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The first refrigerator. First electric refrigerator produced in a large eastern plant is shown as it rolled from the assembly line on October 15, 1928. Between that date and the end of civilian refrigerator production for the duration the company built 4,523,665 of them

The first refrigerator. First electric refrigerator produced in a larg...

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Butadiene and styrene production. Butadiene units (in the foreground) and styrene units (in the background) which produce the two basic chemicals for the production of Buna S Rubber at the Institute plant at Institute, West Virginia

Butadiene and styrene production. Butadiene units (in the foreground) ...

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Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

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[Artillery production] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Artillery production] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Exactly what happens to each of the millions of Social Security Account applicants during each working shift is recorded daily. At any minute of the day or night it is possible to locate any application through the records maintained in the production and control section of the Social Security Board Records Office. This is the nerve center of the "greatest bookkeeping job in the world". The photograph above shows workers in the records office running off daily production report, which accurately pictures details of the ebb and flow of each of the several operations necessary to set up an individual ledger account for each worker and the various indexes prepares to insure acccuracy and ready reference.

Exactly what happens to each of the millions of Social Security Accoun...

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Salinas Valley, California. Large scale, commercial agriculture. This single California County (Monterey) shipped 20,096 carlots of lettuce in 1934, or forty-five percent of all carlot shipments in the United States. In the same year 73.8 percent of all United States carlot shipments were made from Monterey County, Imperial Valley, California (7,797 carlots) and Maricopa County, Arizona (4,697). Production of lettuce is largely in the hands of a comparatively small number of grower-shippers, many of whom operate in two or all three of these Counties. Labor is principally Mexican and Filipino in the fields, and white American in the packing sheds. Many workers follow the harvests from one valley to the other, since plantings are staggered to maintain a fairly even flow of lettuce to the Eastern market throughout the year

Salinas Valley, California. Large scale, commercial agriculture. This ...

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Production. Copper. A rotary car dumper discharging copper ore at the large crushing plant of the Magna mill of the Utah Copper Company. Its plants at Magna and Arthur in Utah are treating vast quantities of the copper so vital for war production

Production. Copper. A rotary car dumper discharging copper ore at the ...

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Production. Copper. Flotation machines at one of the copper concentrators of the Utah Copper Company. Its plants at Magna and Arthur in Utah are treating vast quantities of the copper so vital for war purposes

Production. Copper. Flotation machines at one of the copper concentrat...

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Production. Copper. Tapping copper slag at the Garfield, Utah smelter of the American Smelting and Refining Company. This plant is producing vast quantities of the copper needed for war purposes

Production. Copper. Tapping copper slag at the Garfield, Utah smelter ...

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Steel production. A gas main and air pipe serving a group of Eastern blast furnaces contributes in important ways to the production of iron for steel making. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Farrell, Pennsylvania

Steel production. A gas main and air pipe serving a group of Eastern b...

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Production poster displayed in Shenango Pottery Works

Production poster displayed in Shenango Pottery Works

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Steel Production. Production of iron for steel making tops all world records. An Eastern blast furnace swells the volume for victory. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Farrell, Pennsylvania

Steel Production. Production of iron for steel making tops all world r...

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Tank armor production. Abrasive cleaning operators who prepare mill plates for processing into tank armor must wear protective clothing of heavy rubber. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Farrell, Pennsylvania

Tank armor production. Abrasive cleaning operators who prepare mill pl...

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Antiaircraft gun carriage. The top carriage of a thirty-seven millimeter antiaircraft gun carriage receives the final assembly operations. 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 top carriage of a thirty-seven millimet...

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Steel production. American blast furnaces are breaking all records these days. The iron they produce will be converted to steel to meet the needs of our armed forces. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Farrell, Pennsylvania

Steel production. American blast furnaces are breaking all records the...

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Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Ships for war has meant the rehabilitation of numerous odd pieces of equipment unused for long periods, both in shipyards and in various other plants engaged in production of parts for ships. A discarded steam locomotive in a large Eastern plant is being turned up for use once again. All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flat cars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Ships for war has meant the rehabilitat...

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Steel production. Iron forgery scene. Molten metal running into a ladle from the tapping hole of a blast furnace at a big Eastern steel plant. Republic, Youngstown

Steel production. Iron forgery scene. Molten metal running into a ladl...

