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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Another twin-engined pursuit plane, a Lockheed P-38, is rolled from the floor of a large Western aircraft plant. On the field it will be fitted with two sets of three-bladed propellers that will pull it through brilliant performances as interceptors of enemy planes

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Another twin-engined pursuit...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. This clever poster tells Don how the lone rider aids our enemies and tells him where to go to get transportation with another employee blessed with better tires

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. This clever poster tells Don how the lon...

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Women aircraft workers. Nice work if you can get it. A leadman instructs a young war worker in proper numbering and color marking of electrical sub-assemblies. Both are employees of a large West Coast aircraft factory. Lockhead

Women aircraft workers. Nice work if you can get it. A leadman instruc...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Day shift leaving gate no. 4. Lockheed Vega aircraft plant. Company employees travel home by special Lockheed-chartered busses, by pooling their automobiles and by bicycles

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Day shift leaving gate no. 4. Lockheed V...

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Production. Aircraft. This air compressor in a Western aircraft plant supplies air power for riveting hammers, sprayguns, and other air-operated equipment

Production. Aircraft. This air compressor in a Western aircraft plant ...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A liquid-cooled turbo-supercharged Allison engine is installed in a new Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship. This engine has carried the P-38 through brilliant performances in the Aleutians. The P-38 is an excellent high- altitude fighter with great firepower. Its speed at its best altitude gives it rank among the world's fastest fighting aircraft

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A liquid-cooled turbo-superc...

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Production. Aircraft. An aluminum casting, placed on an X-ray film-holder, ready to be photographed in the test laboratory of a big Western aircraft plant. The numeral figures being placed on the film are made of lead and will stop the X-ray beam. A clean, sharp number is left on the film for future identification of the part

Production. Aircraft. An aluminum casting, placed on an X-ray film-hol...

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Women aircraft workers. In a West Coast aircraft plant, this young woman is trimming material for the bullet proofing of gas tanks. The material is developed from pure latex, is highly gasoline solvent and seals bullet holes

Women aircraft workers. In a West Coast aircraft plant, this young wom...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Net result: everywhere Don goes in the plant, he is reminded of his tire situation

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Net result: everywhere Don goes in the p...

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Production. Ventura bombers. The "Pony Express" driver in a large Western aircraft plant rounds the corner of "Bataan Boulevard," one of the assembly lines on which many fighting and bombing planes are being built. His work is to distribute parts for Ventura bombers and other mighty ships of our new air armada. Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California

Production. Ventura bombers. The "Pony Express" driver in a large West...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Finishing a main beam for the center section of a Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. When the center section of the ship is completed it will go to a "mating" operation in which other plane sections are attached to it. The plane body will then travel down the main assembly line where nose sections, engines, wings, landing gear and other equipment will be installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Finishing a main beam for th...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. An armorer's assistant in a large Western aircraft plant works on the installation of one of the machine guns in the nose section of a new Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. This nose section will later be "mated" to a center section and the plane body will travel down a main assembly line where wings, engines, and other essential equipment will be installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. An armorer's assistant in a l...

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Production. Aircraft. High above a huge Western aircraft plant, an armed guard keeps constant alert watch for irregularities of any kind

Production. Aircraft. High above a huge Western aircraft plant, an arm...

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A Pearl Harbor widow gives her complete effort toward defeating the murderers of her husband. Mrs. C. Margaret Bailey starts the assembly of a bomber tail surface trimming tab in a West Coast airplane factory. She has been working here since the first of the year and is glad that this vital work supports her son and daugher -- aged seven and five -- so that she will not be obliged to accept relief from the Navy

A Pearl Harbor widow gives her complete effort toward defeating the mu...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. New Lockheed P-38 pursuit ships receive final inspections and adjustments on assembly lines outside a large Western aircraft plant. After these operations, the ships will be taken out for routine test flights. If the flights prove satisfactory, the new planes will be ready for delivery to the Army

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. New Lockheed P-38 pursuit sh...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Slots on "ride cafeteria" board, showing arrangement by district and by shift to assist plant employees in car pooling

