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Make it right--They'll make it fight. Poster distributed by War Production Board (WPB) to war plants. The original is 22 inches x 28 inches and is printed in red and blue. Copies are obtainable from War Production Drive Headquarters, 1210 Raleigh Hotel, Washington, D.C

Make it right--They'll make it fight. Poster distributed by War Produc...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Every day you take off gives the Axis a break. Poster distributed by the War Production Board (WPB) plants. The original is 28 12 inches by 40 inches and is printed in yellow and black on white. The photograph was taken by Louise Dahl-Wolfe. Copies may be obtained from War Production Drive Headquarters, War Production Board, Washington, D.C

Every day you take off gives the Axis a break. Poster distributed by 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

Follow safety rules. Poster distributed by War Production Board (WPB) to war plants. The original is 22 inches and is printed in full color. Copies may be obtained from War Production Drive Headquarters, 1210 Raleigh Hotel, Washington, D.C

Follow safety rules. Poster distributed by War Production Board (WPB) ...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

A suggestion box serves as idea headquarters at the Link Aviation Devices plant, Binghamton, New York. The war production drive headquarters offers national certificates and citations for ideas of outstanding value to the war effort and recommends that plants make awards for meritorious suggestions

A suggestion box serves as idea headquarters at the Link Aviation Devi...

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

Poster. Let's give him enough and on time. Poster produced by Army Ordnance War Department and distributed to labor-management committees in war plants. The original is 28 1/2 inches by 40 inches and is from a full color painting by Norman Rockwell, famous illustrator. Copies may be obtained from War Production Drive Headquarters, War Production Board (WPB), Washington, D.C.

Poster. Let's give him enough and on time. Poster produced by Army Ord...

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A suggestion box serves as idea headquarters at the Link Aviation Devices plant, Binghamton, New York. The war production drive headquarters offers national certificates and citations for ideas of outstanding value to the war effort and recommends that plants make awards for meritorious suggestions

A suggestion box serves as idea headquarters at the Link Aviation Devi...

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Follow safety rules. Poster distributed by War Production Board (WPB) to war plants. The original is 22 inches and is printed in full color. Copies may be obtained from War Production Drive Headquarters, 1210 Raleigh Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Follow safety rules. Poster distributed by War Production Board (WPB) ...

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War Production Board poster. Poster distributed by the WPB to war plants. The original is 28 12 inches by 40 inches and is printed in black and yellow. It was reproduced from a photograph by Alfred T. Palmer, Office of War Information (OWI) staff photographer. Copies may be obtained from War Production Drive Headquarters, War Production Board, Washington, D.C

War Production Board poster. Poster distributed by the WPB to war plan...

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

Poster. Let's give him enough and on time. Poster produced by Army Ordnance War Department and distributed to labor-management committees in war plants. The original is 28 12 inches by 40 inches and is from a full color painting by Norman Rockwell, famous illustrator. Copies may be obtained from War Production Drive Headquarters, War Production Board (WPB), Washington, D.C

Poster. Let's give him enough and on time. Poster produced by Army Ord...

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

Every day you take off gives the Axis a break. Poster distributed by the War Production Board (WPB) plants. The original is 28 1/2 inches by 40 inches and is printed in yellow and black on white. The photograph was taken by Louise Dahl-Wolfe. Copies may be obtained from War Production Drive Headquarters, War Production Board, Washington, D.C.

Every day you take off gives the Axis a break. Poster distributed by t...

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Make it right--They'll make it fight. Poster distributed by War Production Board (WPB) to war plants. The original is 22 inches x 28 inches and is printed in red and blue. Copies are obtainable from War Production Drive Headquarters, 1210 Raleigh Hotel, Washinton, D.C.

Make it right--They'll make it fight. Poster distributed by War Produc...

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War Production Board poster. Poster distributed by the WPB to war plants. The original is 28 1/2 inches by 40 inches and is printed in black and yellow. It was reproduced from a photograph by Alfred T. Palmer, Office of War Information (OWI) staff photographer. Copies may be obtained from War Production Drive Headquarters, War Production Board, Washington, D.C.