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Production. 155mm shells. Inspection after the finish turning of straight and profile diameters of 155mm shells in a converted auto plant. Willy's, Toledo, Ohio

Production. 155mm shells. Inspection after the finish turning of strai...

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War production drive poster. Poster distributed by the War Production Board (WPB) to U.S. employment service offices, beauty parlors, women's colleges, manufacturers, etc. The original is 28 1/2 inches by 40 inches and is printed in red, blue, and black on white. The poster was reproduced from a photograph by Office of War Information photographer, Howard Hollem. Copies may be obtained from Central Distribution Plant, Office for Emergency Management (OEM), 1509 14th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

War production drive poster. Poster distributed by the War Production ...

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Left to right: Michael W. Straus, Chief, War Production Drive Headquarters, and Mrs. Marie McPherson, Chairman, Labor Mangagement Committee, Meissner Manufacturing Company, Mount Carmel, Illinois

Left to right: Michael W. Straus, Chief, War Production Drive Headquar...

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Bits and pieces display. O.C.D. small parts display at WPB (War Production Board) office, 122 E. 42nd Street, New York City

Bits and pieces display. O.C.D. small parts display at WPB (War Produc...

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Production. Diesel engines. A diesel engine, produced for the Navy at a Midwest manufacturing plant, is prepared for testing under Navy supervision

Production. Diesel engines. A diesel engine, produced for the Navy at ...

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Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Ships for war has meant the rehabilitation of numerous odd pieces of equipment unused for long periods, both in shipyards and in various other plants engaged in production of parts for ships. Here an old junked flat car crane in a large Eastern plant is being turned up for use once again. All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Ships for war has meant the rehabilitat...

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Production. Diesel engines. Diesel engines for the Navy await dynamometer at a Midwest plant

Production. Diesel engines. Diesel engines for the Navy await dynamome...

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Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Electric welding is a vital skill in the building of Uncle Sam's new merchant fleet. This welder inserting a new rod in his charged holder, on one of the ships. Production scene in an Eastern shipyard. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Electric welding is a vital skill in th...

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Production. Halftrac armoured cars. An arc welder joins parts of the body of a halftrac scout car in the converted Eastern plant of a lock and safe manufacturer. Diebold Safe and Lock Company, Canton, Ohio

Production. Halftrac armoured cars. An arc welder joins parts of the b...

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Steel production. Smoke and steel. A black furnace stove and a belching boiler house stack help swell the volume for victory. Republic, Youngstown

Steel production. Smoke and steel. A black furnace stove and a belchin...

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Production. Airplanes. Machinist at work on a main-beam wing joint of a YP-38 plane in production at a big Western plant. The machine is a Gallmeyer-Livingston surface grinder

Production. Airplanes. Machinist at work on a main-beam wing joint of ...

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Office equipment used by the War Production Board (WPB). These Webendorger automatic offset presses are the largest of the types of offset presses in the WPB's duplicating department. These machines are in operation twenty-four hours a day and turn out 5,000 prints an hour

Office equipment used by the War Production Board (WPB). These Webendo...

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Production. Minesweepers. A veteran of the last world war operates a lathe that turns out tail shafts for minesweepers under construction in an Eastern shipyard. Gibbs Cass Company

Production. Minesweepers. A veteran of the last world war operates a l...

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Conversion. Automobile plant. A back shaft that holds the flywheel and clutch mechanism of a 90T96 Cleveland press awaits assembly into the big 120-ton machine. This press will perform a major operation on hood panels for 4 x 4 army trucks. It was moved piece by piece for another plant that is being completely dismantled for conversion to other war production. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. A back shaft that holds the flywheel and...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship, just returned from flight tests, is checked and reconditioned in the test hangar of a large Western aircraft plant. After these operations, the ship will be ready for delivery to the Army. The P-38 has performed brilliantly in action, notably in the Aleutians. Its long range and great firepower give it real promise as an escort for high-altitude bombers. At its best altitude, the P-38 is one of the world's fastest fighting planes

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship...

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Production drive. Clearing house for the huge flood of correspondence which daily finds its way to the Production Drive Headquarters skating rink in the nation's capital

Production drive. Clearing house for the huge flood of correspondence ...

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Production. Tin smelting. "Pot boilers" of a Southern tin smelter in which the pure metal is kept at a temperature of about 750 degrees Fahrenheit until it is poured into molds. The plant, which processes South American ore is the finest and the most modern in the world

Production. Tin smelting. "Pot boilers" of a Southern tin smelter in w...

