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Chrysler tank arsenal. Individual mobile arsenals are the outpost of the huge Chrysler tank arsenal on the outskirts of Detroit. A worker is here installing a machine gun on an M-3 tank, one of the twenty-eight ton giants which mount four machine guns, two .50 calibre and two .30 calibre, a .75 mm. gun and a 37 mm. anti-aircraft gun, as well as an assortment of hand machine guns, and other weapons for use by the crew

Chrysler tank arsenal. Individual mobile arsenals are the outpost of 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

Chrysler tank arsenal. Close work is done on this milling machine, designed for work on the turret of the 75 mm gun with which M-3 tanks are eqipped. The fittings must be perfect, in order that the gun may have as much play as possible. Four turning, tools and two facing tools are used

Chrysler tank arsenal. Close work is done on this milling machine, des...

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

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Here is a billet of alloy steel entering a mill in which it will be converted into the desired shape. It will emerge as a bar, perhaps round, perhaps square, and will eventually find its way into one of thousands of uses to which steel is put in our defense production

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Here is a billet of alloy steel e...

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

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Dropping the power plant of a Dodge Army truck to its place in the chassis assembly. The complete motor, carried on an overhead conveyor, reaches the chassis moving along the assembly line at precisely the right time and place to permit steady production of these urgently needed army vehicles

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Dropping the power plant of a Dodge Ar...

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

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). An attractive young lady operating an ingenious machine contributes her share to defense production. With a specially designed "gun" this girl sprays cement inside a "U" shaped rubber channel into which the glass for the rear window of truck cabs is inserted. The rubber channel makes the window water-tight

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). An attractive young lady operating an ...

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

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). Ten thousand skilled workers are turning out twenty-eight ton M-3 tanks at the huge Chrysler tank arsenal in Detroit. This man is checking the sub-assembly of a cupola to be installed on the top of a gun turret of one of these rolling arsenals

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). Ten thousand skilled workers are turning ...

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

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). Efficient control of the 75 mm field guns with which M-3 tanks are equipped is assured by these careful workers. They are finishing the boring bronze bushing for the gun mount. They are only two of the 10,000 skilled workers turning out these twenty-eight ton land battleships at the huge Chrysler tank arsenal in Detroit

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). Efficient control of the 75 mm field guns...

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

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Crating Dodge Army trucks for overseas shipment. The trucks are shipped in lots of two, four or six to a box. When crates contain only two trucks, wheels and tires are included in the box, but where they are shipped in lots of four or more, there are separate boxes for the chassis, cabs, express bodies, wheels and tires, and sheet metal

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Crating Dodge Army trucks for overseas...

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

Chrysler tank arsenal. Headed for the oven, this rack of herringbone gears has been completed and is now awaiting the hear treatment which will harden the gears for use in the M-3 tank. Dozens of different types of gear arrangements are used in these twenty-eight ton monsters

Chrysler tank arsenal. Headed for the oven, this rack of herringbone g...

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

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). A veteran factory worker, typical of the many seasoned craftsmen in the automobile industry, busily engaged in handling doors on the cab of an army truck

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). A veteran factory worker, typical of t...

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

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). The body of a Dodge Army reconnaissance car being lowered into place on the assembled chassis. Bodies for each of the many types of army trucks are synchronized in production with the chassis for which they are intended and are carried from a distant part of the plant by an overhead tram conveyor and are lowered to the chassis with perfect split second timing

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). The body of a Dodge Army reconnaissanc...

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

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). A veritable cascade of sparks fly when the arc welder fuses together toe risers in the front section of a Dodge army truck cab assembly

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). A veritable cascade of sparks fly when...

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

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Defense workers in Detroit assembling the transfer case of Dodge Army truck frame assembly. Power to drive the front wheels of the army trucks is transmitted through the transfer case

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Defense workers in Detroit assembling ...

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

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). A U.S. government inspector, typical of the alert, sharp-eyed men who make sure that the machines required for the U.S. Army are in perfect condition down to the last detail before they are put into government service

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). A U.S. government inspector, typical o...

