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Me and the old gent. "The old gent and myself," only two-man labor-management war production drive committee in the United States. Jake Sparling, left, sixty-year-old head of Sparling Pulley Manufacturing Company, Bay City, Michigan, and Percy Fogelsonger, seventy-nine-year-old ex-lumberjack, have been working fifteen hours a day, seven days a week, for eighteen months. With no other help, they produced 18,000 steel flanges for war equipment, and earned a citation from Donald Nelson, putting them at the top of the list of all plants formally enrolled in the war production drive

Me and the old gent. "The old gent and myself," only two-man labor-man...

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United States "lend-lease" program in eastern India. Tropical palms of India partially hide a great stockpile of war equipment at an Indian port city. Much of this material has been supplied to India under lend-lease. One of the protecting barrage balloons can be seen in the picture

United States "lend-lease" program in eastern India. Tropical palms of...

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"Me and the old gent." Jake Sparling, sixty, head of the two-man shop of the Sparling Pulley Manufacturing Company, Bay City, Michigan. He and his seventy-nine-year-old ex-lumberjack helper were recognized by Donald Nelson as the only two-man labor- management war production drive committee in the United States. The two work fifteen hours a day, seven days a week, and, unaided, have produced 18,000 steel flanges for war equipment in eighteen months

"Me and the old gent." Jake Sparling, sixty, head of the two-man shop ...

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Production. Marine boilers. Large forge furnaces prepare heats for the shaping of heavy hydraulic fittings and other essential war equipment in a big Midwest plant

Production. Marine boilers. Large forge furnaces prepare heats for the...

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"Me and the old gent." A citation by Donald Nelson, commending the war production effort of Jake Sparling, sixty, and Percy Fogelsong, seventy-nine-year-old ex-lumberjack, who between them produced 18,000 steel flanges for war equipment in eighteen months. "The old gent and me" have been working fifteen hours daily, seven days a week. "The old gent," hired eighteen months ago to take care of Jake's sick dog, had never before seen a lathe

"Me and the old gent." A citation by Donald Nelson, commending the war...

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Subcontracting. Passaic home workshop pool. George Carell's seven-year-old son likes to watch his father produce essential war equipment in his Paissaic, New Jersey home workshop. Mr. Carell belongs to a subcontract pool organized by the Howe Machinery Company of his city

Subcontracting. Passaic home workshop pool. George Carell's seven-year...

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Subcontracting. Passaic home workshop pool. In the basement workshop of the Passaic, New Jersey home of Jack Vida, who employs four men to turn out essential war equipment as a member of a subcontracting pool organized by the Howe Machinery Company of Passaic

Subcontracting. Passaic home workshop pool. In the basement workshop o...

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Conversion. Floor waxer plant. Now making machine gun cover plates, this machine was converted from a line shaft drive to motor drive when a small Eastern manufacturing company converted its product from floor waxers to small parts for war equipment. Unable to purchase new equipment for his defense work, the owner bought second-hand equipment and remodelled it. Delivery of first orders was made thirty days after contract, an amazingly short time considering that conversion of the machinery took two weeks of it. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. Now making machine gun cover plates, th...

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Subcontracting. Passaic home workshop pool. Home of George Carell in Passaic, New Jersey. Mr. Carell operates a home workshop in the basement, turning out a considerable amount of essential war equipment as a member of a pool organized by the Howe Machinery Company of his city

Subcontracting. Passaic home workshop pool. Home of George Carell in P...

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"Me and the old gent." Jake Sparling, sixty, head of the two-man shop of the Sparling Pulley Manufacturing Company, Bay City, Michigan. He and his seventy-nine-year-old ex-lumberjack helper were recognized by Donald Nelson as the only two-man labor- management war production drive committee in the United States. The two work fifteen hours a day, seven days a week, and, unaided, have produced 18,000 steel flanges for war equipment in eighteen months

"Me and the old gent." Jake Sparling, sixty, head of the two-man shop ...

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

Subcontracting. Passaic home workshop pool. Lathe parts are explained to students in the trade school of the Howe Machinery Company, Passaic, New Jersey. The school trains fifty workers at a time in the production of essential war equipment. More than ninety percent secure jobs after training, some in the Howe shop

Subcontracting. Passaic home workshop pool. Lathe parts are explained ...

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De Land pool. Babcock airplane plant. Interior of the Babcock plant at De Land, Florida. When the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor, this was a dormant airplane plant. It was revived as a community project. Businessmen of De Land pooled their machines and resources, used this plant as a prime contractor to obtain war work, and now are producing over two-million dollars worth of war equipment in it. These motor repair racks, being turned out on a production schedule engineers termed "impossible" two months ago, are being built by former clerks, auto-mechanics and small shop operators who were caught by the impact of the war on their peacetime businesses

De Land pool. Babcock airplane plant. Interior of the Babcock plant at...

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American lorries arrive in the Middle East. Large numbers of American lorries being assembled here continue to arrive in the Middle East despite the enormous demand for war equipment in the Pacific

American lorries arrive in the Middle East. Large numbers of American ...

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

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. Now making machine-gun cover plates, this machine was converted from a line shaft drive to motor drive when a small Eastern manufacturing company converted its product from floor waxers to small parts for war equipment. Unable to purchase new equipment for his defense work, the plant's owner bought second hand equipment and remodelled it. Delivery of first orders was made 30 days after contract, an amazingly short time considering that conversion of the machinery took two weeks of it. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. Now making machine-gun cover plates, th...

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Production. Locomotives. Crouched in a turbine intake casing, a welder does his bit in the production of essential war equipment. The plant in which he works produces tanks, locomotives, and ship propellers. Baldwin Locomotive Works

Production. Locomotives. Crouched in a turbine intake casing, a welder...

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"Me and the old gent." This two-man plant operated at Bay City, Michigan by Jake Sparling, sixty-year-old ex-lumberjack who saw his first lathe a year and a half ago, was named by Donald Nelson to head the list of 1,300 plants enrolled in the war production drive. "The old gent and myself," says Sparling, "work fifteen hours a day, seven days a week," and produced 18,000 steel flanges for war equipment in eighteen months. The money will buy war bonds and stamps

"Me and the old gent." This two-man plant operated at Bay City, Michig...

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