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Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Girls on the final assembly line at Vultee's Downey, California plant working on the fuselage of a "Valiant" basic trainer. 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. Girls on the final asse...

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

Production. Lead. Leadville, where lead concentrates produced at Creede, Colorado are smelted. 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. Leadville, where lead concentrates produced at Creed...

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Production. Willow Run bomber plant. Checking almost-completed wing structure with blueprints, engineers at the great Willow Run bomber plant determine next steps to be taken before the wings leave the assembly line. Ford plant, Willow Run

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. Checking almost-completed wing st...

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Conversion. Safe and lock company. Basing off the breech end of a thirty-seven-millimeter gun, this young worker is one of the millions of Americans hard at work behind the men behind the guns. Site of these operations is a factory which formerly made locks and safes, before its conversion to production of guns and gun mounts. York Safe and Lock Company, York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Safe and lock company. Basing off the breech end of a thir...

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.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Lunch period programs of music and news are presented daily at the Inglewood, California plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated. Speakers are located in each department. 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. Lunch period programs of mu...

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Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Single-row intake pipes are installed on a new Pratt and Whitney airplane engine in a large Eastern plant engaged exclusively in the production of powerful motors for the fighting aircraft of our Army and Navy. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Single-row intake pipe...

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Conversion. Floor waxer plant. Formerly producing floor waxing and polishing machines, this small Eastern factory is now one of the America's myriad plants devoted to production of small machine parts for war purposes. Foreseeing possibilities of shortage of aluminum (necessary for polishing equipment), this factory's owner sought defense subcontracts many months ago, he is now operating twenty-two hours a day with a crew of thirty workers, a distinct improvement over his previous eight hours, three-worker days. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. Formerly producing floor waxing and pol...

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Production. Copper (refining). Charging sheets of copper produced by electrolysis into a furnace at a large copper refining operation. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Production. Copper (refining). Charging sheets of copper produced by e...

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

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

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Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Launching a fifty-foot steel ramp boat, just completed at a Southern boatyard. Boats of this kind, powered by twin diesel engines, are used in making beach landings of men, tanks and other equipment on hostile shores. After a trial run this boat will be removed from the water and prepared for railroad shipment

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Launching a fifty-foot steel ...

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Manpower. Handicapped workers. Ineligible for the army because of physical handicaps, James C. Schneider (left) and John D. Arrowood are two of Uncle Sam's ablest soldiers of production. They are inspectors of airplane motor parts in a Baltimore factory. Twenty-year-old Schneider has not let infantile paralysis interfere with war work, nor has twenty-four-year-old Arrowood allowed his polio-disabled leg and curvature of the spine to prevent his making a valuable contribution to the war effort. White Engineering Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Handicapped workers. Ineligible for the army because of phys...

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Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board, addressing the Conversion Conference of Business Paper editors and publishers with War Production Board officials in Washington, D.C.

Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board, addressing the...

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Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. A single-row rod assembly for a Pratt and Whitney airplane engine takes shape in an Eastern war plant now producing at full capacity for our armed forces. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. A single-row rod assem...

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Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Pistons, complete with rings, are lined up for assembly in Pratt and Whitney airplane engines at a large Eastern plant working to full capacity to supply our armed forces with the power to carry American planes to victory. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Pistons, complete with...

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De Land pool. Babcock airplane plant. The last operation in the De Land, Florida industrial pool is buttoning up the huge motor repair racks in their packing crates, sealing them against everything from sand to seawater. Left is Mary Babcock, daughter of plant owner, who never dreamed she would be painting destination letters on a war crate when she was studying art six months ago. In the foreground is John Kicklighton, who was an insurance salesman before going to work on the production front

De Land pool. Babcock airplane plant. The last operation in the De Lan...

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Production. B-17 heavy bomber. Fast, expert workers at the Boeing plant in Seattle apply outer "skins" to fuselage sections for new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers, while assembly and fitting operations go forward in the interiors. 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 high altitudes

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. Fast, expert workers at the Boeing plan...

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Production. Copper. Smokestack of a large copper smelter 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. Smokestack of a large copper smelter of the Phelps...

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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 ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Pressing parts for "Valiant" basic trainers 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. Pressing parts for "Val...

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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...

