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Women in industry. Gas mask production. The grim realities of war are brought home to this twenty-one-year-old worker in a Midwest vacuum cleaner plant which now makes gas masks. It's her job to wire and tape the outlet valves of the masks, which are delivered to her by a moving conveyor belt. Eureka Vacuum, Detroit, Michigan

Women in industry. Gas mask production. The grim realities of war are ...

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.

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine, West Virginia. ...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conservation of durable goods. There won't be any more of these for many months, so see that yours stays in good condition. Keep the brush clean, see that the vacuum is not forced to inhale pins, bits of wire, metal. The brush in place is free of hair, strings, etc.

Conservation of durable goods. There won't be any more of these for ma...

Workers in the vacuum cleaner factory at Reedsville, West Virginia. Many of the employees are Arthurdale homesteaders

Workers in the vacuum cleaner factory at Reedsville, West Virginia. Ma...

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Employees in the vacuum cleaner factory. Arthurdale project, Reedsville, West Virginia

Employees in the vacuum cleaner factory. Arthurdale project, Reedsvill...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

The motors of many refrigerators require periodic cleaning. If your model is one of these, keep coils free from hampering dust and grime by weekly sessions with a wire brush or a vacuum attachment

The motors of many refrigerators require periodic cleaning. If your mo...

Vacuum cleaner factory. Arthurdale project. Reedsville, West Virginia

Vacuum cleaner factory. Arthurdale project. Reedsville, West Virginia

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Vacuum cleaner factory, Arthurdale, West Virginia

Vacuum cleaner factory, Arthurdale, West Virginia

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A black and white photo of tea kettles on a table, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of tea kettles on a table, West Virginia. Farm...

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Vacuum cleaner factory. Arthurdale project, Reedsville, West Virginia

Vacuum cleaner factory. Arthurdale project, Reedsville, West Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Vacuum cleaner factory, Arthurdale, West Virginia

Vacuum cleaner factory, Arthurdale, West Virginia

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

Vacuum cleaner factory, Arthurdale, West Virginia

Vacuum cleaner factory, Arthurdale, West Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Workers in the vacuum cleaner factory at Reedsville, West Virginia

Workers in the vacuum cleaner factory at Reedsville, West Virginia

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A black and white photo of a man working in a factory, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man working in a factory, West Virginia. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Vacuum cleaner factory, Arthurdale, West Virginia

Vacuum cleaner factory, Arthurdale, West Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Don't let their youth and good looks deceive you, these two young workers are actually full-fledged government inspectors who are employed in a converted Midwest vacuum cleaner plant to test gas masks. Every one of the hundreds of rubber masks that move along the assembly belt each day must be thoroughly tested by young women inspectors who put the masks through many different tests. Eureka Vacuum, Detroit, Michigan

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Don't let their youth and good...

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. Gas mask production. Flower in hair, Betty Gumbetter adds glamour to the assembly line of a Midwest gas mask factory which formerly made vacuum cleaners. Operating a riveting press, which attaches cloth tabs to the face pieces of gas masks, this young worker is one of the many company employees who switched over from work on vacuums when the plant was converted. Betty likes her new job better than the old one. "It bears a lot more relationship to my American Women's Voluntary Services work," she says. Eureka Vacuum, Detroit, Michigan

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Flower in hair, Betty Gumbette...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Women in industry. Gas mask production. She used to wrap bread in a bakery, before Pearl Harbor, but today twenty-one-year-old Eugenia Bireta is a qualified government inspector who tests gas masks for "eye leakage" on this pressure gauge. She's one of many young women employed by a large Midwest vacuum cleaner company now converted to production of gas masks. Eureka Vacuum, Detroit, Michigan

Women in industry. Gas mask production. She used to wrap bread in a ba...

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.

A black and white photo of two women working in a factory, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of two women working in a factory, West Virgin...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Formerly a beauty shop operator, blonde Marjorie Karwaske finds that the dear dead days of bobby pins and curler clamps have left her with skillful, speedy fingers and a natural tendency to eliminate wasteful hand movement. These are invaluable aids to her job at a Midwest vacuum cleaner plant which has been converted to the production of gas masks. Those skillful fingers fasten eye pieces to the bodies of gas masks. Eureka Vacuum, Detroit, Michigan

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Formerly a beauty shop operato...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Formerly employed in a vacuum cleaner plant, these young women are now making gas masks for America's soldiers and civilians. Margaret Reed, left, who used to work in the vacuum brush department, now operates a precrimping machine which attaches eye rings to the mask proper. Note the "V" chalked on her machine. Eureka Vacuum, Detroit, Michigan

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Formerly employed in a vacuum ...

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. Gas mask production. Lacing head harnesses of gas masks after they have passed through all the stages of assembly and made ready for packaging, is the job of this young woman who works in a large Midwest vacuum cleaner factory which has been converted to war production. Note the lei of string she's wearing--the better to lace the masks with! Eureka Vacuum, Detroit, Michigan

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Lacing head harnesses of gas m...

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.

Vacuum cleaner factory, Arthurdale, West Virginia

Vacuum cleaner factory, Arthurdale, West Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

A black and white photo of men working in a factory. War Production FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of men working in a factory. War Production FS...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Vacuum cleaner factory. Arthurdale project. Reedsville, West Virginia

Vacuum cleaner factory. Arthurdale project. Reedsville, West Virginia

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A man working on a machine in a factory, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A man working on a machine in a factory, West Virginia. Farm Security ...

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A black and white photo of a large wheel. Great Depression Era, New Mexico

A black and white photo of a large wheel. Great Depression Era, New Me...

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A black and white photo of a large wheel. Great Depression Era, New Mexico

A black and white photo of a large wheel. Great Depression Era, New Me...

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.

Portrait of a mistreated vacuum cleaner. It's in the repair shop because it inhaled bits of metal, pieces of wire, hairpins,and other harmful objects. Keep the machine away from such things, clean the brushes and belt regularly, and empty the bag at least once a week

Portrait of a mistreated vacuum cleaner. It's in the repair shop becau...

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

A man working on a machine in a factory, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A man working on a machine in a factory, West Virginia. Farm Security ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Vacuum shaping machine. Flat carcasses taken from the storage racks are placed in this vacuum machine in which two things happen. First a combination vacuum suction and squeezing action pulls the tire into the shape it will always have in use. Second, an airbag is forced into the inside to provide inside strength for the curing step. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Vacuum shaping machine. Flat carcasses taken from the storage racks ar...

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

A black and white photo of a bunch of pots and pans, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a bunch of pots and pans, West Virginia. Fa...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a machine in a factory. Great Depression Era, New Mexico

A black and white photo of a machine in a factory. Great Depression Er...

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

A black and white photo of a man working in a factory, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man working in a factory, West Virginia. ...

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

A black and white photo of people working in a factory, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of people working in a factory, West Virginia....

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women in industry. Gas mask production. The finished gas mask face pieces in the foreground were just flaps of rubber without eye pieces, outlet valves, straps, tabs, and other accessories when they started on the long moving belt at the far end of the line. By the time they've reached this end, however, a hundred pairs of hands have worked on them, machining, clamping, riveting, testing, and inspecting each one until the completed masks are packaged in the final stages of production. All this activity takes place in a Midwest vacuum cleaner plant which has been converted to war work. Eureka Vacuum, Detroit, Michigan

Women in industry. Gas mask production. The finished gas mask face pie...

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 motors of many refrigerators require periodic cleaning. If your model is one of these, keep coils free from hampering dust and grime by weekly sessions with a wire brush or a vacuum attachment

The motors of many refrigerators require periodic cleaning. If your mo...

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine, West Virginia. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less