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ARC hospital at Mossley Hill, Liverpool, the Officers' Dining Room in the main Administration building. Dr. Edmund Muspratt, a public spirited citizen of Liverpool, donated his magnificent old residence and its seven acres of grounds for the nucleus of the hospital. The house lent itself admirably to use as a hospital and in the record time of 34 days it was equipped and made ready for patients

ARC hospital at Mossley Hill, Liverpool, the Officers' Dining Room in ...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC England. Group title: Hospital, England. Data: Central Div. Potomac Div. Moun... More

New quick drying defense huts demonstrated to government officials. Washington, D.C., Aug. 25. By means of a new invention known as the vacuum concrete process, a pill box fort was erected on the grounds of the National Bureau of Standards today in the record time of four hours. The purpose of the demonstration was to show a new and more efficient method of construction for defense purposes under emergencies. K.P. billner (right) inventor of the process, is pictured explaining it to Dr. Lyman Briggs, ([...])Director of the Bureau of Standards, and [..] Monroe Johnson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce

New quick drying defense huts demonstrated to government officials. Wa...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Employer resistance to the hiring of women workers in war industries is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, and this young employee of a Midwest aircraft motor plant embodies the reasons for this change of heart. With no previous industrial experience, she mastered the operation of this compressed-air machine in record time, and is now polishing airplane motor parts with speed and skill

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Employer resistance to the ...

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

Production. Submarines. Men of America's army of production. The nation's underwater craft are being launched in record time because of men like these two who work on a construction crew at the Navy's shipyard in Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Production. Submarines. Men of America's army of production. The natio...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A couple of men standing next to each other. Office of War Information Photograph

A couple of men standing next to each other. Office of War Information...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

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...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Employer resistance to the hiring of women workers in war industries is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, and this young employee of a Midwest aircraft motor plant embodies the reasons for this change of heart. With no previous industrial experience, she mastered the operation of this compressed-air machine in record time, and is now polishing airplane motor parts with speed and skill

Women in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Employer resistance to the ...

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.

An Air Force crew is trying to erect a tent city in record time this year

An Air Force crew is trying to erect a tent city in record time this y...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kwang Ju Air Base Country: Korea Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David Foisey Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Ph... More

Marines from Crash fire rescue, Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Arizona, take part in the "buckets" event during the annual Firemuster in Tucson, Arizona. The Marines posted the second fastest record time

Marines from Crash fire rescue, Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Arizon...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tucson State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL R.W. Mcmenamin, Usmc Release Status: Released to ... More

[Hurricane Katrina] Slidell, LA, October 14, 2005 -- Louisiana State Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco leads a procession across the I-10 "Twin-Span" Bridge for the first time since Hurricane Katrina damaged it on August 29, 2005. Repairs were made in record time helping Louisiana on the road to recovery. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] Slidell, LA, October 14, 2005 -- Louisiana State G...

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

[Hurricane Rita] Slidell, LA, October 14, 2005 - One of the workers for Boh Bros. Construction Co. watches traffic cross for the first time at the reopening of the I-10 "Twin-Span" Bridge. This Louisiana based company repaired the bridge damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in record time with no injuries 17 days ahead of schedule. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

[Hurricane Rita] Slidell, LA, October 14, 2005 - One of the workers fo...

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

[Hurricane Katrina] Slidell, LA, October 14, 2005 -- Norman Mineta, Secretary of U.S. Department of Transportation sits with Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco at the reopening ceremony of the I-10 "Twin-Span" Bridge. They both spoke with pride regarding the repairs being completed in record time by Louisiana contractors for Louisiana citizens, mending the damage left by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] Slidell, LA, October 14, 2005 -- Norman Mineta, Se...

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Melbourne Cup Finish, Melbourne, Vic. - 1905

Melbourne Cup Finish, Melbourne, Vic. - 1905

Record time - 3 mins 27 and half seconds..An album of other Melbourne Cup photos:.hwmobs/albums/72157677759028680 ( ...hwmobs/albums/72157677759028680 )