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Aluminum casting. These castings are being loaded onto a sandblast table prior to the actual sandblasting operation. Conversion of this large Midwest aluminum foundry to production of war essentials has already taken place. This factory is producing aluminum equipment for Uncle Sam's war effort, under subcontract to other factories producing war items. Destination of the finished aluminum products is kept secret, but they'll probably end up as jeeps and airplane engines. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. These castings are being loaded onto a sandblast tab...

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Citation winners in the war production drive

Citation winners in the war production drive

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Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Drilling a wing bulkhead for a consolidated transport plane, that will carry American soldiers and equipment to our far-flung battle lines. One of these girls was a worker in a potato products factory, one was a laundering demonstrator and one is holding her first job. The plane they are helping to make will carry one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production.

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Drilling a wing bulkhead...

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Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Mounting the power plant of a fifty-foot steel ramp boat in a Southern boatyard. This ramp boat, which will be used in landing men, tanks and other equipment on hostile shores, is powered by twin diesel engines. At this same boat yard are made torpedo boats, smaller wooden ramp boats and other Navy craft

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Mounting the power plant of a...

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Production. Milling machines and machine castings. With the most modern equipment and surroundings, the company dentist of a large Midwest machine tool plant gives free dental services and advice to all employees. A dental hygienist assists him in check-up of the employees' teeth

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. With the most moder...

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Production. B-25 bombers. Tires for B-25 bombers are stacked ready for use alongside the final assembly line of a Western aircraft plant. General Doolittle has called the ship the best military plane in existence. With plenty of speed, a 1700-mile cruising range and a ceiling of 25,000 feet, it has performed brilliantly as a medium bomber and as an escort plane. Fairfax bomber plant, Kansas City

Production. B-25 bombers. Tires for B-25 bombers are stacked ready for...

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Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Dressing down a key on a propeller shaft that will transmit the driving power of a new motor torpedo boat. The big Southern shipyard where many of these speedy wooden fighters are built also produces steel boats for the Navy

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Dressing down a key on a pro...

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Production. War housing trailers. Curved roof bows are carefully trimmed to ensure that each will fit exactly in the roof assembly. Modern power equipment figures largely in the manufacturing plant of the Western Trailer Company of Los Angeles

Production. War housing trailers. Curved roof bows are carefully trimm...

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Production. Aircraft. On the tail section of a Ventura bomber, a Negro and a white worker team up to raise the production rate of a big Western aircraft plant

Production. Aircraft. On the tail section of a Ventura bomber, a Negro...

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Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Another skilled worker "enlists" for the duration. When the Kentucky watch case factory for whom she has worked twenty years converted to war production, this lady was ready to join the procession of war workers. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Another skilled worker "enl...

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Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Side view of a glass furnace melting the carefully compounded batch required for the production of fiberglass thermal insulation being installed in the hulls of naval vessels now under construction

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Side view of a gl...

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Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A year ago this woman was keeping house; today she is doing her part in the war effort by helping build B-25 bombers at North American Aviation's Inglewood, California, plant. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A year ago this woman was k...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. This huge hand saw at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated, cuts a dozen sheets of metal to the proper contour at one time. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. This huge hand saw at the I...

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Production. Machine guns of various calibers. Grinding trunnion blocks for .50-caliber machine guns, produced in a large Eastern plant. Note how the operators are protected by respirators. Many women workers are also employed in this plant, producing essential weapons for the armed forces

Production. Machine guns of various calibers. Grinding trunnion blocks...

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Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Power section crank cases for Pratt and Whitney airplane engines undergo a careful inspection in a large Eastern plant before assembly into engines that will carry our fighting airmen to victory. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Power section crank ca...

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Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Workers completing a fuselage framework

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flyin...

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Production. Lead. Typical country near Creede, Colorado in which old lead mines have been reopened. Creede, for many years a "ghost town," has resumed the activities that made it an important lead-producing center years ago, and is now producing much metal vitally needed for the war effort

Production. Lead. Typical country near Creede, Colorado in which old l...

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To harness the earth for the defense of democracy these chimneys, at an Etna, Pennsylvania, steel mill are belching forth smoke twenty-four hours a day. American steel mills have pushed production up to the very limit of their capacity

To harness the earth for the defense of democracy these chimneys, at a...