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Slots on "ride cafeteria" board, showing...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Sets of three-bladed propellers for Lockheed P-38 pursuit ships are prepared for installation at a large Western aircraft plant. After the propellers have been installed, the ships will be put through exacting inspection and trial flights. If these prove satisfactory, the new fighter planes will be delivered to the Army

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Sets of three-bladed propell...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Back to the driver card file, and the clerk, specially trained to handle rider-driver contacts, begins search for suitable driver

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Back to the driver card file, and the cl...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Three-blade variable pitch propellers are prepared for installation on Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes at a large Western aircraft plant. The planes they will pull have been performing brilliantly as interceptors of enemy aircraft

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Three-blade variable pitch p...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. But the company is worried about Don's transportation, too, and the transportation of thousands upon thousands of people in the same predicament. In the plant's sign shop, painters prepare eye-catching posters urging tire conservation

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. But the company is worried about Don's t...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. The nose section of a new Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship in a jig at a large Western aircraft plant. This nose section will later be joined or "mated" to a center section and the partly-finished body will begin its trip down the final assembly line where engines, wings, landing gear and other essential equipment will be installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. The nose section of a new Lo...

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The bicycle brigade at Lockheed Vega Aircraft Corporation. Employees living within four miles of Lockheed's plant may purchase bicycles through the company and resell them to the company when need for them no longer exists. This mode of transportation is becoming increasingly popular, and has resulted in the sale of 2400 bicycles in record time. This is part of the swing shift on the way home at 12:30 am

The bicycle brigade at Lockheed Vega Aircraft Corporation. Employees l...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. An armorer in a large Western aircraft plant tests machine gun controls in the partly-finished nose section of a new Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. This section is now ready for the operation of "mating" it to the center section. The ship will travel down the main assembly line to receive engines, wings, landing gear and other essential equipment

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. An armorer in a large Wester...

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Women aircraft workers. Women are doing men's jobs and beating their production records in a West Coast airplane factory. Feminine operators of tapping machines in this plant have made 400 more tapping operations in the seven and one half hour swingw shift than men employed on the eight hour day shift. A record in anybody's language

Women aircraft workers. Women are doing men's jobs and beating their p...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Don hands in his card at the transportation desk

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Don hands in his card at the transportat...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A partly-finished Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship is lowered away into a rolling cradle in a large Western aircraft plant. Supported in this cradle, the ship has now taken its place in the main assembly line. The cradle or stand is moved from station to station where engines, wings, landing gear, controls and other essential equipment are installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A partly-finished Lockheed P...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Lockheed P-38 pursuit ships are made ready for test flights at a large Western aircraft plant. These planes, powered by twin Allison liquid-cooled engines, have performed brilliantly in action, notably in the Aleutians. The P-38 has long range and great firepower and rates at its best altitude as one of the world's fastest fighting ships

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Lockheed P-38 pursuit ships ...

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Production. Aircraft. A precision machinist in the machine shop of a large Western aircraft factory. Since variation from perfection may mean a jammed gun, a faulty landing-gear or a stalled engine, men like this are now at an all time premium

Production. Aircraft. A precision machinist in the machine shop of a l...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Typical ride group: Don, a shopworker; Sheila, one of the factory girls who has taken over a man's job; Walt, production control; and Mary, stenographer. They are waiting for driver, Jerry, an engineering employee

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Typical ride group: Don, a shopworker; S...

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Production. Airplanes. Atop the water tower of a huge Western airplane factory, a fireman surveys the hive of activity that is giving our armed forces some of their finest fighting and bombing planes

Production. Airplanes. Atop the water tower of a huge Western airplane...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Another twin-engined pursuit plane, a Lockheed P-38, is rolled from the floor of a large Western aircraft plant. On the field it will be fitted with two sets of three-bladed propellers that will pull it through brilliant performances as interceptors of enemy planes

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Another twin-engined pursuit...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A partly-finished Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship, including center and nose section, is swung over a rolling cradle to begin its trip down the assembly line of a large Western aircraft plant. As the ship moves from station to station along this line it will receive its engines, wings, landing gear and other essential equipment

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A partly-finished Lockheed P...

