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To skilled workmen. Give your strength and your skill to your country. ... God save the king / Hall the Printer Ltd., 3a Queen Street, Oxford ; Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld., Lith., London.

To skilled workmen. Give your strength and your skill to your country....

Poster is text only, with monogram and arms of George V at top.

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This worker is in the plate-bender's shop, where steel plates are bent to fit the sidings of warcraft under construction. This is an operation requiring a high degree of skill

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This worker is in the plate-bender's...

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.

Shipbuilding (Newport News). These are the men whose skill is devoted to the building of the finest, most powerful fleet of naval vessels the world has ever seen. They are leaving the gate of the yard after their regular shift

Shipbuilding (Newport News). These are the men whose skill is devoted ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street market, food vendors, downtown shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

De Land pool. Bits and parts. With a "know-how" skill developed in thirty-two years experience as a machinist, Fred W. Casey, sub-contractor in the De Land, Florida pool, bends over a heavy lathe as it machines a part for the nation's war machine. Fifty-two-year-old Casey, like many machinists who retired to Florida, chuckles at the idea that machinists in the deep South cannot work to close tolerances

De Land pool. Bits and parts. With a "know-how" skill developed in thi...

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.

Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. Invaluable training in use of electrical equipment is given to these boys in the industrial shops at Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles, California. Members of the Victory Corps, their potential manpower will supply needed technical skill for war and post-war activities

Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. Invaluable training in...

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.

The art and skill of great masters gathered in a single vision, World's Fair, St. Louis, Mo.

The art and skill of great masters gathered in a single vision, World'...

H52147 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3286. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Paulina Longworth makes debut as a horsewoman. Exclusive! Little Paulina Longworth, daughter of the Speaker of the House and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth and granddaughter of the late President Roosevelt, is now learning to ride and today demonstrated her skill to her Daddy. Paulina will make her debut as a horsewoman on May 3 at the Wardman Park Saddle Club show which she has entered with her pony "Snappy"

Paulina Longworth makes debut as a horsewoman. Exclusive! Little Pauli...

An old black and white photo of a man and a child on a horse. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Priorities unemployment. Once again the worker sits with his family, secure in a job, happy that he need not worry about supporting his family. His routine has been revised and rearranged; he calls upon a new skill to earn his living, but he retains the self-respect of the producer. He has a right to work, and his country benefits from the product of his work

Priorities unemployment. Once again the worker sits with his family, s...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversion. Toy factory. Lucille Ciecko is one of the thousands of workers turning their skill today to the production of vital parts of Uncle Sam's war machine. Here she is shown at her peacetime work, drilling castings for toy locomotives in a large Eastern plant. Today she uses the same press, with different drills, to make the holes in parachute flare casings through which wires are inserted. A. C. Gilbert Company, New Haven, Connecticut

Conversion. Toy factory. Lucille Ciecko is one of the thousands of wor...

Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ice cubes to searchlights. Edward O'Rourke, formerly a line welder on electric refrigerator condensors, is here shown at his old job. He is now using his skill in the assembling of high-powered, anti-aircraft searchlights

Ice cubes to searchlights. Edward O'Rourke, formerly a line welder on ...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tries culinary skill. Washington, D.C., March 10. Senator F. Ryan Duffey, democrat of Wisconsin, proud of his culinary skill tries his hand on a 35-pound sturgeon presented to him at the Capitol today by Maurice Fitzsimmons, Democrat Committeeman from Wisconsin. The fish, which was caught in Lake Winnebago, Wisc., was later served at a luncheon to Congressional colleagues of Senator Duffey, 3/10/38

Tries culinary skill. Washington, D.C., March 10. Senator F. Ryan Duff...

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Wives of "duster pilots" recover plane which has been damaged. In this dangerous occupation crashes are common but rarely fatal because of low speed, low altitude and high operating skill. Note farm machinery in background. Seabrook Farms, between Bridgeton and Vineland, New Jersey

Wives of "duster pilots" recover plane which has been damaged. In this...

Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). An expert installs the accessories for the engine of Dodge Army trucks that are specified by Army regulations. With skill and accuracy craftsman shown above attaches oil filters, air cleaners, hoops up spark plug wires and sees that all are properly coordinated and in good working order

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). An expert installs the accessories for...

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

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

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

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

Production. Subchasers. An old shipwright and a son who came up in the same trade inspect a timber that will be used in the keel of a new subchaser. The father had retired some years ago, but came back to give his skill and experience to an Eastern shipyard. He is now foreman of the keel department and the son is foreman of the mill department

Production. Subchasers. An old shipwright and a son who came up in the...

Public domain photograph of American trade card, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A poster comes to life. Squinting against the terrific glare and bursts of steam charging up from a strip of red-hot steel which moves slowly past them, Sergeant Vineyard and Chief Evans pause with welder Woolslayer to watch precious river, which comes off the blooming mill and rolls toward the four-high strip mill at Allegheny-Ludlum. They're learning a lot, these servicemen of the "Men Working Together" poster, learning how their lives depend on the production workers of the country, without whose skill and strength the weapons of war could not be forged. Allegheny-Ludlum Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A poster comes to life. Squinting against the terrific glare and burst...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Their brawn and their skill serve democracy in the forge plant of an automobile factory now working full capacity on production of shells for the Army. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Their brawn and their skill serve democracy in the forge plant of an a...

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

Conversion. Food machinery plant. Cutting of spouts for anti-tanks guns such as those shown in the foreground is the present work of this lathe, formerly used in the production of cube steak machines in a New England plant which is now turning out a number of parts for war machinery on subcontract. Conversion of this machine, and the stepping up of its speed required only a few hours. The operator, Ralph Hutchings, has also turned his skill to war work. He formerly operated a lathe in the production of cube steak machinery. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts

Conversion. Food machinery plant. Cutting of spouts for anti-tanks gun...

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

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. A view of the manufacturing area of a large machine tool plant. The finished parts and sub-assemblies stacked in the foreground give some idea of the complexity of machine tools. One average milling machine has about 2000 separate metal parts, most of which require much more skill and care than those of the automobile

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. A view of the manuf...

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.

Production. Aircraft. Although the tiny part in this veteran's "mike" looks insignificant, its variation from perfection may mean a jammed gun, faulty landing gear, or stalled engine. This machinist in a large Western aircraft plant has had twenty-three years of experience. Craftsmen of his skill are at an all-time premium now

Production. Aircraft. Although the tiny part in this veteran's "mike" ...

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

Aluminum casting. It takes skill and dexterity to perform this operation. A worker in an aluminum foundry puddling and skimming a 450-pound crucible tilting furnace. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. It takes skill and dexterity to perform this operati...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Subcontracting (Braden and Van Fossen Works). The speedy equipping of the armies of democracy depends upon using effectively and immediately the skill of thousands of men in shops such as the Braden and Van Fossen Works, in Staunton, Virginia. These are special jigs and other tools made up in the shop since Pearl Harbor, all of them to speed production on small war orders. The volume of such orders is much too small, and the shop is even now idle much of the time, but it is just such ingenuity as these men are showing which will mean adequate war production

Subcontracting (Braden and Van Fossen Works). The speedy equipping of ...

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

Production. Parachute making. These women sew yards of silk together into flare parachutes, a task which requires just as much care and skill as does working on parachutes that will bear men. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. These women sew yards of silk together i...

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

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Skill and experience back the production drive. A die maker in a converted Kentucky watch case factory brings rare ability to the plant's new job of making compass cases, fuse baffles, machine gun parts and other war essentials. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Skill and experience back t...

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.

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. Tuning a bomber engine requires knowledge and skill. These three corporals of a bombardment squadron at Langley Field, Virginia are making adjustments that will put a mighty YB-17 bomber in the pink of condition

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. Tuning a bomber e...

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

New shells on old scales. Squatting before an old-fashioned measuring scale, this Indian workman and the shells before him, symbolizes the United Nations' mutual aid. The shells were manufactured somewhere in Eastern India from U.S. steel provided under lend-lease An Indian inspector weighs a twenty-five shot in one of the munitions factories where the skill of Indian workmen and the efficiency of new lend-lease machinery continues to speed tha Allied war effort

New shells on old scales. Squatting before an old-fashioned measuring ...