War Production Board poster. Poster distributed by the WPB to war plan...

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Meeting of speakers, prior to rally for labor-management committee members, Scranton, July 29th. Left to right: Brigadier General Brice P. Disque, Coordinator for Anthracite, Office of Solid Fuels Coordinator for War, Department of Interior; Richard Maize, Secretary of Mines, State of Pennsylvania; Michael J. Kosik, District President of United Mine Workers of America; Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headquarters; Mart F. Brennan, Acting District President, UMWA and Regional Representative of UMWA for anthracite; Frank W. Earnest, Jr., President, Anthracite Industries Incorporated; Frank C. Wright, Jr., Washington representative for the anthracite industry

Meeting of speakers, prior to rally for labor-management committee mem...

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Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headquarters, speaking before labor-management committee members at Scranton, July 29th. Seated left to right: Earl Williams, Dmitri Goulandris and Michael J. Kosik

Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headqu...

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Poster. If It'll Save a Second It's a Great Idea. War Production Board poster. Poster distributed by WPB war plants. The original is twenty-eight and one half by forty inches, and is printed in full color. Copies are obtainable from War Production Drive Headquarters, 1210 Raleigh Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Poster. If It'll Save a Second It's a Great Idea. War Production Board...

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Left to right: Michael W. Straus, Chief of War Production Drive Headquarters; Mrs. Marie McPherson, Chairman, Labor-Management Committee, Meissner Manufacturing Company, Mount Carmel Illinois

Left to right: Michael W. Straus, Chief of War Production Drive Headqu...

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

Meeting of speakers, prior to rally for labor-management committee members, Scranton, July 29th. Left to right: Brigadier General Brice P. Disque, Coordinator for Anthracite, Office of Solid Fuels Coordinator for War, Department of Interior; Richard Maize, Secretary of Mines, State of Pennsylvania; Michael J. Kosik, District President of United Mine Workers of America; Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headquarters; Mart F. Brennan, Acting District President, UMWA and Regional Representative of UMWA for anthracite; Frank W. Earnest, Jr., President, Anthracite Industries Incorporated; Frank C. Wright, Jr., Washington representative for the anthracite industry

Meeting of speakers, prior to rally for labor-management committee mem...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Photographed by William Perlitch or Alfred T. Palmer. Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Offi... More

Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headquarters, speaking before labor-management committee members at Scranton, July 29th. Seated left to right: Earl Williams, Dmitri Goulandris and Michael J. Kosik

Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headqu...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Photographed by William Perlitch or Alfred T. Palmer. Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Offi... More

Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headquarters, speaking before labor-management committee members at Scranton, July 29th. Seated, left to right: Earl Schenck, Naval Consultant; Earl Williams, tanker sailor; Dmitri Goulandris, torpedoed sailor; Michael J. Kosik

Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headqu...

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Members of joint labor-management committees at Pottsville, July 30th. Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headquarters, speaking. Seated: J.F. Kershetsky, chairman

Members of joint labor-management committees at Pottsville, July 30th....

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Members of joint labor-management committees at Pottsville, July 30th. Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headquarters, speaking. Seated: J.F. Kershetsky, chairman

Members of joint labor-management committees at Pottsville, July 30th....

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Photographed by William Perlitch or Alfred T. Palmer. Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Offi... More

Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headquarters, speaking before labor-management committee members at Hazleton, July 30th

Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headqu...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Photographed by William Perlitch or Alfred T. Palmer. Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Offi... More

Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headquarters, speaking before labor-management committee members at Hazleton, July 30th

Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headqu...

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Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headquarters, speaking before labor-management committee members at Scranton, July 29th

Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headqu...

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Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headquarters, speaking before labor-management committee members at Scranton, July 29th. Seated, left to right: Earl Schenck, Naval Consultant; Earl Williams, tanker sailor; Dmitri Goulandris, torpedoed sailor; Michael J. Kosik

Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headqu...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Photographed by William Perlitch or Alfred T. Palmer. Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Offi... More

Left to right: Michael W. Straus, Chief, War Production Drive Headquarters, and Mrs. Marie McPherson, Chairman, Labor Mangagement Committee, Meissner Manufacturing Company, Mount Carmel, Illinois

Left to right: Michael W. Straus, Chief, War Production Drive Headquar...

