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Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Propeller and rudder just before a launching. Below, workmen are greasing the outboard end of the ways

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Propeller and rudd...

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Inglewood, California. A man and woman working on rudder controls for a P-51 fighter plane at North American Aviation, Inc.

Inglewood, California. A man and woman working on rudder controls for ...

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

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. The metal structure for a rudder on a B-25 bomber is assembled by North American employees in the control surface department at Inglewood, California. The part will next move to the covering department for its fabric cover. Women are fast taking the places of men in this department. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mutchell") 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. The metal structure for a r...

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.

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Propeller and rudder just before a launching

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Propeller and rudd...

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Rudder, Osterhaus, Barry G.T. Wilson, Hill, Smith, Waldo

Rudder, Osterhaus, Barry G.T. Wilson, Hill, Smith, Waldo

A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[View of the stern and rudder of the TITANIC in drydock]

[View of the stern and rudder of the TITANIC in drydock]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Rudder and screws of S.S. IMPERATOR

Rudder and screws of S.S. IMPERATOR

Photo shows shipbuilders on scaffolding at construction site of the S.S. Imperator, an ocean liner of the Hamburg America Line, Hamburg, Germany. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009) George Grantham Bain Coll... More

[Ironclad vessel with rudder and paddlewheel]

[Ironclad vessel with rudder and paddlewheel]

Illus. in: Gaspar Schott, Technica Curiosa, 1664, pl. 30, opp. p. 388. Reference copy may be in LOT 7007. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Marine engineering; ... More

The rudder and propeller of an EC-2 Liberty ship prior to her launching at a West coast shipyard

The rudder and propeller of an EC-2 Liberty ship prior to her launchin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Two views of an airship shaped like a long tube with a pointed nose, propellers on the side and a rudder, resembling an 1850 design proposed by Pierre Jullien, a French clock maker from Villejuif, France]

[Two views of an airship shaped like a long tube with a pointed nose, ...

(Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC Staff, 1981-82) Tissandier collection. Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Wilbur gliding in level flight, single rear rudder clearly visible; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Wilbur gliding in level flight, single rear rudder clearly visible; K...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 54. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. The tail and rudder of a mighty B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber near completion at the Boeing plant in Seattle.  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. The tail and rudder of a mighty B-17F (...

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

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Applying paint to the rudder of a plane under camouflage netting

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Applying paint to the...

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

A ground crew assistant removing the block from the rudder preparatory to the plane's taking off. Municipal airport, Washington, D.C.

A ground crew assistant removing the block from the rudder preparatory...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Side view of flight 41, showing the machine traveling to the right, with double horizontal rudder in front and double vertical rudder behind, as Orville flew 12 miles; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Side view of flight 41, showing the machine traveling to the right, w...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

Shipbuilding (Newport News). This craftsman is measuring the rudder bearing for a new battleship. Split hair accuracy is required in fashioning these watertight fittings

Shipbuilding (Newport News). This craftsman is measuring the rudder be...

Public domain photograph of Virginia, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Airplane mechanics of a mobile unit working on the rudder of a B-26

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Airplane mechanics ...

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

Americans all. In the armed forces and on the production line, Americans of every race and creed fight shoulder to shoulder to defeat the forces which threaten to destroy our liberties. Here Charles Geier (right) and Marcell Webb work on the rudder of a P-47 pursuit ship in an Eastern aircraft factory. Republic Aircraft Corporation

Americans all. In the armed forces and on the production line, America...

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

Rudder controls are assembled by men and women on North American Aviation's P-51 fighter final assembly line

Rudder controls are assembled by men and women on North American Aviat...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Warner Robins, Georgia. Air Service Command, Robins Field. Aircraft mechanics and ordnance men working on the rudder and tail guns of a B-24

Warner Robins, Georgia. Air Service Command, Robins Field. Aircraft me...

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

[Close-up view of damaged 1903 machine, rudder frame broken in landing, on ground at end of last flight]

[Close-up view of damaged 1903 machine, rudder frame broken in landing...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 57. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

[Side view of flight 41, showing the machine traveling to the right, with double horizontal rudder in front and double vertical rudder behind, as Orville flew 12 miles at Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Side view of flight 41, showing the machine traveling to the right, w...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Nitrate film negativ... More

[Start of a glide; Wilbur in motion at left holding one end of glider (rebuilt with single vertical rudder), Orville lying prone in machine, and Dan Tate at right; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Start of a glide; Wilbur in motion at left holding one end of glider ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Newport News, Virginia. The four-blade cast propeller, propeller hub and rudder of a C-3

Newport News, Virginia. The four-blade cast propeller, propeller hub a...

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

I'm a ship without a rudder - Public domain American sheet music, 1879

I'm a ship without a rudder - Public domain American sheet music, 1879

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. One of North American Aviation's many women employees at Inglewood, California, assembles the rudder of a B-25 bomber on the horizontal stabilizer. 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. One of North American Aviat...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

I'm a ship without a rudder - Public domain American sheet music, 1879

I'm a ship without a rudder - Public domain American sheet music, 1879

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Pilot checking the rudder assembly before taking off

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

I'm a ship without a rudder - Public domain American sheet music, 1879

I'm a ship without a rudder - Public domain American sheet music, 1879

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Studying aeroplane [i.e. airplane] rudder

Studying aeroplane [i.e. airplane] rudder

Public domain image of an early automobile, 1910s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Sergeant C.M. Battleship of Sydney, Australia, leader of a RAF (Royal Air Force) attack which destroyed six Junker 52s and damaged others at the El Aden airdrome, examinig some of the telephone wire which was draped from the oil coolers, wireless  masts, tail, and rudder if his plane when he returned to the base. Flying low over the road, he cracked through enemy telephone wires
I'm a ship without a rudder - Public domain American sheet music, 1879

I'm a ship without a rudder - Public domain American sheet music, 1879

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Warner Robins, Georgia. Air Service Command, Robins Field. Aircraft mechanics and ordnance men working on the rudder and tail guns of a B-24

Warner Robins, Georgia. Air Service Command, Robins Field. Aircraft me...

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