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Two cutting techniques juxtaposed. Paterson New Jersey

Two cutting techniques juxtaposed. Paterson New Jersey

Forms part of a group of images documenting food preparation at RC's Deli. Rocco makes use of the cutting board; he explained that he learned to cut in that manner and can't do it any other way. Rocco demonstra... More

Nurse instructor, left, shows "refresher course" student the new Wagenstein apparatus in use in post operative cases. Retired nurses brush up on latest techniques through this course before again going on active duty

Nurse instructor, left, shows "refresher course" student the new Wagen...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman, nurse, caring, hospital, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Habersham, Georgia. NYA youth learning modern incubator techniques from a local farmer

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Adm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Thousands of retired professional nurses are patriotically returning to work for the duration of the present emergency to help relieve the acute shortage of graduate registered nurses. Before going on active duty, they are given refresher courses in latest hospital techniques as shown in the above photo

Thousands of retired professional nurses are patriotically returning t...

Public domain photograph of hospital laboratory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nurse training. First-year students practice various sick-room techniques on one another. They will soon be ready for work in the wards

Nurse training. First-year students practice various sick-room techniq...

Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, 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.

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.

Training. Ramp boats. A thirty-six foot ramp boat lands a Marine Corps truck from a ship to a beach position as the leathernecks perfect themselves in new invasion techniques at a Gulf Coast point. The company that makes this boat and other naval craft conducts a training school in which the men are taught the fine points of handling the equipment

Training. Ramp boats. A thirty-six foot ramp boat lands a Marine Corps...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Australia in the war. Australian tank crews, trained in the latest methods and techniques from the world's battlefronts, are equipped with American tanks, provided under the lend-lease program

Australia in the war. Australian tank crews, trained in the latest met...

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

Federal Workers school. Miss Eleanor Nelson, Secretary and Treasurer of the United Federal Workers of America, teaches the class in union organization at the federal workers school. Techniques of organizing and methods of vitalizing committee work are discussed at this class, as well as the history of government unions, 11/30/37

Federal Workers school. Miss Eleanor Nelson, Secretary and Treasurer o...

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

Interior of the tool and ie building, Ford River Rouge plant, Dearborn Michigan. Here radically new techniques of mass production have been developed and put in use. Machine tools and dies produced at this plant themselves make mass production easier and more rapid in other factories throughout the country. The building covers 8 1/2 acres; employs 4,500 skilled workers; equipped with 3 million dollars worth of machinery. Many machinists are being trained for the Navy, here by mechanics, tool and die makers

Interior of the tool and ie building, Ford River Rouge plant, Dearborn...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Nurse instructor, left, shows "refresher course" student the new Wagenstein apparatus in use in post operative cases. Retired nurses brush up on latest techniques through this course before again going on active duty

Nurse instructor, left, shows "refresher course" student the new Wagen...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman, nurse, caring, hospital, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

General planning. This is a photograph of a display panel typical of the manner in which the Authority puts its case for comprehensive planning before the public. Explanatory material is placed at all powerhouse reception rooms, visitors' buildings and other public contact points. The increased understanding of natural resources, the techniques for their utilization and general planning for human welfare are considered valuable by-products of the Authority's program in themselves

General planning. This is a photograph of a display panel typical of t...

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

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Just as the "long rifle" of the American pioneer was the world's best gun of its day, so the machine guns of our modern air force must be better than any other. Shaping a machine gun barrel is exacting work, but the precision techniques of a former auto plant readily handle the job. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Just as the "long rifle" of...

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 air raid protective services. One of the special techniques these volunteer auxiliary firemen must master is that of controlling the water streaming from their firehoses. Certain conditions call for spray, others for steady streams of water. These volunteers are trained to know just how best to handle the hose nozzles

The air raid protective services. One of the special techniques these ...

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