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

Left to right: Michael W. Straus, Chief, War Production Drive Headquarters, and Mrs. Marie McPherson, Chairman, Labor Mangagement Committee, Meissner Manufacturing Company, Mount Carmel, Illinois

Left to right: Michael W. Straus, Chief, War Production Drive Headquar...

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Left to right: Michael W. Straus, Chief, War Production Drive Headquarters, and Mrs. Marie McPherson, Chairman, Labor-Management Committee, Meissner Manufacturing Company, Mt. Carnel, Illinois

Left to right: Michael W. Straus, Chief, War Production Drive Headquar...

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Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headquarters, speaking before labor-management committee members at Scranton, July 29th

Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headqu...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Photographed by William Perlitch or Alfred T. Palmer. Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Offi... More

War workers' ideas. Jury votes on war workers' ideas that save man-hours and critical materials. More than 400,000 suggestions to speed war production have been submitted to suggestion committees in war plants, and the outstanding ones tested and sent through more than 2,000 War Production Drive labor-management committees to the above Board for Individual Awards at War Production Drive headquarters in Washington. All ideas recognized by awards are made available to all American war plants and interested United Nations through the system of plow-back into industry as a further benefit to war production

War workers' ideas. Jury votes on war workers' ideas that save man-hou...

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

War production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. The War Production Board (WPB) produced these stickers for distribution in war plants. They were designed for pasting on workers' machines to stimulate output of vital war materials. Sheets of assorted stickers may be obtained by writing Distribution Section, War Production Drive Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

War production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. T...

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War Production Board (WPB) poster. Cablegram poster distributed by the WPB to war plants. The original is 22 inches by 17 inches and is printed in red, blue and black on white. Copies may be obtained from war production drive headquarters, WPB, Washington, D.C

War Production Board (WPB) poster. Cablegram poster distributed by the...

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 production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. The War Production Board (WPB) produced these stickers for distribution in war plants. They were designed for pasting on workers' machines to stimulate output of vital war materials. Sheets of assorted stickers may be obtained by writing Distribution Section, War Production Drive Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

War production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. T...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

War production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. The War Production Board (WPB) produced these stickers for distribution in war plants. They were designed for pasting on workers' machines to stimulate output of vital war materials. Sheets of assorted stickers may be obtained by writing Distribution Section, War Production Drive Headquarters, Washington, D.C

War production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. T...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

War production drive poster. Poster distributed by the Ordnance Department, U.S. Army, to labor management committees. The original, size 28 12 inches by 40 inches, may be obtained from war production drive headquarters, War Production Board (WPB), Washington, D.C

War production drive poster. Poster distributed by the Ordnance Depart...

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

War Production Board poster (WPB). Poster distributed by the WPB to war plants. The original is 28 12 inches by 40 inches and is printed in black and yellow on white. Copies may be obtained from the war production drive headquarters, WPB, Washington, D.C

War Production Board poster (WPB). Poster distributed by the WPB to wa...

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 production drive committee of technical experts. The war production drive's technical committee of experts, established to pass on war production suggestions for which Certificates of Individual Production Merit and Citations of Individual Production Merit will be awarded. Left to right: John L. Savage, Chief Designing Engineer, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado; Dr. Robert F. Blanks, Chief of Testing Laboratories, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado; William Plumer Hill, Sparrows Point, Maryland; Paul H. Stanley, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania; Whiting Williams, Cleveland, Ohio; William E. Warne, Assistant Chief, War Production Drive Headquarters; Ray Millholland, Chief, Technical Section, War Production Drive Headquarters; Henry C. Atkins, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana; Charles B. Francis, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Dr. J. L. Bray, Purdue University, Indiana, and Dr. Joseph Rockoff, Dayton, Ohio. The first awards, announced today, September 8, 1942, were for Certificates of Individual Production Merit to sixteen men and one woman. The Committee also established another classification: honorable mention, which was awarded to sixteen other men

War production drive committee of technical experts. The war productio...