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Conversion. Safety razor plant. Because of their dexterity and precision in the operation of light-duty machines, women are appearing in ever-increasing numbers on America's production lines. Here Estelle Wilson resharpens grinding wheel with a diamond point, first step toward converting one of a razor company's machines to war production work. Gillette

Conversion. Safety razor plant. Because of their dexterity and precisi...

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.

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

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

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Machine tool experts set up a fixture to be used in drilling tank engine cylinder bores. The no. 4 Cincinnati horizontal mill which will do the work is one of many fine machines in a big automobile factory now being converted to tank production. Ford Lincoln plant, Michigan

Machine tool experts set up a fixture to be used in drilling tank engi...

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Conversion. Safety razor plant. From razor blades to V-blocks in few weeks! That's the story of Estelle Wilson, one of a New England razor company's many women employees who are now operating machines recently converted to production of war essentials. Gillette

Conversion. Safety razor plant. From razor blades to V-blocks in few w...

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Production. Airplanes. Members of a swing shift at a large Western aircraft plant meet during a lunch period. Allison engines are in the background

Production. Airplanes. Members of a swing shift at a large Western air...

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Dr. Bair. Philosopher and scientist backs war production drive with his labor. Dr. Bair, former college professor and holder of eleven degrees, heads the war production drive as a sub-contractor. He saws steel bullets to required sizes on power saws

Dr. Bair. Philosopher and scientist backs war production drive with hi...

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Production. Submarine chasers. The sturdy oak keel of a wooden subchaser is laid at an Eastern boatyard. The stern of the vessel is scarfed to it. The numbers showing along the keel indicate the "stations" or hull sections into which every boat plan is divided. Marine Construction Company, Stamford, Connecticut

Production. Submarine chasers. The sturdy oak keel of a wooden subchas...

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

World production of rubber. The increase in production of rubber between 1930 and 1940 parallels the growth of the automobile. In 1940 all but a few shiploads of the 1,000,000 long tons produced in the world came from Malaya, the Netherlands, the East Indies, Ceylon and other East Indian sources. The greatest part of this was shipped to the United States. Since the war, more than ninety-eight percent of our sources of supply of crude rubber have been lost

World production of rubber. The increase in production of rubber betwe...

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Production. Lead. 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. Creede, Colorade where old lead mines have been reop...

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Production. Tungsten. Concentrating tungsten ore on tables in a recovery plant near Kingman, Arizona. The Boriana mine and plant at this point are producing large amounts of tungsten, for which there are many vital uses in the war effort. Boriana Mine, Arizona

Production. Tungsten. Concentrating tungsten ore on tables in a recove...

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Production. B-25 bombers. It packs a wallop the Axis has felt. A new B-25 medium bomber nearing the end of a Western aircraft assembly line. General Doolittle calls it the best military plane in existence. Fairfax bomber plant, Kansas City

Production. B-25 bombers. It packs a wallop the Axis has felt. A new B...

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Production. Machine guns of various calibers. Machining a switch pivot for a machine gun in a large Eastern plant. Women's hands are playing a prominent role in this plant producing essential weapons for the armed forces

Production. Machine guns of various calibers. Machining a switch pivot...

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.

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. Through the skill and ingenuity of the entire personnel of this small Eastern manufacturing firm, machinery formerly used in production of floor waxers has been converted to production of war essentials. Pictured here is the night foreman employed by the company for fifteen years, who was instrumental in executing the changeover. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. Through the skill and ingenuity of the ...

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. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Pre-flight check-up. Here, flight service mechanics are making a pre-flight check-up on a "Vengeance" dive bomber manufactured at Vultee's Nashville Division. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Pre-flight check-up. Here...

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Production. Magnesium. Two men of the plant protection force guard the stacks of vital magnesium produced at Basic Magnesium's giant plant in the southern Nevada desert. This lightest of all metals is used in the making of incendiary bombs, tracer bullets and aircraft parts

Production. Magnesium. Two men of the plant protection force guard the...

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers making M5 and M7 guns for the U.S. Army. Women doing bench work on small parts

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers making M5 and M7 guns for...

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Tail cone sub-assembly. In this scene one girl is operating a rivet gun as another girl bucks the rivets in the tail cone sub-assembly, a fabrication operation in the manufacture of the Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Tail cone sub-assembly. I...