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

Out of the rough. A gun stock takes shape under the hands of a skilled workman as the war production goes ahead at an eastern armory

Out of the rough. A gun stock takes shape under the hands of a skilled...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Caption edited by agency. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United Sta... More

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). General view taken from above the cab-trim line in the huge Detroit plant where Dodge Army trucks are made. The camera was pointed toward the main assembly line and shows an overhead sheet metal delivery conveyor and a small portion of the parts stock, such as head lamps, tail lights, and so forth, encased in card-board

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). General view taken from above the cab-...

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

Down the production line, one after another, come the sturdy, rugged rear axles of Dodge Army trucks in the steady, smooth flowing assembly process. The axles are of the full floating type and are equipped with 14 18 inch brake assemblies

Down the production line, one after another, come the sturdy, rugged r...

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

Tempered to take it. This elaborate machine is an important war worker. It heat treats and tempers gun parts at an eastern armory

Tempered to take it. This elaborate machine is an important war worker...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Caption edited by agency. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United Sta... More

Training for war. This apprentice school lad will become a soldier of industry in our war preparation. Right now he's learning how to grind tools at an eastern armory

Training for war. This apprentice school lad will become a soldier of ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Caption edited by agency. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United Sta... More

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). Twelve of these bell type carburizing furnaces are in twenty-four hour operation at the huge Chrysler tank arsenal in Detroit. They are employed to barburize final drive gears, transmission parts and other parts of the twenty-eight ton M-3 tanks in production there

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). Twelve of these bell type carburizing fur...

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

Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. Converting scrap iron and steel into high quality alloy steel. A workman adds alloying materials to the bath of molten steel in one of the thirty-five ton electric arc furnaces. These furnaces give faster heating and more accurate temperature control than do open hearth furnaces

Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenri...

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

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Overhead conveyors eliminate heavy lifting and facilitate rapid production of trucks for the U.S. Army in the Dodge truck plant in Detroit. Shown above are workmen lowering the heavy rear axle of an army truck to its place in the chassis assembly by means of a special overhead carrier

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Overhead conveyors eliminate heavy lif...

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

Chrysler tank arsenal. Another day's work done. These are workers at the huge Chrysler tank arsenal, near Detroit, where 10,000 men are producing M-3 tanks, twenty-eight ton rolling arsenals which promise to make Uncle Sam's mechanized forces the equal of any in the world in striking power

Chrysler tank arsenal. Another day's work done. These are workers at t...

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

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). Expert welders are important to Uncle Sam's defense industries. Not only are welded connections as strong as, or stronger than, riveted connections, but they mean a saving steel and in overall weight. This welder is working on the engine support assembly of an M-3 tank at the Chrysler tank arsenal in Detroit

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). Expert welders are important to Uncle Sam...

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

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Tons of tarpaulin are required for covering certain types of Army trucks. Worker above is unpacking tarpaulin, and a very small portion of the huge stock always carried on hand is shown in the background

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Tons of tarpaulin are required for cov...

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

Chrysler tank arsenal. Thousands of rivets are used in the production of one of the huge thirty-eight ton M-3 tanks. Whenever possible rivets are replaced by welded sections, but throughout much of the tank, as in the side plates on which this riveter is working, the steel plate is too heavy for welding. The riveting itself, a twenty-five ton apparatus is carried overhead for convenience and quick handling

Chrysler tank arsenal. Thousands of rivets are used in the production ...

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

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. The production of many tons of high quality steel depends on the efficiency with which this electrician installs the power lines to new transformers used in conjunction with electric furnaces

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. The production of many tons of hi...

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

Chrysler tank arsenal. This is one of the huge machine tools used in production of the M-3 tanks, the twenty-eight ton monsters built at the Chrysler tank arsenal in Detroit. This press works with a power of 450 tons, stamping out quarter inch steel floor plates

Chrysler tank arsenal. This is one of the huge machine tools used in p...

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

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Space is a prime requisite for a steel plant. The huge production machinery itself and the various tools for treatment of the steel after it has been refined may extend for acres. In the center here is the exit end of a plate mill. After the plates are hot-rolled and released, they pass through the roller leveling device at the right, where they are flattened for commercial use

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Space is a prime requisite for a ...

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

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). In final assembly operation water is put in the radiator, gasoline in the fuel tank, so that each Dodge Army truck leaves the assembly line under its own power

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). In final assembly operation water is p...