Title continues, left to right: John L. Savage, Chief Designing Engineer, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado; Dr. Robert F. Blanks, Chief of Testing Laboratories, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colora... More

Citations of individual production merit awarded. The first five Citations of Individual Production Merit have been awarded to five war workers, War Production Drive Headquarters has announced. The citation is the highest honor conferred for individual achievement. It is granted only for ideas or suggestions that have an outstanding effect on the entire war effort. Clinton R. Hanna, East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a research department manager for the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., suggested a method of increasing the effectiveness of Army tanks. This method is a military secret

Citations of individual production merit awarded. The first five Citat...

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

For submitting a suggestion which saves time in copper mining operations, Joseph Ekstrom has been given honorable mention from the Board for Individual Awards, War Production Drive headquarters. His suggestion saves from three to five minutes every time the length of cables used in unloading mine timber is changed. Ekstrom is an employee of the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company, Inspiration, Arizona

For submitting a suggestion which saves time in copper mining operatio...

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 production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. The War Production Board (WPB) produced these stickers for distribution in war plants. They were designed for pasting on workers' machines to stimulate output of vital war materials. Sheets of assorted stickers may be obtained by writing Distribution Section, War Production Drive Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

War production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. T...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

War production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. The War Production Board (WPB) produced these stickers for distribution in war plants. They were designed for pasting on workers' machines to stimulate output of vital war materials. Sheets of assorted stickers may be obtained by writing Distribution Section, War Production Drive Headquarters, Washington, D.C

War production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. T...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

War production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. The War Production Board (WPB) produced these stickers for distribution in war plants. They were designed for pasting on workers' machines to stimulate output of vital war materials. Sheets of assorted stickers may be obtained by writing Distribution Section, War Production Drive Headquarters, Washington, D.C

War production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. T...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Citations of individual production merit awarded. The first five Citations of Individual Production Merit have been awarded to five war workers, War Production Drive Headquarters has announced. The citation is the highest honor conferred for individual achievement. It is granted only for ideas or suggestions that have an outstanding effect on the entire war effort. Joseph H. Kautsky, Indianapolis, Indiana, an employee of the Lin-Belt Co., was awarded his citation for four suggestions, each technical. He suggested a grinding wheel adapter, which permits higher speeds in internal grindings; a simplification cutting down the number of special internal grinding spindle wheel adapters from twelve to three; the adoption of a precision screw adjustment to the vertical column of dial indicator guages, to get faster adjustments without danger to the dials; and a new method of testing the concentricity of internally ground parts. The picture shows Mr. Kautsky (center) being congratulated by formean Bill Whitaker (right) as Superintendant R. E. Whitney (left) looks on

Citations of individual production merit awarded. The first five Citat...

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KEEP IT UP BROTHER. This War's Not Won By A Damn Sight! (War Production Drive Committee - War Production Board, War Production drive Headquarters, Washington, D.C.) [Clayton Kenney]

KEEP IT UP BROTHER. This War's Not Won By A Damn Sight! (War Product...

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War production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. The War Production Board (WPB) produced these stickers for distribution in war plants. They were designed for pasting on workers' machines to stimulate output of vital war materials. Sheets of assorted stickers may be obtained by writing Distribution Section, War Production Drive Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

War production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. T...

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War workers' ideas that saves man-hours and critical materials are evaluated by a board of experts, whose chairman is Ray Millholland of Indianapolis, engineer and author, here shown examining working models submitted by War Production Drive headquarters in Washington. Twelve engineers and technical experts comprise the Board for Individual Awards which decides upon the grade of national honor that "Thinkers for Victory" in American factories will receive for their suggestions

War workers' ideas that saves man-hours and critical materials are eva...