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Donald Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), at luncheon of dehydrated food, held at the Hotel Statler, Washington, D,C., on second anniversary of lend-lease. Also at this table are the minister of Iran, the Honorable Mohammed Schayesteh, and the head of the Brazilian aircraft engine factory mission, Dr. H. de S. Mattos

Donald Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), at luncheon...

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Colonel Johnson's press conference. Colonel Robert Johnson, vice chairman of the War Production Board (WPB) in charge of smaller war plants corporation, outlines plans for the SWPC at his first press conference February 16, 1943 after assuming office

Colonel Johnson's press conference. Colonel Robert Johnson, vice chair...

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New York, New York. Miss Anna Rosenberg of the War Manpower Commission, at the exhibition of cartoons concerning lost hours in war production, sponsored by the Office of War Information. She is looking at a cartoon, autographed by Mayor La Guardia of New York City, who submitted the idea for this illustration

New York, New York. Miss Anna Rosenberg of the War Manpower Commission...

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

[Paul Robeson and Jose Ferrer watching a softball game with other members of Othello production, Central Park, New York City]

[Paul Robeson and Jose Ferrer watching a softball game with other memb...

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Parke, Davis and Company, manufacturing chemists, Detroit, Michigan. Production of empty gelatin capsules in a special size

Parke, Davis and Company, manufacturing chemists, Detroit, Michigan. P...

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Washington, D.C. Gilbert Parks, employed by the War Production Board, is chairman of the entertainment committee of the Walsh Club for war workers, located at 1523 22nd Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. Gilbert Parks, employed by the War Production Board, ...

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Production. Zinc. Workings in a zinc mine serving a large concentrator. From the Eagle-Picher plant near Cardin, Oklahoma, come great quantities of zinc and lead to serve many important purposes in the war effort

Production. Zinc. Workings in a zinc mine serving a large concentrator...

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War nursery schools. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Picture books, blocks, modeling clay, story hours, music, for the pre-school children of war working mothers. War nurseries are generally to be under trained supervisory personnel and will be operated in connection with the public schools in communities of intense industrial production

War nursery schools. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Picture books, blocks...

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Production. Shell loading. These girls are "staking" fuses in the assembly of artillery shells in a large Midwest loading plant. In the manufacture and loading of percussion caps--an operation performed in a large division of the plant--ninety percent of the employees are women. Army officers say the women speed up production. Ravenna ordnance plant

Production. Shell loading. These girls are "staking" fuses in the asse...

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Baseball players in war production. Outfielder Vince DiMaggio, of the Pittsburgh Pirates, has been working at the California Ship Building Corporation since last October. He's one of the many former athletic stars who are helping to smash the Axis by building the equipment needed by America's fighting men

Baseball players in war production. Outfielder Vince DiMaggio, of the ...

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Production. Magnesium. Magnesium, ready for war uses. Production of this lightest of all metals, vitally needed in the United Nations' war effort, is increasing daily at Basic Magnesium's giant plant in the southern Nevada desert. A 24-hour production schedule results in the turning out of thousands of ingots ready for shipment to aircraft and tracer bullet manufacturers

Production. Magnesium. Magnesium, ready for war uses. Production of th...

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Steel-saving glass-top jars recommended by the War Production Board, Containers Division, for home canning of the Victory garden fruits and vegetables in 1943. First step in sealing a jar is to fit the wet, sterilized rubber ring around the projection on the underside of the glass lid, also sterilized

Steel-saving glass-top jars recommended by the War Production Board, C...

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[Scene from "Othello" with Paul Robeson as Othello and Uta Hagen as Desdemona, Theatre Guild Production, Broadway, 1943-44]

[Scene from "Othello" with Paul Robeson as Othello and Uta Hagen as D...

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Production. Magnesium. The shadow of a watchtower at the huge Basic Magnesium plant in the southern Nevada desert points to a water treatment plant in which water piped for miles is conditioned for many uses in the plant and its employee housing development

Production. Magnesium. The shadow of a watchtower at the huge Basic Ma...

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A black and white photo of a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a machine in a factory. Office of War Infor...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: U.S. Army Signal Corps. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Pictu... More

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Lunch time. Here's a group of women workers relaxing by their work--a fuselage section of "Vengeance" dive bomber made at Vultee's Nashville Division--and enjoying a well-earned lunch. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Lunch time. Here's a grou...