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Petaluma, Sonoma County, California. Feed in warehouse. All feed is bought through cooperatives in this county which has a mass production of eggs

Petaluma, Sonoma County, California. Feed in warehouse. All feed is bo...

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De Land pool. Moving circus. War production in Florida cost these circus animals their winter home for the duration. They are shown as the Johnny J. Jones show vacated its winter quarters at the Volusia County fairgrounds to make room for subcontractors in the De Land pool, who turned the fairgrounds' buildings into a large war production plant

De Land pool. Moving circus. War production in Florida cost these circ...

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Citation winners in the war production drive

Citation winners in the war production drive

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Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. America's air power grows as our mighty industrial machine goes into high. Nose sections for single-rod crank cases to be used in Pratt and Whitney engines are piled up for later machining and assembly in a large Eastern plant. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. America's air power gr...

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Production. B-17 heavy bomber. A woman worker at the Boeing plant in Seattle helps to complete a fuselage framework for a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber. About half of the workers in this plant are women. The Flying Fortress has performed with great credit in the South Pacific over Germany and elsewhere. It is a four-engine heavy bomber capable of flying at high altitudes

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. A woman worker at the Boeing plant in S...

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Conversion. Food machinery plant. It was a matter of only a couple of hours to change this block adapter from its former work, on the production of cube steak machinery, to spout cutting for war subcontracts. Cube Steak Machinery Company, Boston, Massachusetts

Conversion. Food machinery plant. It was a matter of only a couple of ...

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Production. War housing trialers. A completed war housing trailer is checked out at the Los Angeles plant gate of Western Trailer Company. It is destined for one of the West's critical housing areas. Individual trailers are hauled to nearby shipping points, then dispatched in convoys of ten to fifteen

Production. War housing trialers. A completed war housing trailer is c...

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Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Maiden flight for a new consolidated transport, just off the assembly line of a Western plant. Wheels are being retracted just after the takeoff. This new warship of the air is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges for high accuracy bombing invasions. It is built in a plant equipped with one of the best and most modern air conditioning and fluorescent lighting systems in the country

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Maiden flight for a new ...

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Conversion. Floor waxer plant. The sugar shortage brought this worker back to the lathe. Employed now by a small Eastern manufacturing firm which used to make floor waxers but is now completely converted to war production, this worker had only a trade school course in mechanics taken fifteen years ago as background for his new job. He operated his own confectionery business until the sugar shortage forced him into a new field. But he's glad to be aiming gun-sight parts at the Axis. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. The sugar shortage brought this worker ...

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Production. A-20 attack bombers. Experienced assembly line workers of both sexes contribute to the production of A-20 attack bombers in the Douglas Aircraft plant at Long Beach, California. The A-20 is used by the American Air Force and the Royal Air Force (RAF) for hedge hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations--also for reconnaissance work and night fighting. It is armed with light and heavy caliber guns

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Experienced assembly line workers of ...

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Production. Copper. Workmen's quarters outside a copper smelting plant of the Phelps-Dodge Mining Company at Morenci, Arizona, which is supplying great quantities of the copper so vital in our war effort

Production. Copper. Workmen's quarters outside a copper smelting plant...

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Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. A propeller shaft of a Pratt and Whitney airplane engine is carefully checked for concentricity in a large Eastern plant steadily producing at a high rate for our armed forces. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. A propeller shaft of a...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Sets of three-bladed propellers for Lockheed P-38 pursuit ships are prepared for installation at a large Western aircraft plant. After the propellers have been installed, the ships will be put through exacting inspection and trial flights. If these prove satisfactory, the new fighter planes will be delivered to the Army

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Sets of three-bladed propell...

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Conversion. Automobile industry. Floors which once held auto assembly equipment being torn up to prepare for installation of heavy war production equipment. The Plymouth Company, Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile industry. Floors which once held auto assembly ...

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Production. Copper. Loading copper ore from an open-cut mine of the Phelps-Dodge Mining Company at Morenci, Arizona. This plant is supplying great quantities of the copper so vital in our war effort

Production. Copper. Loading copper ore from an open-cut mine of the Ph...

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Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. Many conferences over production schedules, blueprints, etc. are required to maintain the smooth steady flow of Dodge Army trucks from the production lines

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. ...