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

Poet and historian turns to films. Carl Sandburg, famous poet and Pulitizer prize winning historian has turned movie maker. He has just written the commentary for "Bomber," national defense motion picture produced by the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) film unit. He is shown here in the cutting room with Phillip Martin, film editor and technical supervisor of the film unit

Poet and historian turns to films. Carl Sandburg, famous poet and Puli...

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

Turning out guns. Turning out guns on a modern automatic lathe. This machine is shaping the outside of a gun barrel for the war program

Turning out guns. Turning out guns on a modern automatic lathe. This m...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Caption edited by agency. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United Sta... More

Productive America. A Texas farmer takes time out for a smoke and a proud look over his rich productive acres. The extensive flat farming lands permit full use of mechanized equipment

Productive America. A Texas farmer takes time out for a smoke and a pr...

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

War work in the groove. A modern rifling machine cutting the grooves in a gun barrel

War work in the groove. A modern rifling machine cutting the grooves i...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Caption edited by agency. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United Sta... More

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). Thousands of rivets are used in the production of one of the huge thirty-eight ton M-3 tanks. Whenever possible rivets are replaced by welded sections, but much of the steel plate, such as the hull front plate on which these men are working, is too heavy for welding. These skilled workers are preparing the plate for riveting at the huge Chrysler tank arsenal, in Detroit

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). Thousands of rivets are used in the produ...

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

Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires, with beads removed, are fed to the "cracker," or grinding machine, of a big Midwest tire plant. The machine breaks the scrap tire into small pieces to facilitate removal of rubber from fabric. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Scrap tires, with beads removed, are fed to the "c...

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

Very movable bunk. Making one of the many hammocks that will swing their human cargo below decks on Uncle Sam's ships at sea. Rush orders keep the sail loft busy at an eastern Navy yard

Very movable bunk. Making one of the many hammocks that will swing the...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption edited by agency. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division.... More

Shipbuilding (Newport News). It's got to measure up, or else. This skilled worker is checking the dimensions of a tail shaft bearing for a navy vessels under construction. All these various parts must fit perfectly to assure maximum performance, and maximum performance is a "must" in the finest fleet the world has ever seen

Shipbuilding (Newport News). It's got to measure up, or else. This ski...

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

Shenandoah Valley. Carl Wilbarger and Claude Spitzer (lame man)

Shenandoah Valley. Carl Wilbarger and Claude Spitzer (lame man)

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

Shenandoah Valley. Claude Spitzer at the 24-inch lathe. "I have been in and out of the shop for fifteen years--I am more of a blacksmith than I am a machinist"

Shenandoah Valley. Claude Spitzer at the 24-inch lathe. "I have been i...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

Metal strip cutter. Gichner Iron Works, Washington, D.C

Metal strip cutter. Gichner Iron Works, Washington, D.C

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

The air raid protective services. Civilian protection workers go after damaged lines to restore service immediately. Insignia is that of road repair squads, but rescue squad and utility repair squad members may do similar work

The air raid protective services. Civilian protection workers go after...

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

Tire building. This tire builder starts the carcass by slipping a layer of fabric onto the tire drum. The layer is made with the seam cut on the bias so that there will be no straight-across strain on the tire seams. The layer fits tightly, and each successive layer is banded to the preceding one by applied pressure. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Tire building. This tire builder starts the carcass by slipping a laye...

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

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Interiors of defense homes are attractively finished. Although economyis imperative, no jerry-building or shoddy construction is allowed

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Interiors of defense homes are at...

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

Throwing liners to be used in making medical department coffee cups. Shenango Pottery Works, Newcastle, Pennsylvania

Throwing liners to be used in making medical department coffee cups. S...

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

Throwing liners to be used in making medical department coffee cups. Shenango Pottery Works, Newcastle, Pennsylvania

Throwing liners to be used in making medical department coffee cups. S...

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

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This is the sheet aluminum department, where this vital defense metal is cut and stamped for use aboard naval warcraft

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This is the sheet aluminum departmen...