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Production. Electric power. Huge transformers feed power to thousands of machines and hand power tools at Vega Aircraft Plant. By reducing electrical current to the voltages proper for plant use, these transformers play an important part in the production of planes for our armed forces. Vega Aircraft Corporation

Production. Electric power. Huge transformers feed power to thousands ...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. The company publications take up the cry too. This issue introduces special bus service for those employees living in city areas, urges others to double up and make full use of available cars

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. The company publications take up the cry...

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Production. Aircraft. A young woman worker operates a heavy punch-press in a large Western aircraft plant. A new hair net keeps her hair out of harm's way; gloves protect her hands from metal splinters

Production. Aircraft. A young woman worker operates a heavy punch-pres...

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Women aircraft workers. Remember Pearl Harbor? Mrs. Frances Ray Nides (left) and Mrs. C. Margaret Bailey can't forget it, and they're determined that Hitler and Hirohito shall not forget it either. Both are employed at a large West Coast airplane factory and are pictured at work on tail surface training tabs for America's bombing planes

Women aircraft workers. Remember Pearl Harbor? Mrs. Frances Ray Nides ...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. New Lockheed P-38 pursuit ships receive final inspections and adjustments on assembly lines outside a large Western aircraft plant. After these operations, the ships will be taken out for routine test flights. If the flights prove satisfactory, the new planes will be ready for delivery to the Army

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. New Lockheed P-38 pursuit sh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women aircraft workers. Perched high on the wing of a giant bomber, women of a large West Coast aircraft factory are speeding the installation of electrical units contolling the engine. The leadman, center, goes from team to team, checking work, lending advice and assistance when necessary. Women are gradually replacing or augmenting men on the assmbly line itself, doing important and highly critical work -- and doing it well

Women aircraft workers. Perched high on the wing of a giant bomber, wo...

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Women aircraft workers. Women work on both sides of the counter at this West Coast aircraft factory. A drill press operator here swaps a tool check for a drill which is given to her by one of the tool crib keepers. Lockhead

Women aircraft workers. Women work on both sides of the counter at thi...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. And so Don goes to the transportation office to see what can be done. The hope of many employees is to be certified to the rationing board as deserving of new tires or retreads, but if the employee is convenient to existing transportation or company bus line or lives within four miles of plant or can be doubled up with another driver already carrying passengers, certification is not given

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. And so Don goes to the transportation of...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. New bus railheads are established just as quickly as enough employees apply for transportation to justify it. Here, a transportation expert plots new bus routes

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. New bus railheads are established just a...

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Women aircraft workers. Precision assembly at one of the West Coast's huge aircraft plants. A woman inspector here checks electrical assemblies. Vega

Women aircraft workers. Precision assembly at one of the West Coast's ...

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Women aircraft workers. Hands that rocked the cradle operate drill presses today, and surpass their male competitors in speed and precision of work. Site: a West Coast aircraft plant. Lockhead

Women aircraft workers. Hands that rocked the cradle operate drill pre...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Beginning construction of a center section of a Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane in a Western aircraft plant. Here the trailing edge of a center section is "mated" to the main beam. On a final assembly line, the completed center section will be joined to other plane sections, and noses, engines, wings, landing gear and other equipment will be installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Beginning construction of a ...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Fittings are attached to a center section of a Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship in a large Western aircraft plant. On the final assembly line, the completed center section will be joined to other plane sections, and noses, engines, wings, landing gear and other equipment will be installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Fittings are attached to a c...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. The old clunker in front is a school bus, serving a nearby rural community. School busses can transport both war plant warriors and school children in most cases, and may be the solution to transportation problems of workers living in small communities

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. The old clunker in front is a school bus...