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Night view of rides, games of skill, etc., at the Glen Echo amusement park in Maryland, near Washington, D.C.

Night view of rides, games of skill, etc., at the Glen Echo amusement ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an amusement park, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A game of skill. Westmoreland Homesteads fair. Pennsylvania

A game of skill. Westmoreland Homesteads fair. Pennsylvania

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

Barrage balloon manufacture. Rope work. Splicing and handling ropes is a vital part of barrage balloon manufacture, and requires unusual skill to make ropes lie smoothly, pull uniformly, avoid chafing the fabric, or bunching after the balloon is fully inflated. An early step in the work is shown here, in which the rope is frayed out into its many strands, which are then cemented into fabric "fingers" for greatest holding power. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Rope work. Splicing and handling ropes is...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. This group of Negro workers in a large Eastern aircraft plant are installing elevator tab controls on medium bombers. This operation requires both skill and patience. Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant. Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. This group of Negro workers in a...

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

De Land pool. Carr's Machine Shop. L.F. Quinton used to be a radio sound engineer with a home workshop where he acquired skill in working to close tolerances, making model racing cars. Now he's using that "know-how" making precision worm gears for the De Land, Florida pool

De Land pool. Carr's Machine Shop. L.F. Quinton used to be a radio sou...

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.

Conversion. Jukebox plant. It's all for fun now, but his technical skill in operating this 130-ton capacity die stamping press will soon be applied to far more important production. This employee of an Eastern jukebox manufacturing concern is shown stamping out mounting frames for jukeboxes. When the boxes have been completed, this company will devote a large percentage of its time and space to production of electrical devices to be used by the Army and Navy. Rudolph Wurlitzer, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Jukebox plant. It's all for fun now, but his technical ski...

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

This Norton cutter-grinder which had been specially adapted to grind cams on the motor shaft for the electric dry shaver which this New England plant normally produces, has now been converted to grind permanent magnet rotors for machine tool motors. The conversion was accomplished with new jigs and fixtures and slight changes in the head. This is a tricky job well suited to the skill of this plant's workers. The metal is alnico and the octagonal shape consists of surfaces which are arcs drawn from the center of the piece. Schick Inc., Stamford, Connecticut

This Norton cutter-grinder which had been specially adapted to grind c...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Subchasers. One of the eighteen grandchildren is now in the Army, and granddad himself is doing important work for the Navy. His skill and experience are invaluable in the Eastern shipyard in which he helps to make keels and other important frame members for new subchasers

Production. Subchasers. One of the eighteen grandchildren is now in th...

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

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. The woodcarving skill of those capable hands has delighted thousands of children riding the horses of merry-go-rounds. Their skill has now been diverted for the duration to lathe work on landing gear housings for the deadly Airacobra. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. The woodcarving skill of those capab...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Toy factory. These two girls, Stephanie Cewe and Ann Manemeit, have turned their skill from peacetime production of toy trains to the assembling of parachute flare casings for the armies of democracy. Along with other workers in this Eastern plant, they have turned their skill to the vital needs of the day, and in many cases have seen to it that the machinery they used to use does Uncle Sam's most important work today. Stephanie, left, is assembling toy locomotives, driving screws and nuts with an electric screwdriver, while Ann is at her peacetime job assembling locomotive housings to their chassis. Today both girls are working with electric screwdrivers, assembling parachute flare casings. A. C. Gilbert Company, New Haven, Connecticut

Conversion. Toy factory. These two girls, Stephanie Cewe and Ann Manem...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These hands used to turn out merry-go-rounds to gladden the hearts of the nation's children. The carrousel plant in which they work is now engaged in producing war parts on subcontracts from army and navy contractors. These skilled hands belong to sixty-five-year-old Herman Jagow, whose wood carving skill delighted thousands of children riding the horses of merry-go-rounds. Here he is doing lathe work in landing gear housing. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These hands used to turn out merry-g...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Where skill and courage count. Signal Corps, United States Army

Where skill and courage count. Signal Corps, United States Army

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. J22. 1942

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. Working with skill and precision, these women operate a spot welding machine in the largest single story building in the world, Ford's giant bomber plant at Willow Run, Michigan. Ford plant, Willow Run

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. Working with skill and precision,...

