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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...

Public domain photograph - United States during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Biography of a Liberty Ship. Birth of a ship. Less than five months from keel laying to launching ceremony was the record set by the Patrick Henry. This time is being reduced to 60 days in the construction of her sister ships of the "Liberty Ship" design. This standard design was selected by the Martime Commission to meet the need for ships that can be built in existing yards in minimum time with the additional purpose of conserving materials vitally needed for the war production effort. Prefabrication of sections in special plants, replacing of riveting wherever possible by welding and other new departures all contribute to the speed of construction and saving of material and dead weight in these ships which are already proving their worth in the war on the Axis

Biography of a Liberty Ship. Birth of a ship. Less than five months fr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Electric shaver plant. Normal peacetime work of this New England plant is the production of electric dry shavers. The worker on this Norton type C six-inch semi-automatic cylindrical grinder normally grinds the rotor shaft for the motor of the shaver using this set-up. He has since been shifted to the making of spring collets to be used in machine tools being made to further the war production effort (see pix #D-2973). Schick Inc., Stamford, Connecticut

Conversion. Electric shaver plant. Normal peacetime work of this New E...

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.

Busy stacks give evidence of all-out war production effort at a plant of Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation, Akron, Ohio

Busy stacks give evidence of all-out war production effort at a plant ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tower, column, chimney, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rubber reclamation. Rubber sheets from scrap tires. Reclaimed rubber, with all traces of metal and fiber removed, is passed through a series of mill rolls and taken off in sheets form the final roll. This rubber, reclaimed by the xylos process, is now ready for processing into thousands of mechanical rubber products vital to the war production effort. It is also put to many uses in which reclaimed stock is more desirable than new rubber. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Rubber sheets from scrap tires. Reclaimed rubber, ...

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

A huge forge hammer in an automobile plant is converted to war work. The importance of the auto in American life is proving to be tremendous advantage as the the great automotive plants pool their resources in the mightiest war production effort the world has ever seen. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

A huge forge hammer in an automobile plant is converted to war work. T...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Busy stacks give evidence of all-out war production effort at a plant of Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Busy stacks give ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tower, column, chimney, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Electric shaver plant. This Norton type C six-inch semi-automatic cylindrical grinder in a New England plant used to grind motor shafts for the firm's normal production of electric dry shavers. It is now grinding spring collets which are used in turning machines to hold the work being turned. Such machines are vitally needed for the war production effort. The conversion of the machine was accomplished by replacing the one-inch vitrified aluminum oxide wheel shown here with a three-inch wheel and by enlarging the feed of the cutting solution. Tolerances on this war work are only .002 inches as compared with the tolerances on the normal production of .0002 inches (see pix #D-2974). Schick Inc., Stamford, Connecticut

Conversion. Electric shaver plant. This Norton type C six-inch semi-au...

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

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Busy stacks give evidence of all-out war production effort at a plant of Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Busy stacks give ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rubber reclamation. Rubber sheets from scrap tires. Reclaimed rubber, with all traces of metal and fiber removed, is passed through a series of mill rolls and taken off in sheets form the final roll. This rubber, reclaimed by the xylos process, is now ready for processing into thousands of mechanical rubber products vital to the war production effort. It is also put to many uses in which reclaimed stock is more desirable than new rubber. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Rubber sheets from scrap tires. Reclaimed rubber, ...

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

Conversion. Electric shaver plant. This New England whose normal product is electric dry shavers is now turning out parts for machine tools which will find their place in the war production effort. This bank of Norton grinders which formerly ground motor shafts are now grinding small parts for tools. Tolerances on the war work are only .002 inches whereas the former work demanded much closer tolerances up to .0002 inches. The conversion was accomplished by putting on new grinding wheels, by minor changes in the head and by increasing the feed of the cutting solution. Schick Inc., Stamford, Connecticut

Conversion. Electric shaver plant. This New England whose normal produ...

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

Transformer manufacture. Ready to be sent to aluminum and magnesium plants are these power transformers manufactured by a large Eastern electrical company. Along this aisle of the plant, are other transformers in every stage of manufacture. They are essential to almost every phase of Uncle Sam's war production effort. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Transformer manufacture. Ready to be sent to aluminum and magnesium pl...

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

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Busy stacks give evidence of all-out war production effort at a plant of Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Busy stacks give ...

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

Conversion. Electric shaver plant. Before and after! This New England plant, whose normal product is electric dry shavers, now is converting to the production of machine tool parts to speed war production. At the right the worker is drilling pressure pinholes in the heads of the shavers; at the left the worker drills center holes in the spring collets which will be used to hold the work in turning machines now being made for the war production effort. Schick Inc., Stamford, Connecticut

Conversion. Electric shaver plant. Before and after! This New England ...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

A black and white photo of a woman working on a machine. Office of War...

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 huge forge hammer in an automobile plant is converted to war work. The importance of the auto in American life is proving to be tremendous advantage as the the great automotive plants pool their resources in the mightiest war production effort the world has ever seen. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

A huge forge hammer in an automobile plant is converted to war work. T...

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

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Busy stacks give evidence of all-out war production effort at a plant of Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Busy stacks give ...

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 group of men working in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men working in a factory. Office of War Information Photogr...

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

Conversion. Electric shaver plant. This New England plant, whose normal product is electric dry shavers, has now converted its facilities to the production of small, machine tool parts. This drill press which formerly made pressure pinholes in the shearing heads of shavers is now drilling center holes in spring collets which will hold the work in turning machines being made to speed the war production effort. Schick Inc., Stamford, Connecticut

Conversion. Electric shaver plant. This New England plant, whose norma...

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

A man working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A man working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Pho...

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

"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...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a machine. Office of War Information Photog...

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 two women working at a table. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two women working at a table. Office of War...

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

Busy stacks give evidence of all-out war production effort at a plant of Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation, Akron, Ohio

Busy stacks give evidence of all-out war production effort at a plant ...

12002-29. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Conversion. Electric shaver plant. This Norton type C six-inch semi-automatic cylindrical grinder in a New England plant normally turns out these motor shafts for the firm's electric shavers. It has since been converted to the grinding of spring collets that are used in machine tools being produced to aid the war production effort. The conversion was easily accomplished by replacing the one-inch vitrified aluminum oxide wheel shown here with a three-inch wheel and by enlarging the feed of grinding solution. In this operation normal tolerance is desired (see pix #D-2975). Schick Inc., Stamford, Connecticut

Conversion. Electric shaver plant. This Norton type C six-inch semi-au...

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.

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Busy stacks give evidence of all-out war production effort at a plant of Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Busy stacks give ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Busy stacks give evidence of all-out war production effort at a plant of Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Busy stacks give ...

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