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Production. Airplanes. Machinist at work on a main-beam wing joint of a YP-38 plane in production at a big Western plant. The machine is a Gallmeyer-Livingston surface grinder

Production. Airplanes. Machinist at work on a main-beam wing joint of ...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship, just returned from flight tests, is checked and reconditioned in the test hangar of a large Western aircraft plant. After these operations, the ship will be ready for delivery to the Army. The P-38 has performed brilliantly in action, notably in the Aleutians. Its long range and great firepower give it real promise as an escort for high-altitude bombers. At its best altitude, the P-38 is one of the world's fastest fighting planes

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Aircraft. On the tail section of a Ventura bomber, a Negro and a white worker team up to raise the production rate of a big Western aircraft plant

Production. Aircraft. On the tail section of a Ventura bomber, a Negro...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Sets of three-bladed propellers for Lockheed P-38 pursuit ships are prepared for installation at a large Western aircraft plant. After the propellers have been installed, the ships will be put through exacting inspection and trial flights. If these prove satisfactory, the new fighter planes will be delivered to the Army

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Sets of three-bladed propell...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. The nose section of a Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane is "mated" with a center section in a large Western aircraft plant. The partly-finished ship will then travel down the main assembly line for the installation of engines, wings, landing gear and other essential equipment

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. The nose section of a Lockhe...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Ventura bombers. Part of the makings of Ventura bombers that will soon be giving Tokyo, Berlin, and Rome some idea of the strength and efficiency of America's serial battle fleets. A section of the warehouse of a large Western aircraft plant in which various types of fighting and bombing planes are being built. Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California

Production. Ventura bombers. Part of the makings of Ventura bombers th...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. An armorer and his assistant check machine gun controls in a nose section of a new Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship. The guns are cocked and simulated firing is conducted to assure perfect operation of the control and selector systems. This nose section will later be "mated" to a center section and the partly-finished ship will travel down the main assembly line to receive engines, wings, landing gear and other essential equipment

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. An armorer and his assistant...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. An armorer and his assistant check the installation of guns in a nose section of a new Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. As the ship travels from one station to another along the main assembly line, wings, engines, armament and other essential equipment are installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. An armorer and his assistant ...

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Production. Airplanes. The air compressor room of a large Western aircraft plant. Here, compressors made by the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company serve rivet guns, air drills, paint sprays, hydraulic presses, and other air-operated equipment

Production. Airplanes. The air compressor room of a large Western airc...

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Production. Aircraft. A precision machinist in the machine shop of a large Western aircraft factory. Since variation from perfection may mean a jammed gun, a faulty landing-gear or a stalled engine, men like this are now at an all time premium

Production. Aircraft. A precision machinist in the machine shop of a l...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. An armorer's assistant in a large Western aircraft plant works on the installation of one of the machine guns in the nose section of a new Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. This nose section will later be "mated" to a center section and the plane body will travel down a main assembly line where wings, engines, and other essential equipment will be installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. An armorer's assistant in a l...

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Production. Airplanes. Members of a swing shift at a large Western aircraft plant meet during a lunch period. Allison engines are in the background

Production. Airplanes. Members of a swing shift at a large Western air...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Don's card, top, is compared with driver's card, showing corresponding district and section, and same shift. Route of travel shown brings dirver within a half block of Don's house

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Don's card, top, is compared with driver...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Finishing wings for Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes in a large Western aircraft plant. The wings, which were accurately assembled in jigs, are added to the plane bodies as they travel down the final assembly line where engines, landing gear, controls and other equipment will be installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Finishing wings for Lockheed...

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Production. Aircraft. Samples for microscope inspection--a lowly rivet, a screw, an extruded part--prepared by a test engineer in a large Western aircraft plant. Samples are embedded in bakelite, polished to mirror finish, then etched with acid to bring out the grain. A faulty grain structure, as revealed through the microscope, will show up low-grade material or faulty processing methods in the manufacture of the part

Production. Aircraft. Samples for microscope inspection--a lowly rivet...

