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Construction. Riveters at work II

Construction. Riveters at work II

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Production. B-17 heavy bomber. Women riveters at the Boeing plant in Seattle work at assembly and fitting operations in the fuselage of a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber. 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. Women riveters at the Boeing plant in S...

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Federal Trade Commission. Pediments over door (two riveters) of Federal Trade Commission

Federal Trade Commission. Pediments over door (two riveters) of Federa...

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Thanksgiving, 1942. American workers give up the holiday to speed victory. The Blackwelder family celebrated Thanksgiving at their benches in a Glenn Martin Company plant. William P. Blackwelder works in the tool crib of the plane factory, and his wife and daughter are riveters. A son, Frank, in the Navy for one year, has been wounded four times. He has been awarded several medals

Thanksgiving, 1942. American workers give up the holiday to speed vict...

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Baltimore, Maryland. Building the SS Frederick Douglas. More than 6,000 Negro shipyard workers are employed at the Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, where the Liberty ship is being rushed to completion. The noted orator and abolitionist leader worked as a ship caulker in the vicinity of this yard before he escaped from slavery. Riveters Dave Martin and Walter Shired pose for cameraman

Baltimore, Maryland. Building the SS Frederick Douglas. More than 6,00...

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Cherokee Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Riveters

Cherokee Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Riveters

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Construction. Riveters at work I

Construction. Riveters at work I

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Production. B-17 heavy bomber. Women riveters at the Boeing plant in Seattle work at assembly and fitting operations in the fuselage of a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber. 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. Women riveters at the Boeing plant in S...

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Riveters at work, Cramp's ship yards, Philadelphia

Riveters at work, Cramp's ship yards, Philadelphia

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Cherokee Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Riveters

Cherokee Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Riveters

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Riveters at work on fuselage of Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Riveters at work on fuselage of Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraf...

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Production. B-17F heavy bombers. Women riveters in the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of the 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 and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. Women riveters in the Long Beach, Cal...

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Cherokee Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Riveters

Cherokee Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Riveters

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Baltimore, Maryland. Building the SS Frederick Douglass. More than 6,000 Negro shipyard workers are employed at the Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, where the Liberty ship is being rushed to completion. The noted orator and abolitionist leader worked as a ship caulker in the vicinity of this yard before he escaped from slavery. Riveters Dave Martin and Walter Shired pose for cameraman

Baltimore, Maryland. Building the SS Frederick Douglass. More than 6,0...

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Production. B-17 heavy bomber. Women riveters at the Boeing plant in Seattle work at assembly and fitting operations in the fuselage of a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber. 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. Women riveters at the Boeing plant in S...

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Naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas. Learning to "keep 'em flying," trainees at the Corpus Christi, Texas naval air base, Inga Johnsen and Edwin McLelland, National Youth Administration (NYA), prepare for civil service jobs at the base. They are shown here during their eight weeks apprenticeship as riveters

Naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas. Learning to "keep 'em flying," ...

Seattle, Washington. Boeing aircraft plant. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Riveters working on the fuselage section

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

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