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Landing gear installation. This woman worker at Vultee-Nashville is shown making final adjustments in the wheel well of an inner wing before installation of the landing gear. This is one of the numerous assembly operations in connection with the mass production of Vultee "Vengeance" dive bombers. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Landing gear installation...

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

Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production. Consolidated Transport and other planes

Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production. Consol...

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Set and cast for the first production of Appalachian Spring, 1944

Set and cast for the first production of Appalachian Spring, 1944

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Ciba (pharmaceutical production), Summit, New Jersey. Entrance detail

Ciba (pharmaceutical production), Summit, New Jersey. Entrance detail

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[Cotton textile mill interior with machines producing cotton thread, probably in Tashkent]

[Cotton textile mill interior with machines producing cotton thread, p...

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Ben-Hur Klaw & Erlanger's stupendous production.

Ben-Hur Klaw & Erlanger's stupendous production.

G xxc 504 U.S. Copyright Office At head of title: Illinois Theatre, Chicago commencing Sept 2d. matinees Wed & Sat. By General Lew Wallace; dramatized by Wm. Young. Created and "copyright 1901 by The Strobridge... More

Messrs. S.S. Shubert & Nixon & Zimmerman's production of A Chinese honeymoon by George Dance & Howard Talbot.

Messrs. S.S. Shubert & Nixon & Zimmerman's production of A Chinese hon...

G xxc 3718 U.S. Copyright Office "Now running in its second year in London, Eng." Caption: How the girls make love in China. Created and "copyright 1902 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cincinnati & New York." N.Y. ... More

Modjeska assisted by Mr. John E. Kellerd and company of players presenting artistic scenic production of Mary Stuart, MacBeth, Much ado about nothing, Marie Antoinette.

Modjeska assisted by Mr. John E. Kellerd and company of players presen...

Created and "copyright 1899, Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." No. 2446. Poster contains only text. Under the direction of John C. Fisher. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Klaw & Erlanger's stupendous production of Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace ; dramatized by William Young, Esq.

Klaw & Erlanger's stupendous production of Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace ; dr...

At head of title: Broadway Theatre. Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati & New York." N.Y. no. 8744A. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Klaw & Erlanger's production of A Japanese nightingale adapted from Onoto Watanna's novel by William Young.

Klaw & Erlanger's production of A Japanese nightingale adapted from On...

At head of title: Daly's Theatre. Created and "copyright 1903 by The Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati & New York." N.Y. no. 10677. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Charles Frohman's dramatic production, The hand of destiny by Pierre Decourcelle.

Charles Frohman's dramatic production, The hand of destiny by Pierre D...

Caption: The lock on the Seine. Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati & New-York." No. 7137. Similar image on: POS - TH - 1898 .T96, no. 2 (C size). Forms part of: Theatrical poste... More

Edward C. White's dramatic production, Two little vagrants

Edward C. White's dramatic production, Two little vagrants

D11480 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Ladies first. Created and "copyright, 1900, by The U.S. Printing Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 4649. Smaller version of same poster: POS - TH - 190... More

Al. W. Martin's mammoth production, Uncle Tom's cabin

Al. W. Martin's mammoth production, Uncle Tom's cabin

37096 U.S. Copyright Office "Russell-Morgan Print." Al. W. Martin, sole owner; E.V. Giroux, manager. Caption: Scenes from Al. W. Martin's mammoth production of Uncle Tom's cabin: The rocky pass; Uncle Tom and E... More

Charles Frohman's dramatic production, The hand of destiny by Pierre Decourcelle.

Charles Frohman's dramatic production, The hand of destiny by Pierre D...

B245724 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The young pickpocket. Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cinti & N.Y." No. 7182. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Carl A. Haswin in the new romantic melodrama, A lion's heart an honest, earnest production of a great play.

Carl A. Haswin in the new romantic melodrama, A lion's heart an honest...

Created and "copyright 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cin. & N.Y." Lower right corner and other pieces missing. No. 4155. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Edward C. White's dramatic production, Two little vagrants

Edward C. White's dramatic production, Two little vagrants

D11766 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The gypsies obtain thirty thousand francs for "Fan-Fan" then substitute the sickly Claude in his place. Created and "copyright, 1900, by The U.S. Printing Co., Russell-Morg... More

The big scenic production, Man's enemy by Chas. A. Longdon & Eric Hudson : now in it's 4th year in England.

The big scenic production, Man's enemy by Chas. A. Longdon & Eric Huds...