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Tennessee Valley Authority production. Elemental phosphorus. A Negro worker tending an electric phosphate smelting furnace which is producing elemental phosphorus at a TVA chemical plant in the Muscle Shoals area. The phosphorus, used in the manufacture of incendiary bombs and shells and of material for "smoke," is produced by smelting phosphate rock, coke and silica together in the electric furnaces and condensing the resulting phosphorus gases. When surplus phosphorus is available it is converted into highly concentrated phosphate fertilizer, much of which is shipped abroad under provisions of the Lend-Lease Bill

Tennessee Valley Authority production. Elemental phosphorus. A Negro w...

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Mammoth weight of drop forger. Forging part of a large gun in an eastern Navy yard, one of eleven arsenals which have stepped up production to top speed for the war program

Mammoth weight of drop forger. Forging part of a large gun in an easte...

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Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Lubricating and servicing a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flyin...

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Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. "Asarco," used in molding dies for airplane construction at Vultee's Downey, California plant. At the Downey plant is made the BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainer--a fast, sturdy ship powered by a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. "Asarco," used in moldi...

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Conversion. Copper and brass processing. Coils of brass and copper metal are loaded into a freight car and shipped to factories where it is fabricated into thousands of metal parts needed for our war program, or to our airplane submarine, or ship-building industries to become parts of their production. Chase Copper and Brass Company, Euclid, Ohio

Conversion. Copper and brass processing. Coils of brass and copper met...

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Production. Lead. The Leadville, Colorado smelter of the American Smelting and Refining Company. Lead concentrates from Creede, Colorado are shipped to the smelter

Production. Lead. The Leadville, Colorado smelter of the American Smel...

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Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Mounting a torpedo tube on a new wooden motor torpedo boat under construction at a big Southern shipyard. This yard also produces steel boats for the Navy. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Mounting a torpedo tube on a...

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Oil burners to machine gun parts. Painted olive-drab, this oil burner awaits shipment to American armed forces--somewhere in the field. Converted to a large degree to production of precision gun parts, the factory which manufactures these oil burners ships most of them either to the Army or abroad under lend-lease contracts. Reif-Rexoil Company, Buffalo, New York

Oil burners to machine gun parts. Painted olive-drab, this oil burner ...

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Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. A girl mechanic in a large Western aircraft plant rivets the belly of a new consolidated transport plane. The Cleco fasteners which protrude from the surface hold the sections of metal in place while the riveting job is being done. This new transport, adapted from the B-24 bomber, is known as the C-87, and carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. A girl mechanic in a la...

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Women in war. Machine gun production operators. She carries a torch for the men of America's armed forces! Blonde, twenty-one-year-old Elne Nigholm brazes bolt latch releases for the Army's machine guns in a Midwest plant which has been converted from the manufacture of spark plugs to production of war materials. Two thousand women now work in this plant, with more to be added as production increases. A.C. Spark Plugs

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. She carries a torch fo...

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Production. War housing trailers. War housing trailer homes are made at the plant of Western Trailer Company, Los Angeles, California. One of the trailers is being cleared at the gate for delivery to a shipping point

Production. War housing trailers. War housing trailer homes are made a...

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Production. B-17F heavy bombers. The stinger in the tail of the B-17F heavy bomber has sent many a Jap and Nazi plane down in flaming wreckage. This new ship is ready for delivery from the Long Beach, California, plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude, heavy bomber with a crew of seven to nine men with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. The stinger in the tail of the B-17F ...

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Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Sighting one of the "guns" of production. A diemaker in a converted Kentucky watch case factory sets his machine for the production of fine parts for carbines, machine guns and military radios. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Sighting one of the "guns" ...

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Conversion. Food machinery plant. Cutting of spouts for anti-tank guns is the present work of this lathe, shown here at its former job-shaping wooden rollers used with a belt control to carry steaks into the cube steak machine which is this New England plant's normal production. Conversion of this lathe, and the stepping up of its speed, has turned his skill from peacetime work to war production. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts

Conversion. Food machinery plant. Cutting of spouts for anti-tank guns...

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Dr. Bair. Scientist contributes brawn as well as brain to the war production drive. Dr. Bair, holder of eleven college degrees and sixty U.S. patents, helps his son transfer steel billets to the power saws in his small machine shop

Dr. Bair. Scientist contributes brawn as well as brain to the war prod...