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

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Construction of first floor. Asphalt paper is spread over a cinder filling. Later, wire reinforcements are laid over the paper, preparatory to the laying of cement floor. The entire operation, from filling in with a cinder vase to laying the concrete floor, is accomplished in a few hours

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Construction of first floor. Asph...

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

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Handwork is still a vital operation in the production of airplane sub-assembly parts. Metal shaping is the job of this worker at a large Ohio plant. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Handwork is still a vital operation in ...

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

Barrage balloon manufacture. Making a suspension band. These workers are preparing a reinforced band which will be attached longitudinally around the barrage balloon. This band carries most of the rigging by which the balloon is controlled from the ground. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Making a suspension band. These workers a...

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

Wrapping truck tires. All sizes of tires can be wrapped by this machinery, which has an opening just large enough for the tire to pass through. It throws a semi-circular catapult through the middle of the tire; the catapult carries the roll of paper with it, unwinding as it goes. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Wrapping truck tires. All sizes of tires can be wrapped by this machin...

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 boring mill machining a cast-iron die which, when finished, will be used to stamp out automobile fenders. Plant of Frederick Colman & Sons, Inc., Detroit, Michigan

A boring mill machining a cast-iron die which, when finished, will be ...

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

Shenandoah Valley. Worker in the Penn Foundry Manufacturing Company at Waynesboro, Virginia, one of the largest shops in the Shenandoah Valley

Shenandoah Valley. Worker in the Penn Foundry Manufacturing Company at...

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

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Plumbing that has been assembled at a central shop on the construction site is speedily placed in the foundation of a defense house at the Franklin Terrace housing project

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Plumbing that has been assembled ...

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

Production. Diesel engines. The valve mechanism of a diesel engine for the Navy is adjusted at a Midwest manufacturing plant

Production. Diesel engines. The valve mechanism of a diesel engine for...

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

Work for steady hands. Carelessness does not mix with molten brass as the concentration of workers shows in this closeup of foundary operation at an eastern Navy yard

Work for steady hands. Carelessness does not mix with molten brass as ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption edited by agency. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division.... More

Army uniform trouser manufacture. Kane Manufacturing Company, Louisville, Kentucky. Cotton khaki and wool serge trousers are turned out here at the rate of 1300 a day to the designs and rigid specifications of the Army Quartermaster Corps. 34 sizes ranging from a small 28 inch waist with 29-inch leg to large size with a 46-inch waist and 33-inch leg. Here Frank Ernwine lays out patterns. He has been at his trade for forty-five years and helped make Army uniforms in World War I

Army uniform trouser manufacture. Kane Manufacturing Company, Louisvil...

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

Blitz buggies. Finished motors on the conveyor line, which is taking them to the assembly point in the plant. This conveyor line is part of a conveyor system 135 miles long throughout the plant. Ford River Rouge plant

Blitz buggies. Finished motors on the conveyor line, which is taking t...

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

Machinist milling the contour of a piston pin retainer for the Packard marine engine. Finished aluminum pistons are in the tray in the foreground. Packard marine engine plant, Detroit

Machinist milling the contour of a piston pin retainer for the Packard...

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

General view of engine assembly line, Packard plant, Detroit, Michigan. Man in foreground is checking tension on connecting rod bolt nuts. The men at the bench behind him are assembling the crankshaft and connecting rod assembly, and installing them in the engine. Packard marine engine plant

General view of engine assembly line, Packard plant, Detroit, Michigan...

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

Barrage balloon manufacture. Lineup of cementers. Assembling patterns into gores which in turn are assembled into balloon sections, these workers are charged with making seams strong and gas-tight, since the full tug of gas from the inside, and rigging on the outside is exerted on these sections. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Lineup of cementers. Assembling patterns ...

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 a man working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

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

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

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The wall sheeting mounts rapidly. Pre-cut sheeting is always at hand to keep this carpenter supplied, thereby cutting down waste time

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. The wall sheeting mounts rapidly....

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

View of the die shop at the plant of Frederick Colman & Sons, Inc., Detroit, Michigan. The parts on the floor are waiting to be processed

View of the die shop at the plant of Frederick Colman & Sons, Inc., De...

