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Agnes Cliemka, age 23, Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 1a34976v

Checking of the hose of gasoline trailers before being turned over the Air Force

Face detail, Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the service any day, Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Agnes used to work in a dep(artmen)t store. Checking of gasoline hose of LCCN2017878338 (cropped)

Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the service any day, Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Agnes used to work in a dep(artmen)t store. Checking of gasoline hose of LCCN2017878338

Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the service any day, Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Agnes used to work in a dep(artmen)t store. Checking of gasoline hose of LCCN2017878338 (cropped)

Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the service any day, Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Agnes used to work in a department store. Checking of gasoline hose of gasoline trailers before being turned over the Air Force

Helen Ryan, age 41 (with cap), widow and used to work in a show factory, Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the service any day, brother in the army. [She] used to be a clerk in a dep[artmen]t store. Unmasking and checking parts of the gasoline trailers that will be turned over to the Air Force

Helen Ryan, age 41 (with cap), widow and used to work in a show factory, Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the service any day, brother in the army. She used to be a clerk in a department store. Unmasking and checking parts of the gasoline trailers that will be turned over to the Air Force

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Mrs. Angeline Kwint, age forty-five, an ex-housewife, checking the tires of trailers. Her husband and son are in the U.S. Army

Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the service any day, Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Agnes used to work in a dep[artmen]t store. Checking of gasoline hose of gasoline trailers before being turned over the Air Force

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WWII color photographs. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Color Photographs from the Library of Congress. The original images are color transparencies ranging in size from 35 mm. to 4x5 inches. Photographers working for the U.S. government's Farm Security Administration (FSA) and later the Office of War Information (OWI) between 1939 and 1944 made approximately 1,600 color photographs that depict life in the United States, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The pictures focus on rural areas and farm labor, as well as aspects of World War II mobilization, including factories, railroads, aviation training, and women working.

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heil company army air forces industry women employment trucks world war gasoline wisconsin milwaukee transparencies color south milwaukee wis agnes cliemka agnes cliemka husband service heil work store hose gasoline hose trailers gasoline trailers american workers in color economic and social conditions workers worker kodachrome 1940 s women air force 1940 s 40 s usaf united states history library of congress
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01/01/1939
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Hollem, Howard R., photographer
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American Workers in Color

WWII color photographs.
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South Milwaukee (Wis.) ,  42.91056, -87.86056
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Library of Congress
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heil company army air forces industry women employment trucks world war gasoline wisconsin milwaukee transparencies color south milwaukee wis agnes cliemka agnes cliemka husband service heil work store hose gasoline hose trailers gasoline trailers american workers in color economic and social conditions workers worker kodachrome 1940 s women air force 1940 s 40 s usaf united states history library of congress