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Citations of Individual Production Merit awarded. The first five citations of Individual Production Merit have been awarded to five war workers, War Production Drive Headquarters has announced. The citation is the highest award conferred for individual achievement. It is granted only for ideas or suggestions that have an outstanding effect on the war effort. Walter P. Hill of Detroit, Michigan, a sales and development manager for the Wolverine Tube Division of the Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Copper Co., developed an idea of prime military importance. All that can be said is that he developed the "overall spum and primer for an ammunition primer which is now being utilized for large manufacturers of primer tubes. This effects a saving of metal, increased production with present facilities and lower overall production costs." The rest has been restricted by military authorities

Citations of Individual Production Merit awarded. The first five citat...

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War production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. The War Production Board (WPB) produced these stickers for distribution in war plants. They were designed for pasting on workers' machines to stimulate output of vital war materials. Sheets of assorted stickers may be obtained by writing Distribution Section, War Production Drive Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

War production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. T...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

War production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. The War Production Board (WPB) produced these stickers for distribution in war plants. They were designed for pasting on workers' machines to stimulate output of vital war materials. Sheets of assorted stickers may be obtained by writing Distribution Section, War Production Drive Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

War production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. T...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

War production drive poster. Poster distributed by the Ordnance Department, U.S. Army, to labor management committees. The original, size 28 1/2 inches by 40 inches, may be obtained from war production drive headquarters, War Production Board (WPB), Washington, D.C.

War production drive poster. Poster distributed by the Ordnance Depart...

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Posters displayed on this large, well-lighted bulletin board drive home the urgency of more and better production to employees of the Columbia Steel Company, Provo, Utah. Some of the posters were supplied by war production drive headquarters, some by the local labor-management committee

Posters displayed on this large, well-lighted bulletin board drive hom...

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Citations of individual production merit awarded. The first five Citations of Individual Production Merit have been awarded to five war workers, War Production Drive Headquarters has announced. The citation is the highest honor conferred for individual achievement. It is granted only for ideas or suggestions that have an outstanding effect on the entire war effort. Clinton R. Hanna, East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a research department manager for the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., suggested a method of increasing the effectiveness of Army tanks. This method is a military secret

Citations of individual production merit awarded. The first five Citat...

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A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Office of War Information ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Photographed by Alfred T. Palmer or George Danor. Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office o... More

War heroes to speak to war workers. A heroine of Bataan and a hero of Midway meet at the Capitol to join in Pearl Harbor Day ceremonies. Lieutenant Mary Lohr, Army nurse, of Greenburg, Pennsylvania, recently awarded the Royal Blue Ribbon for gallant service at Bataan, and Lieutenant Robert L. Laub of Richland, Missouri, who received the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism as torpedo bomber pilot in the Battle of Midway, will speak to war workers in about 1800 war plants on December 7. They were selected by the War Production Drive Headquarters of the War Production Board (WPB) to participate with Honorable Joseph C. Grew, former ambassador to Japan, in personal messages for transcription as a feature of Pearl Harbor Day observance, which is being held under auspices of war production Labor-Management Committees

War heroes to speak to war workers. A heroine of Bataan and a hero of ...

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 production suggestions. For his valuable contribution to plant efficiency, an employee of the Newark Stove Company, Newark, Ohio, won the Certificate of Individual Merit presented by the war production drive headquarters of the War Production Board (WPB). Mr. Lewis suggested a method of reclaiming worn-out reamers that equal or surpass original reamers, the production of which required 2,000 man hours per month and the use of 1,000 pounds of highspeed bar stock. His suggestion prevented the shutdown of the Shell Shop at his company for two months

War production suggestions. For his valuable contribution to plant eff...

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To supplement bulletin boards, war production drive headquarters suggests that each plant have at least one information stand located near the plant's exit doors. This stand is used at the Link Aviation Devices plant in Binghamton, New York

To supplement bulletin boards, war production drive headquarters sugge...

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

Posters displayed on this large, well-lighted bulletin board drive home the urgency of more and better production to employees of the Columbia Steel Company, Provo, Utah. Some of the posters were supplied by war production drive headquarters, some by the local labor-management committee

Posters displayed on this large, well-lighted bulletin board drive hom...