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Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Youthful Paderewskis, take note! Her finger made superbly flexible by years of piano practice, this young employee of a Midwest aircraft motor plant finds her musical training of great assistance in her war job. The operation of this drill press demands constant, rapid hand and wrist movement--and that's where those hours of do-re-mi are paying dividends. She's countersinking six holes in a bolt, an operation requiring great precision, speed and skill

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Youthful Paderewskis, take ...

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.

Brushing up. Apprentices study drafting-room technique in classes at an eastern arsenal. Every kind of skill is going into preparation for war work

Brushing up. Apprentices study drafting-room technique in classes at a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teaching, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Brawn and skill team up. Workers at an eastern Navy yard hand forge a shackle in an operation that requires clear eyes and the skillful placing of a mighty blow

Brawn and skill team up. Workers at an eastern Navy yard hand forge a ...

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.

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. He used to make automobile parts. Now the big auto plant in which he works is using his skill to make machine guns for the Air Corps. After each operation, the gun barrels are racked on trucks for removal to succeeding operations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. He used to make automobile ...

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.

Conversion. Toy factory. From toy trains to parachute flare casings is the work history of Stephanie Cewe, whose skill with this electric screwdriver has been turned to the aid of Uncle Sam's war machine. Then Stephanie used to assemble toy locomotives; today, she uses the same screwdriver to assemble flare casings. A. C. Gilbert Company, New Haven, Connecticut

Conversion. Toy factory. From toy trains to parachute flare casings is...

Public domain photograph of electric locomotive, electrified railroads, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. This is a South Bend swing lathe used formerly in the manufacture of merry-go-rounds. This machine, along with others in this New York state plant is now turning out bits and pieces for our war program. The worker is machinist Fred Luther, whose skill was formerly used to amuse children, is now aiding in the job of protecting children and assuring them a life in which amusement will be as much a part as before the rise of a fascism. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. This is a South Bend swing lathe use...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Toy factory. From toy trains to parachute flare casings is the work history of Stephanie Cewe, whose skill with this electric screwdriver has been turned to the aid of Uncle Sam's war machine. Then Stephanie used to assemble toy locomotives, today, she uses the same screwdriver to assemble flare casings. A. C. Gilbert Company, New Haven, Connecticut

Conversion. Toy factory. From toy trains to parachute flare casings is...

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

Young defense woman. This young woman, trained in a National Youth Administration (NYA) work center, is contributing to defense as the result of skill acquired on the government project. Scene from Women in Defense, Office of War Information (OWI) motion picture which Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt wrote the commentary. In addition to industrial workers the film shows defense activities of women of science and the volunteer services

Young defense woman. This young woman, trained in a National Youth Adm...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Struck with the gallantry, skill, and decision, displayed by Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, Baronet, K.C.B. Commander of his Majesty's ship, the Shannon, in the attack, boarding, and capture of the American frigate, the Chesapeake ... / manufactured by S. Hougham & Co. ; Henry Meyer execudit.

Struck with the gallantry, skill, and decision, displayed by Sir Phili...

Print shows a design for a silver plateau containing laurels, Nereids, Triton, Neptune, Liberty, Victory, Commerce, and Britannia encircling HMS Shannon at sea.

Shipbuilding (Newport News). These are the men whose skill is devoted to the building of the finest, most powerful fleet of naval vessels the world has ever seen. They are leaving the gates of the yard after their regular shift

Shipbuilding (Newport News). These are the men whose skill is devoted ...

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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 are the shop's owner (right) and night foreman, both of whom were instrumental in making the change. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

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

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

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Volume for victory. His skill in the making of luxury items is an asset for a Kentucky watch case factory now producing compass cases, fuse baffles, gun parts and other war essentials. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Volume for victory. His ski...