Caption: Tom Drake's vision. Created and "copyright 1900 by The U.S. Printing Co., Russell-Morgan Print., Cincinnati & New York." No. 4350. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

The great Kara, the mystery man from India and his $50,000 production of Oriental-splendor supported by a company of select entertainers.

The great Kara, the mystery man from India and his $50,000 production ...

"Presenting "A night in the Orient" : songs and dances of the Far East ...." At head of title: Ohio Theatre, 2 weeks starting Sun., Aug. 19." Created by "Scott's Printery, Marion, Indiana." Transferred from; LC... More

Miscellaneous subjects. Cast of theatrical production

Miscellaneous subjects. Cast of theatrical production

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Proposed House bill would ruin small oil companies, Kentucky oil executive tells House Committee. Washington, D.C., June 23. Testifying against a proposed House bill that would divorce production, refining and marketing processes in the oil industry, Paul G. Blazer, President of the Ashland Oil and Refining Co. of Kentucky, told the House Judiciary Committee that passage of such a bill would ruin a company like his. He said his company was a small concern but was completely integrated

Proposed House bill would ruin small oil companies, Kentucky oil execu...

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Hollywood starlet arrives to participate in National Airmail Week. Washington, D.C., May 15. Miss Marion Weldon, Paramount starlet, waves a greeting to the throng as she arrived at Washington Airport today to participate in National Airmail Week as a representative of the film city. Miss Weldon was selected for the honor by the 22 pilots and stunt men who appeared with her in the forthcoming Paramount technicolor production "Men with Wings," 5/15/38

Hollywood starlet arrives to participate in National Airmail Week. Was...

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A Federal Theatre production festival of American dance featuring "An American exodus"

A Federal Theatre production festival of American dance featuring "An ...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of a festival of American dance featuring "An American Exodus" with choreography and direction by Myra Kinch and music by Manuela Galea at the Belasco, a Federal ... More

A sharp questioner. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. Hugh L. Cox, who as Special Assistant to the Attorney General is acting as one of the counsel for Joint Monopoly Committee, is proving a shrewd questioner at the daily hearings. Cox, left, is pictured quizzing J.H. McNash of Hazel-Atlas Glass Container Co. regarding a statement that the Ball Fruit Jar Co. wished to make some agreement to restrict the Hazel-Atlas production of fruit jars, 12/15/38

A sharp questioner. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. Hugh L. Cox, who as Spe...

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Army truck manufacture (Dodge). An attractive young lady operating an ingenious machine contributes her share to defense production. With a specially designed "gun" this girl sprays cement inside a "U" shaped rubber channel into which the glass for the rear window of truck cabs is inserted. The rubber channel makes the window water-tight

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). An attractive young lady operating an ...

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W. H. Harrison (left), Director, Production Division, War Production Board and Donald M. Nelson, Chairman, War Production Board

W. H. Harrison (left), Director, Production Division, War Production B...

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Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. Power for the wheels of defense industry. The stacks of the power house which generates all the steam required in this plant. The heavy wires in the foreground carry current to the electric furnaces used to convert scrap iron and steel into the many alloys required for national defense production

Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenri...

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Jesse C. Nichols, chief of Supplies Section, Production Division. Formerly president of the J.C. Nichols Company

Jesse C. Nichols, chief of Supplies Section, Production Division. Form...

W.D. Connor, Jr., chief, Lumber Unit, Office of Production Management (OPM)

W.D. Connor, Jr., chief, Lumber Unit, Office of Production Management ...

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Gerrit Vander Hooning. Consultant to the Subsistence Division, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Gerrit Vander Hooning. Consultant to the Subsistence Division, Office ...

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Robert R. Nathan, Assistant Director of Progress Reports, War Production Board, one of the members of the Planning Committee which acts in an advisory capacity to Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of War Production Board

Robert R. Nathan, Assistant Director of Progress Reports, War Producti...

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Production. Copper. Copper concentrates storage bins at the Garfield, Utah smelter of the American Smelting and Refining Company

Production. Copper. Copper concentrates storage bins at the Garfield, ...

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H.R. Boyer, Chief, Managing Unit, Aircraft Section, Office of Production Management(OPM). Formerly President and General Manager of Allen Corporation, Detroit

H.R. Boyer, Chief, Managing Unit, Aircraft Section, Office of Producti...