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

Testing the finished tube before packing. Fully inflated, every tube is tested by immersion in water before being dried, and packed for shipment. Rarely do workers find an imperfect tube, but this extra precaution is taken in every instance--just in case. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Testing the finished tube before packing. Fully inflated, every tube i...

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

Production. Diesel engines. A diesel engine, produced for the Navy at a Midwest manufacturing plant, is prepared for testing under Navy supervision

Production. Diesel engines. A diesel engine, produced for the Navy at ...

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

Molds automatically open. At the end of the curing time, the mold draws the steam out of the airbag, opens the lid and ejects the tire from the tread pattern. Workers need to do nothing but pull out the finished tire and put in another uncured carcass. General Tires, Firestone, Akron, Ohio

Molds automatically open. At the end of the curing time, the mold draw...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. Many strange-looking tools are required to get into the difficult places where rivets must be placed in the modern military airplane. Workers are working on an airplane sub-assembly part in an Ohio plant. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Many strange-looking tools are required...

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Shipbuilding (Newport News). Transportation is a vital operation in the huge Newport News Yard, where more than 36,000 workers are employed. These two workers are shown laying his tracks for a new railroad spur, which will carry materials right to the building ways where four cruisers and a large battleship are under construction for our new two-ocean fleet

Shipbuilding (Newport News). Transportation is a vital operation in th...

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

Barrage balloon manufacture. Seamers at work. Putting rubber cement on both surfaces which are to be fastened together, these workers assemble individual pattern pieces into strips or "gores" for barrage balloons being made for army balloon corps. By an ingenious arrangement of folds, strips nearly a hundred feet long can be handled by each worker on the table in front of him. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Seamers at work. Putting rubber cement on...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. Here is the "dope room" at a huge Ohio plant. The fabric covering control surfaces for military aircraft is here doped, or covered with protective paints. This worker is spraying surfaces with a special lacquer to make them glossy and weather-proof. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Here is the "dope room" at a huge Ohio ...

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A scene in the Ford foundry, Detroit, Michigan. The foundry covers seventeen acres of land. Twenty-five tons of molten metal can be poured here every twenty-four hours. Worker in this photo is filling piston moulds. Twenty thousand pistons are cast every eight hours

A scene in the Ford foundry, Detroit, Michigan. The foundry covers sev...

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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This is one of the huge machine shops, where many of the 26,000 workers in the yard fashion metal parts for the ships under construction for the Navy

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This is one of the huge machine shop...

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Trimming a fast one. A skilled workman fits the beading around the cockpit of a fast motor launch intended for the U.S. fleet. Boats of this type are being turned out rapidly at an eastern Navy yard

Trimming a fast one. A skilled workman fits the beading around the coc...

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The air raid protective services. No city functions properly if its supply of gas, water, and electricity is blocked or its telephone wires are out of order. Utilities repair crews are on hand to "shoot trouble" in any of these services, should bomb damage cause any breaks

The air raid protective services. No city functions properly if its su...

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Antiaircraft gun carriage. Inspection of a thirty-seven millimeter antiaircraft gun carriage parts. With 300-plus-mile-per-hour planes for targets, antiaircraft assembly must be a precision instrument to permit the gunner to keep on his target. Inspection is as rigid as in instrument manufacture. War program production scene in one of Pennsylvania's heavy industry plants now converted to the production of vitally needed military equipment. AETNA. Ellwood City, Pennsylvania

Antiaircraft gun carriage. Inspection of a thirty-seven millimeter ant...

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Ware shipped to the Army Quartermaster has straw placed between each piece and is then packed in large wooden barrels. Shenango Pottery Works, Newcastle, Pennsylvania

Ware shipped to the Army Quartermaster has straw placed between each p...

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Adding the bead wire. Taking a more solid form, the carcass is now ready for the addition of another bead before the final layers of fabric are added. The bead cover is shaped to the exact curvature of the tire, and fits its diameter perfectly. The bead is forced into position under pressure by the machine controlled with the worker's right hand. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

Adding the bead wire. Taking a more solid form, the carcass is now rea...

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This is the charging end of the pug mill. Shenango Pottery Works, Newcastle, Pennsylvania

This is the charging end of the pug mill. Shenango Pottery Works, Newc...