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Production. Aircraft. A test engineer in the laboratories of a large Western aircraft plant. This hydraulic test equipment, with a capacity of 80,000 pounds, is used to squeeze, bend, stretch, or break every type of part used in aircraft construction. These tests assure that the part will stand the terrific strain of aerial combat conditions

Production. Aircraft. A test engineer in the laboratories of a large W...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Outside the plant gate, they wait for busses like this one. Eighty-four busses of this type have been placed in service in about six weeks, and more are being added continually. Busses will make the circuit of all the gates, stopping a few minutes at each, then making a straight run to the railhead

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Outside the plant gate, they wait for bu...

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Production. Aircraft. High on the wing of a Vega Ventura bomber, these girl electricians complete a complicated wiring assembly

Production. Aircraft. High on the wing of a Vega Ventura bomber, these...

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Women aircraft workers. One of the hundreds of young women employed in a West Coast aircraft factory applies identifying marking tape to plumbing sub-assemblies. Vega

Women aircraft workers. One of the hundreds of young women employed in...

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Production. Aircraft. A master mechanic works over a Flying Fortress power plant at a big Western aircraft factory

Production. Aircraft. A master mechanic works over a Flying Fortress p...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Final inspection and rework on wings for Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes in a large Western aircraft plant. The wings, which had been accurately assembled in jigs, are joined to the plane bodies as they travel down the final assembly line where engines, landing gear, controls and other equipment are also installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Final inspection and rework ...

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Production. Aircraft. A test engineer runs a spectrographic test on metal for aircraft construction in the laboratory of a big Western plant. Tests on all aviation construction metals are constantly made to ensure consistently high quality of materials

Production. Aircraft. A test engineer runs a spectrographic test on me...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Don, an aircraft worker at Lockheed Vega Aircraft Corporation, is plenty worried about the state of his tires. Continuous company publicity has convinced him that new ones will not come his way for a long, long time. Don lives about ten miles from the plant, which is the average distance Vega employees must travel to work. There are no public transportation facilities near his house

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Don, an aircraft worker at Lockheed Vega...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. The map shows Don is not situated near bus, railroad or other transportation. Divided into districts and sections, the map makes it easy to catalog drivers and riders

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. The map shows Don is not situated near b...

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Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Str...

Significance: The Service Station is part of the Disney Studio complex, many buildings of which were constructed at the same time during the early 1940s. Although utilizing the same general stylistic scheme, t... More

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Str...

Significance: The Service Station is part of the Disney Studio complex, many buildings of which were constructed at the same time during the early 1940s. Although utilizing the same general stylistic scheme, t... More

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Str...

Significance: The Service Station is part of the Disney Studio complex, many buildings of which were constructed at the same time during the early 1940s. Although utilizing the same general stylistic scheme, t... More

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Str...

Significance: The Service Station is part of the Disney Studio complex, many buildings of which were constructed at the same time during the early 1940s. Although utilizing the same general stylistic scheme, t... More

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Str...

Significance: The Service Station is part of the Disney Studio complex, many buildings of which were constructed at the same time during the early 1940s. Although utilizing the same general stylistic scheme, t... More

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Str...

Significance: The Service Station is part of the Disney Studio complex, many buildings of which were constructed at the same time during the early 1940s. Although utilizing the same general stylistic scheme, t... More

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Str...

Significance: The Service Station is part of the Disney Studio complex, many buildings of which were constructed at the same time during the early 1940s. Although utilizing the same general stylistic scheme, t... More

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Str...

Significance: The Service Station is part of the Disney Studio complex, many buildings of which were constructed at the same time during the early 1940s. Although utilizing the same general stylistic scheme, t... More

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Str...

Significance: The Service Station is part of the Disney Studio complex, many buildings of which were constructed at the same time during the early 1940s. Although utilizing the same general stylistic scheme, t... More

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Str...

Significance: The Service Station is part of the Disney Studio complex, many buildings of which were constructed at the same time during the early 1940s. Although utilizing the same general stylistic scheme, t... More

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Str...