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.

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

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

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

Conversion. Jukebox plant. It's all for fun now, but his technical skill in operating this multiple drill press will soon be applied to far more important production. That's a jukebox part under the drill but as soon as the jukeboxes now in the process of completion have been shipped out, this firm will devote a large percentage of its time and space to production of electrical devices to be used by the Army and Navy. Rudolph Wurlitzer, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Jukebox plant. It's all for fun now, but his technical ski...

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

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A former automotive worker in a converted auto plant sights through the precision-made breech of a machine gun for the Air Corps. One of thousands of examples of the way American enterprise threw its technical skill and its tremendous mass production facilities behind the war production drive. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A former automotive worker ...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. The ability to "saw" metal with flame is a skill which has many important applications in the war effort. This young Negro is receiving expert instruction in the art of cutting steel with an acetylene torch, just one phase of the training given at a WPA vocational training school in the District of Columbia

Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. The ab...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The "Human fly" otherwise known as John Reynolds giving an exhibition of his skill on the roof of the Times-Herald Bldg. Wash[ington] D.C.

The "Human fly" otherwise known as John Reynolds giving an exhibition ...

No. 28711. National Photo Company Collection.

"America's typical boy" has birdhouse exhibit in Washington. Barrett of Farmingham, Massachusetts., who was selected [...] artist Alberto Barretto as the American boy, is now exhibiting his skill [...] of birdhouses at the National museum in the Capital, 3/3/28

"America's typical boy" has birdhouse exhibit in Washington. Barrett o...

A young boy holding a birdhouse in his hands. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shipbuilding (Newport News). These are the men whose skill is devoted to the building of the finest, most powerful fleet of naval vessels the world has ever seen. They are leaving the gates of the yard after their regular shift

Shipbuilding (Newport News). These are the men whose skill is devoted ...

Public domain photograph of a historic place in Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. A million dollar baby, not in terms of money but in her value to Uncle Sam, twenty-one-year-old Eunice Hancock, erstwhile five-and-ten-cent store employee, operates a compressed-air grinder in a Midwest aircraft motor plant. With no previous experience, Eunice quickly mastered the techniques of her war job and today is turning out motor parts with speed and skill. Note protective mask and visor, two vital safety accessories

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. A million dollar baby, not ...

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.

Manpower. Southern shipyard workers. R.W. Hollamon works at gap shears in his wartime job at a Southern Navy yard. In peacetime he was a farmer, but he has converted his skill to turning out ship parts for the U.S. Navy for the duration

Manpower. Southern shipyard workers. R.W. Hollamon works at gap shears...

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.

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. A million dollar baby, not in terms of money but in her value to Uncle Sam, twenty-one-year-old Eunice Hancock, erstwhile five-and-ten-cent store employee, operates a compressed-air grinder in a Midwest aircraft motor plant. With no previous experience, Eunice quickly mastered the techniques of her war job and today is turning out motor parts with speed and skill. Note protective mask and visor, two vital safety accessories

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. A million dollar baby, not ...

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.

Production. Subchasers. An old shipwright gives his skill and experience to the building of subchasers in an Eastern shipyard. He has helped to turn out many oyster and fishing boats, and worked at shipbuilding in the last war. He has done much to help his present employer earn the coveted Navy "E"

Production. Subchasers. An old shipwright gives his skill and experien...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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 of wooden rollers used with a belt control to carry steaks into the cube steak machine which is this New England plant's normal product. Conversion of this lathe, and the stepping up of its speed, has turned his skill from peacetime work to war production. Cube Steak Machinery Company, Boston, Massachusetts

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

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

Production. Subchasers. The foreman of the keel department of an Eastern shipyard does a final planing job on a timber for a new subchaser. He has been a shipbuilder all his life and is well known for the fishing boats he has turned out. He came out of retirement to give his skill and experience to a yard that had to train many green hands in a short time

Production. Subchasers. The foreman of the keel department of an Easte...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. Boys of pre-induction age train diligently in preparation for possible duty with the armed services. Technical skill in radio and code, taught to members of the Polytechnic High School Victory Corps at Los Angeles, California, will be important both in the armed forces and in civilian life

Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. Boys of pre-induction ...