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Production. Diesel engines. The gear train housing of a diesel engine for the Navy is assembled at a Midwest manufacturing plant

Production. Diesel engines. The gear train housing of a diesel engine ...

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

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Cutting sheeting to size with power driven hand saws speed up the work of the sheeting crew

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Cutting sheeting to size with pow...

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

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

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

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Machinists drilling and reaming valve guide holes in aluminum valve housings for the Packard marine engine. Packard marine engine plant, Detroit

Machinists drilling and reaming valve guide holes in aluminum valve ho...

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Army Quartermaster gravyboats on their way to one of the kilns. Shenango Pottery Works, Newcastle, Pennsylvania

Army Quartermaster gravyboats on their way to one of the kilns. Shenan...

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Tank armor production. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Farrell, Pennsylvania. Large mill plates for the making of tank armor plate are handled with heavy crane hooks during the heat treating, rough flattening and abrasive

Tank armor production. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Farrell, P...

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Shipbuilding (Newport News). This worker is touching up one of the huge condensers for a U.S. Navy destroyer under construction

Shipbuilding (Newport News). This worker is touching up one of the hug...

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Civilian defense. Here is a portable electric power saw to cut flooring and heavy beams. It is part of the equipment of the New York City Emergency Service truck displayed in October at the civilian defense show at Madison Square Garden by the New York Police Department. This saw, which operates on 110-volt direct current generated by the truck, can be used as far as 2000 feet from the truck

Civilian defense. Here is a portable electric power saw to cut floorin...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Photographed by Afred T. Palmer or Howard Hollem. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Ov... More

Rubber reclamation. They help produce reclaimed rubber. Workers at a big Midwest recovery plant where junked rubber is prepared for processing into thousands of essential products. In many of these products reclaimed material serves better than raw rubber. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. They help produce reclaimed rubber. Workers at a b...

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

Airplane seat production. Final inspection of completed airplane pilot seats at a large Midwest rubber company converted to war production is a thorough process that must cover every rivet and adjustment. Here inspectors are operating the fore and aft track adjustment which permits the pilot to move his position backward and forward while the plane is in operation

Airplane seat production. Final inspection of completed airplane pilot...

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Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. George Miller, plumber, is foreman of the central plumbing assembly shop. He and his helpers assemble most of the plumbing for this 300-unit defense housing project

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. George Miller, plumber, is forema...

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Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Workers at a prefabricating plant turn out steel parts for a large Eastern shipyard building units of Uncle Sam's "Liberty Fleet." Here they operate a giant shear. This plant was originally used to produce freight cars, and the shears are part of the plant's original equipment. All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flatcars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Workers at a prefabricating plant turn ...

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Mrs. Catherine Herbster budgets herself carefully. She buys those vegetables and food which are plentiful and cheap. She must see that her family of growing children get the right foods to make them strong and healthy

Mrs. Catherine Herbster budgets herself carefully. She buys those vege...

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Aluminum. Reynolds Metal Company, Louisville, Kentucky. Fabrication of air-craft parts with high speed tools. Aluminum is a vitally important material in the production of the huge quantities of planes required under the national defense program

Aluminum. Reynolds Metal Company, Louisville, Kentucky. Fabrication of...

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

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

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

Steel production. The workers behind the steel industry's war production drive. Open hearth furnace men deserve the rest given them while the furnace is being charged. Republic, Youngstown

Steel production. The workers behind the steel industry's war producti...

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 a man working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

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

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 a man with a hose. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man with a hose. Office of War Informatio...

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

Trailers for defense transportation. Winter Weiss Company, Denver, Colorado. Manufacture of semi-trailers for general utility use in Army camps. The trailers are equipped with combination platform and stake bodies. Trailer frames are here being electrically welded on high tensile steel jigs

Trailers for defense transportation. Winter Weiss Company, Denver, Col...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. Just to make certain that there are no errors, workers check each step in the preparation of new parts with the blueprints. This worker is gauging part for a new air-craft sub-assembly, and comparing the measurements with the blueprint. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Just to make certain that there are no ...

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

Shenandoah Valley. Worker in the Bradley Foundry in Harrisonburg. This is where Paul Fletcher obtains his castings

Shenandoah Valley. Worker in the Bradley Foundry in Harrisonburg. This...

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