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Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. Partial view of one of North American Aviation's B-25 bomber assembly lines at Inglewood, California. When the planes move out the door, they are ready for painting and flight tests. In addition to the battle tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. Partial view of one of Nort...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. The nose section of a Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane is "mated" with a center section in a large Western aircraft plant. The partly-finished ship will then travel down the main assembly line for the installation of engines, wings, landing gear and other essential equipment

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. The nose section of a Lockhe...

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Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Sheet metal work benches at a large Western aircraft plant form an interesting pattern. Consolidated transport and bomber planes are built here. This new transport, an adaptation of the B-24 bomber, is known as the C-87, and carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production. It is built in a plant equipped with one of the best air conditioning and fluorescent lighting systems in the country

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Sheet metal work benches...

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Production. Lead. A small Symons cone crusher for crushing lead ore in a mill near Creede, Colorade where old lead mines have been reopened. Creede, for many years a "ghost town," has resumed the activities that made it an important lead-producing center years ago, and is now producing much metal vitally needed for the war effort

Production. Lead. A small Symons cone crusher for crushing lead ore in...

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Soup line, 1942. Skilled workers, engaged in converting a huge automobile plant to army tank production, "freshen up" on an overtime job with hot soup and coffee. Ford Lincoln plant, Michigan

Soup line, 1942. Skilled workers, engaged in converting a huge automob...

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Production. Blood transfusion bottles. Rabbits too, aid the war effort. William Edwin Morris, histologist for Baxter Laboratories Inc., Glenview, Illinois, conducts research on blood plasma through experimentation on rabbits. The company prepares transfusion bottles for blood letting

Production. Blood transfusion bottles. Rabbits too, aid the war effort...

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Production. Milling machines and machine castings. These are spur gears piled up at a large Midwest machine tool plant producing highly essential equipment for making various war materials

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. These are spur gear...

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War Production Board Administrative Division "flexible" master organization chart of the WPB on which the offices and lines of authority are designated by movable tabs for organizational changes

War Production Board Administrative Division "flexible" master organiz...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. An armorer and his assistant check the installation of guns in a nose section of a new Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. As the ship travels from one station to another along the main assembly line, wings, engines, armament and other essential equipment are installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. An armorer and his assistant ...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Women arc welders discuss the production of motor mounts and welded parts in a welding booth at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Women arc welders discuss t...

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Production. Blood transfusion bottles. Transfusion bottles containing intravenous solution, are given another inspection after being taken from the sterilizer. Margie Easton is one of the many women workers at Baxter Laboratories, Glenview, Illinois, where plasma containers are prepared for blood letting

Production. Blood transfusion bottles. Transfusion bottles containing ...

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Production. Airplane propellers. Inspection of propeller blade finishes at Hartford, Connecticut, plant. The inspection process includes close examination of the polish. The inspectors are John Lutz, F.S. Drega and Joseph Kozlowski

Production. Airplane propellers. Inspection of propeller blade finishe...

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Production. Willow Run bomber plant. Drill press lineup, 1943 style. Both men and women man the machines which are turning out parts for America's bomber planes at Willow Run, Michigan. Ford plant, Willow Run

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. Drill press lineup, 1943 style. B...

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A poster comes to life."This reminds me of home," said Sergeant Vineyard as he downed a forkful of Mrs. Woolslayer's devil's food cake. When Mrs. Woolslayer said "I'd like you to try a piece of my cake," the welder and the Army Sergeant forgot all about the war and fighting and production, and embarked on a Sunday afternoon gossip session the like of which you'll find in Iowa, Kentucky, Oregon or Vermont. As American as baseball, the Sunday afternoon visit is a friendly and democratic means of relaxation, common to soldier, worker, bank president and schoolchild alike. Proudly sitting next to Sergeant Vineyard is Georgia Ann Woolslayer, eight. Allegheny-Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A poster comes to life."This reminds me of home," said Sergeant Vineya...

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For the ramparts. A series of medium caliber guns nears completion in an eastern arsenal. Men shown are engaged in the exterior inspection of liners on guns for the war production program

For the ramparts. A series of medium caliber guns nears completion in ...

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Conversion. Automobile plant. Toggle arm bearings of a big 90T96 Cleveland press are checked before the machine is reassembled for production of army truck parts in another building of an important automobile factory. The building that formerly housed the press is being entirely cleared for the manufacture of an entirely different war product. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. Toggle arm bearings of a big 90T96 Cleve...

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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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