Significance: The Service Station is part of the Disney Studio complex, many buildings of which were constructed at the same time during the early 1940s. Although utilizing the same general stylistic scheme, t... More

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Str...

Significance: The Service Station is part of the Disney Studio complex, many buildings of which were constructed at the same time during the early 1940s. Although utilizing the same general stylistic scheme, t... More

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Str...

Significance: The Service Station is part of the Disney Studio complex, many buildings of which were constructed at the same time during the early 1940s. Although utilizing the same general stylistic scheme, t... More

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Str...

Significance: The Service Station is part of the Disney Studio complex, many buildings of which were constructed at the same time during the early 1940s. Although utilizing the same general stylistic scheme, t... More

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Str...

Significance: The Service Station is part of the Disney Studio complex, many buildings of which were constructed at the same time during the early 1940s. Although utilizing the same general stylistic scheme, t... More

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Service Station, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Str...

Significance: The Service Station is part of the Disney Studio complex, many buildings of which were constructed at the same time during the early 1940s. Although utilizing the same general stylistic scheme, t... More

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista St...

Significance: Designed in 1938 and built in 1939, the Casting Building is one of the original buildings constructed at the Burbank Disney Studios on Buena Vista Street after the studio moved from Hyperion Avenu... More

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista St...

Significance: Designed in 1938 and built in 1939, the Casting Building is one of the original buildings constructed at the Burbank Disney Studios on Buena Vista Street after the studio moved from Hyperion Avenu... More

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista St...

Significance: Designed in 1938 and built in 1939, the Casting Building is one of the original buildings constructed at the Burbank Disney Studios on Buena Vista Street after the studio moved from Hyperion Avenu... More

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista St...

Significance: Designed in 1938 and built in 1939, the Casting Building is one of the original buildings constructed at the Burbank Disney Studios on Buena Vista Street after the studio moved from Hyperion Avenu... More

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista St...

Significance: Designed in 1938 and built in 1939, the Casting Building is one of the original buildings constructed at the Burbank Disney Studios on Buena Vista Street after the studio moved from Hyperion Avenu... More

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista St...

Significance: Designed in 1938 and built in 1939, the Casting Building is one of the original buildings constructed at the Burbank Disney Studios on Buena Vista Street after the studio moved from Hyperion Avenu... More

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista St...

Significance: Designed in 1938 and built in 1939, the Casting Building is one of the original buildings constructed at the Burbank Disney Studios on Buena Vista Street after the studio moved from Hyperion Avenu... More

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista St...

Significance: Designed in 1938 and built in 1939, the Casting Building is one of the original buildings constructed at the Burbank Disney Studios on Buena Vista Street after the studio moved from Hyperion Avenu... More

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista St...

Significance: Designed in 1938 and built in 1939, the Casting Building is one of the original buildings constructed at the Burbank Disney Studios on Buena Vista Street after the studio moved from Hyperion Avenu... More

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista St...

Significance: Designed in 1938 and built in 1939, the Casting Building is one of the original buildings constructed at the Burbank Disney Studios on Buena Vista Street after the studio moved from Hyperion Avenu... More

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista St...

Significance: Designed in 1938 and built in 1939, the Casting Building is one of the original buildings constructed at the Burbank Disney Studios on Buena Vista Street after the studio moved from Hyperion Avenu... More

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista St...

Significance: Designed in 1938 and built in 1939, the Casting Building is one of the original buildings constructed at the Burbank Disney Studios on Buena Vista Street after the studio moved from Hyperion Avenu... More

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista St...

Significance: Designed in 1938 and built in 1939, the Casting Building is one of the original buildings constructed at the Burbank Disney Studios on Buena Vista Street after the studio moved from Hyperion Avenu... More

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista Street, Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA

Walt Disney Studios, Casting Building, Alameda Avenue & Buena Vista St...

Significance: Designed in 1938 and built in 1939, the Casting Building is one of the original buildings constructed at the Burbank Disney Studios on Buena Vista Street after the studio moved from Hyperion Avenu... More

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