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Nurse training. The utmost skill is required of nurses who care for children in the orthopedic ward

Nurse training. The utmost skill is required of nurses who care for ch...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Skyence over skill - Print, Library of Congress collection

Skyence over skill - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Crane, Wm. T.

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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Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. The female war worker enters a new field. Women employees in a large Midwest supercharger plant handle the crating of superchargers with speed and skill. Allis Chalmers Manufacture Company

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. The female war worker enters...

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. 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...

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.

Grinding aircraft parts (one with inverted lamp shade). Tiny parts for aircraft are here being surface ground by a small machine shop in New York City whose peacetime products are industrial saws and knives. The same skill and machinery needed to produce saws and knives is thus being turned to the job of winning the war

Grinding aircraft parts (one with inverted lamp shade). Tiny parts for...

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.

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

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

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Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Employer resistance to the hiring of women workers in war industries is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, and this young employee of a Midwest aircraft motor plant embodies the reasons for this change of heart. With no previous industrial experience, she mastered the operation of this compressed-air machine in record time, and is now polishing airplane motor parts with speed and skill

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Employer resistance to the ...

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.

American Merchant Seamen increase your professional knowledge and skill in the United States Maritime Service / Halls ; Plattner.

American Merchant Seamen increase your professional knowledge and skil...

Poster for the United States Maritime Service offering training courses to members of the American Merchant Marine. Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939. Caption continues: For information apply to: U.S. Maritime... More

Conversion. Toy factory. Stephanie Cewe and Ann Manemeit, have turned their skill from peacetime production of toy trains to the assembly of parachute flare casings for the armies of democracy. Along with other workers in this Eastern plant, they have turned their skill to the vital needs of the day, and in many cases have seen to it that the machinery they used to use does Uncle Sam's most important work today. Here, they are assembling parachute flare casings, using the same electric screwdrivers they formerly used to assemble the locomotives of toy trains. A. C. Gilbert Company, New Haven, Connecticut

Conversion. Toy factory. Stephanie Cewe and Ann Manemeit, have turned ...

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Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Employer resistance to the hiring of women workers in war industries is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, and this young employee of a Midwest aircraft motor plant embodies the reasons for this change of heart. With no previous industrial experience, she mastered the operation of this compressed-air machine in record time, and is now polishing airplane motor parts with speed and skill

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Employer resistance to the ...

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

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. An aged woodworker uses his skill to aid the construction of warplanes for Uncle Sam 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. An aged woodworker uses...

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Tries culinary skill. Washington, D.C., March 10. Senator F. Ryan Duffey, democrat of Wisconsin, proud of his culinary skill tries his hand on a 35-pound sturgeon presented to him at the Capitol today by Maurice Fitzsimmons, Democrat Committeeman from Wisconsin. The fish, which was caught in Lake Winnebago, Wisc., was later served at a luncheon to Congressional colleagues of Senator Duffey, 31038

Tries culinary skill. Washington, D.C., March 10. Senator F. Ryan Duff...

A man in a chef's hat cutting a fish, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General in... More

Shipbuilding (Newport News). These are the men whose skill is devoted to the building of the finest, most powerful fleet of naval vessels the world has ever seen. They are leaving the gates of the yard after their regular shift

Shipbuilding (Newport News). These are the men whose skill is devoted ...

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Shipbuilding (Newport News). These are the men whose skill is devoted to the building of the finest, most powerful fleet of naval vessels the world has ever seen. They are leaving the gates of the yard, after their regular shift

Shipbuilding (Newport News). These are the men whose skill is devoted ...

