sam's modern fighting ships

Close-up showing bracing arrangement on gear cutter. Giant arms holdin...

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Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Installing one of the four engines of a new B-24E (Liberator) bomber on one of the assembly lines of Ford's big Willow Run plant. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Installing one of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Machine guns of various calibers. High-speed lathe operators in the plant of a large manufacturer of firearms perform precision operations on the barrels of machine guns. The plant also employs many women in turning out vital weapons for the armed forces

Production. Machine guns of various calibers. High-speed lathe operato...

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

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. One of the assembly lines at Ford's big Willow Run plant. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. One of the assemb...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Installing one of the four engines of a new B-24E (Liberator) bomber on one of the assembly lines of Ford's big Willow Run plant. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Installing one of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Assembling the frame of a nose for a B-24E (Liberator) bomber in Ford's big Willow Run plant. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Assembling the fr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. New Liberator (B-24E) bombers, nearly completed and ready to roll off one of the assembly lines at Ford's big Willow Run plant. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. New Liberator (B-...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. Precision gears are essential for machine tools to ensure accurate, smooth, quiet operations and long life. This gear grinder -- itself a machine tool -- is perfecting the working surfaces between the teeth of a milling machine gear. The milky liquid is coolant used to control the temperature at the grinding point so that the delicate physical character of the metal, produced by predetermined and careful heat treating, will not be disturbed. Location: a large Midwest machine tool plant

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. Precision gears are...

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

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Riveting a center wing section for a B-24E (Liberator) bomber in the horizontal position at Ford's big Willow Run plant. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Riveting a center...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounded by New State Road, Unruh Avenue, & Milnor & (Knorr) Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounde...

Significance: Disston Precision, Incorporated, is the last remaining physical and institutional vestige of Henry Disston's Keystone Saw Works. For about a century, Disston saws were among the finest made anywh... More

Production. Women precision drill operators. A precision drilling operation is performed by a young woman worker in an Eastern plant now producing steel tank windows, equipment for the U.S. Signal Corps, and other war essentials. Wallace and Tillman Company, New York

Production. Women precision drill operators. A precision drilling oper...

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. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Final touch-ups and inspections are made on a new B-24E (Liberator) bomber after it has received a paint job at Ford's big Willow Run plant. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Final touch-ups a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Converted for victory. The same machine and operator that were producing watches not long ago are now making precision radio parts for our armed forces

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Converted for victory. The ...

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Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Fuselage sections for B-24E (Liberator) bombers being completed before going to one of the two final assembly lines of Ford's big Willow Run plant. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Fuselage sections...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. A new B-24E (Liberator) bomber just returned from a successful trial flight taxis down a runway at Ford's big Willow Run plant. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. A new B-24E (Libe...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oil burners to machine gun parts. With conversion of a New York State oil-burner plant to production of precision parts for machine guns, additional equipment and manpower were mandatory. Unable to purchase sufficient new machines, these two used to hand operated milling machines were installed. The young worker was recruited from a defense vocational training school. Reif-Rexoil Company, Buffalo, New York

Oil burners to machine gun parts. With conversion of a New York State ...

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.

Subcontracting. Passaic home workshop pool. Jack Vida, of Passaic, New Jersey, inspects precision lenses he ground for military use in his home workshop. In addition to this work, Mr. Vida employs four men to turn out machine tools for aircraft production as a member of a subcontract pool organized by the Howe Machinery Company of Passaic

Subcontracting. Passaic home workshop pool. Jack Vida, of Passaic, New...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. New B-24E (Liberator) bombers just completed at Ford's big Willow Run plant, have been rolled from the hangars for test flights. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. New B-24E (Libera...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Drilling holes in rear crank cases of single row Pratt and Whitney engines. The Natco machines on which the work is done assure precision in this close-tolerance operation. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Drilling holes in rear...

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

Production. Aircraft engines. Reconditioning used spark plugs for reuse in testing airplane motors, Mighnon Gunn operates this small testing machine with speed and precision although she was new to the job two months ago. A former domestic worker, this young woman is now a willing and efficient war worker, one of many women who are relieving labor shortages in war industries throughout the country. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Reconditioning used spark plugs for reus...

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Hudson, N. Y. 3 Mo. 29, 1809. Respected friend. Anxious to present the public with an improved system of American geography, which shall combine the numerous advantages to be derived from the precision of recent knowledge and the very superior a

Hudson, N. Y. 3 Mo. 29, 1809. Respected friend. Anxious to present the...

Imprint 2. Page Order: Reverse Folder Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 113, Folder 34.

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