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Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Lines of sheet metal formed into top and back panels for the cabs of Army trucks arrive at the truck plant daily in huge shipments loaded compactly into railroad freight cars. Four carloads are required for an average day's production

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Lines of sheet metal formed into top a...

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A humorous--and positive--approach to the problem of absenteeism is presented in this poster used by the production drive committee of the Chickasaw Ordnance Works, Millington, Tennessee. The poster was designed by an employee of the plant

A humorous--and positive--approach to the problem of absenteeism is pr...

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C. E. Rhetts, Executive Assistant to Mr. Batt, Materials Division, Office of Production Management (OPM)

C. E. Rhetts, Executive Assistant to Mr. Batt, Materials Division, Off...

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War production drive poster. "Invitation to a Hanging." The front cover of the "Invitation to a Hanging" of effigies at the Wallace Silversmiths plant in connection with the war production drive

War production drive poster. "Invitation to a Hanging." The front cove...

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Mr. Nathaniel G. Burleigh, Chief, Industrial and Office Machinery Branch, Division of Civilian Supply, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Mr. Nathaniel G. Burleigh, Chief, Industrial and Office Machinery Bran...

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D.S. Kimball, chairman of the Tools and Equipment Group, Division of Priorities, Office of Production Management (OPM). Office for Emergency Management (OEM)

D.S. Kimball, chairman of the Tools and Equipment Group, Division of P...

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No absenteeism here. Knoxville, Tennessee. As he threw the switch that started the first generators of Tenessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Douglas Dam, a vital war power-production unit, Patrick P. Marshall, steam-fitter, said: "I realized that any day I was absent was a day given to the enemy." Marshall had been on the job for 374 consecutive workdays. He was chosen among eighteen workers, all of whom never missed a day of work on Douglas, to speak for the employees. He is shown here being congratulated by W.L. Batt, War Production Board (WPB) vice-chairman, on the completion of a job that is making aluminum for bombers ahead of schedule

No absenteeism here. Knoxville, Tennessee. As he threw the switch that...

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Gano Dunn. Special Consultant, Production Division, Office of Production Management (OPM). Still President of J.W. White Engineering Corporation of New York

Gano Dunn. Special Consultant, Production Division, Office of Producti...

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Jalopies for defense. Here are some of the parts stripped from junked automobiles in auto graveyards. These parts were removed from cars before they were sent to a scrap iron dealer, who will process them and ship them out to steel mills. Some of these parts will be resold, but the vast majority, whether sold or not, will eventually end up in the furnace of an open hearth steel mill. There it will be melted down and combined with virgin metals to provide the fine quality steel needed for defense production

Jalopies for defense. Here are some of the parts stripped from junked ...

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Floyd B. Odlum, Director of Contract Distribution, Office of Production Management (OPM)

Floyd B. Odlum, Director of Contract Distribution, Office of Productio...

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[Production of "The Grapes of Wrath"]

[Production of "The Grapes of Wrath"]

Print shows actors, dressed as migrants, as the production crew work on the "camp scene" of film. No. 20. Title from staff. F.S.A. Historical Section, Dir'n Information.

War production drive poster. "We Have Axis to Grind" One of the huge posters which employees of the Northern Pump Company, of Minneapolis, place on the sides of freight cars leaving the plant. The ideas originated with the men themselves. In this way the labor-management committee broadcasts to the countryside its resolve to help win the war. It is estimated that millions of Americans see these traveling posters as they move across the country to their destinations

War production drive poster. "We Have Axis to Grind" One of the huge p...

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War production drive streamer. Streamer displayed in war plants by the War Production Board (WPB). The original is 10 feet, 2 inches wide and 16 3/4 inches high and is painted in red and blue. Copies may be obtained from the Distribution Section, Office of War Information (OWI), Washington, D.C.

War production drive streamer. Streamer displayed in war plants by the...

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Dr. C.K. Leith, Consultant on Minerals, Office of Production Management (OPM). Formerly professor in Geology at University of Wisconsin (still)

Dr. C.K. Leith, Consultant on Minerals, Office of Production Managemen...

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Dr. Ernest W. Reid, Assistant Chief, Chemical and Allied Production. Formerly Senior Industrial Fellow, Mellon Institute

Dr. Ernest W. Reid, Assistant Chief, Chemical and Allied Production. F...

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