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Conversion. Toy factory. From toy trains to parachute flare casings is the work history of Stephanie Cewe, whose skill with this electric screwdriver has been turned to the aid of Uncle Sam's war machine. Here she is shown at her former job--assembling locomotives for toy trains. Today she operates the same screwdriver in her assembly work on flare casing. A. C. Gilbert Company, New Haven, Connecticut

Conversion. Toy factory. From toy trains to parachute flare casings is...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Toy factory. Lucille Ciecko is one of the thousands of workers turning their skill today to the production of vital parts of Uncle Sam's war machines. Today she drills holes in parachute flare casings, using the same press she formerly used to drill castings for toy locomotives. A. C. Gilbert Company, New Haven, Connecticut

Conversion. Toy factory. Lucille Ciecko is one of the thousands of wor...

Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aids recovery of wounded soldiers. William R. Carter, government pharmacist for forty years, has an important war job on the home front. As laboratory side in the Food and Drug Administration of the Federal Security Agency, he is entrusted with the job of preparing media for testing the sterility of bandage material. This work is vital to wounded soldiers because they are not only dependent for their recovery upon the skill of physicians, nurses and hospital attendants, but also upon the reliability of drugs and bandages

Aids recovery of wounded soldiers. William R. Carter, government pharm...

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To the public. Real Indian skill from the Indian chief. Medicinal plants peculiar to our own country, the surest and safest remedy for diseases that occur in our climate. Medicines made and sold by Edward E. Davis, Indian physician, &s. Sign of

To the public. Real Indian skill from the Indian chief. Medicinal plan...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 243, Folder 15.

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

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

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This Norton cutter-grinder which had been specially adapted to grind cams on the motor shaft for the electric dry shaver which this New England plant normally produces, has now been converted to grind permanent magnet rotors for machine tool motors. The conversion was accomplished with new jigs and fixtures and slight changes in the head. This is a tricky job well suited to the skill of this plant's workers. The metal is alnico and the octagonal shape consists of surfaces which are arcs drawn from the center of the piece. Schick Inc., Stamford, Connecticut

This Norton cutter-grinder which had been specially adapted to grind c...

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

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

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

Conversion. Jukebox plant. It's all for fun now, but her technical skill in assembling electrical devices will soon be applied to important work. When the last jukeboxes roll off this Eastern plant's assembly lines, control devices similar to those used on the amusement machines will be produced for America's armed forces. Rudolph Wurlitzer, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Jukebox plant. It's all for fun now, but her technical ski...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an amusement park, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. They'll be doing war work soon. When the last batch of ladies' compacts is cleaned at a converted Kentucky plant, these girls will use their skill in the prduction of bomb fuse baffles, compass cases and parts for carbine and machine guns. Wadsworth Watch Company, Louisville, Kentucky

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. They'll be doing war work s...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Prof. Theurer in his inimitable feats of skill and dexterity

Prof. Theurer in his inimitable feats of skill and dexterity

U7752 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Strobridge & Co.

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 ...

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Fitzsimons' Skill Prevents Tragedy [New York American, 26 July 1912]

Fitzsimons' Skill Prevents Tragedy [New York American, 26 July 1912]

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These skilled hands belong to sixty-five-year-old Herman Jagow, whose wood carving skill delighted thousands of children riding the horses of merry-go-rounds. Here he is finishing up some carvings. Jagow spends most of his time now in lathe work for the war program. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These skilled hands belong to sixty-...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of two women working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two women working on a machine. Office of W...

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. A white-haired woodworker gives his skill to the production of "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. A white-haired woodwork...

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Oil burners to machine gun parts. Not marbles or thimbles, but row upon row of completed machine gun parts, today's production of an oil-burner factory in upper New York State. Manufacture of these small parts requires top skill, for tolerance of 1/10,000 of an inch is demanded by U.S. ordnance officers. Reif-Rexoil Company, Buffalo, New York

Oil burners to machine gun parts. Not marbles or thimbles, but row upo...

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Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. The woodcarving skill of those capable hands has delighted thousands of children riding the horses of merry-go-rounds. Their skill has now been diverted for the duration to lathe work on landing gear housings for the deadly Airacobra. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. The woodcarving skill of those capab...

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

Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Resolved by the Senate and House of representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled, that as a testimony of the high sense they entertain of the nautical skill, and gallant conduct

Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Resolved by the S...

Imprint 1. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 225, Folder 11b.

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