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 Production Board poster (WPB). Poster distributed by the WPB to war plants. The original is 28 1/2 inches by 40 inches and is printed in black and yellow on white. Copies may be obtained from the war production drive headquarters, WPB, Washington, D.C.

War Production Board poster (WPB). Poster distributed by the WPB to wa...

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War production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. The War Production Board (WPB) produced these stickers for distribution in war plants. They were designed for pasting on workers' machines to stimulate output of vital war materials. Sheets of assorted stickers may be obtained by writing Distribution Section, War Production Drive Headquarters, Washington, D.C

War production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. T...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

To supplement bulletin boards, war production drive headquarters suggests that each plant have at least one information stand located near the plant's exit doors. This stand is used at the Link Aviation Devices plant in Binghamton, New York

To supplement bulletin boards, war production drive headquarters sugge...

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Samuel Mayer Feiner, sheet metal worker at the Bethelem Steel Company's shipbuilding division in San Francisco, with the drawing of his elbow-edging machine which triples production of elbows and saves over 1,000 man-hours monthly. Feiner, an American of Polish descent, was given a Certificate of Individual Production Merit by the War Production Drive Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

Samuel Mayer Feiner, sheet metal worker at the Bethelem Steel Company'...

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War Production Drive Committee. First meeting of the War Production Drive Policy Committee on October 19, 1942, in Washington, D.C. Left to right: John Green, president, Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations); Otto A. Seyferth, President, West Michigan Steel Foundry Company, Muskegon, Michigan (nominated by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce); W.G. Marshall, chairman of Policy Committee and director of War Production Drive Headquarters, vice-president in charge of Industrial Relations, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Joseph Mcdonagh, secretary, Metal Trades Department, AFL (American Federation of Labor), representing Frank Fenton, director of Organizations, AFL; and Harry C. Beaver, president, Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation, New York City (nominated by National Association of Manufacturers)

War Production Drive Committee. First meeting of the War Production Dr...

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War workers' ideas that save man-hours and critical materials are evaluated by a board of experts, whose chairman is Ray Millholland of Indianapolis, engineer and author, here shown examining working models submitted by War Production Drive headquarters in Washington. Twelve engineers and technical experts comprise the Board for Individual Awards which decides upon the grade of national honor that "Thinkers for Victory" in American factories will receive for their suggestions

War workers' ideas that save man-hours and critical materials are eval...

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Feiner wins individual production merit certificate. Samuel Meyer Feiner, sheet metal worker at the Bethlehem Steel Company's shipbuilding division in San Francisco, with the drawing of his elbow-edging machine which triples the production of elbows and saves over 1,000 man hours monthly, Feiner, an American citizen of Polish birth, was recently given a Certificate of Individual Production Merit by the Board for Individual Awards at the War Production Drive Headquarters, Washington. He was one of twenty-two production soldiers throughout the nation so honored

Feiner wins individual production merit certificate. Samuel Meyer Fein...

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War heroes to speak to war workers. A heroine of Bataan and a hero of Midway meet at the Capitol to join in Pearl Harbor Day ceremonies. Lieutenant Mary Lohr, Army nurse, of Greenburg, Pennsylvania, recently awarded the Royal Blue Ribbon for gallant service at Bataan, and Lieutenant Robert L. Laub of Richland, Missouri, who received the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism as torpedo bomber pilot in the Battle of Midway, will speak to war workers in about 1800 war plants on December 7. They were selected by the War Production Drive Headquarters of the War Production Board (WPB) to participate with Honorable Joseph C. Grew, former ambassador to Japan, in personal messages for transcription as a feature of Pearl Harbor Day observance, which is being held under auspices of war production Labor-Management Committees

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A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Office of War Information ...

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War Production Board (WPB) poster. Cablegram poster distributed by the WPB to war plants. The original is 22 inches by 17 inches and is printed in red, blue and black on white. Copies may be obtained from war production drive headquarters, WPB, Washington, D.C.

War Production Board (WPB) poster. Cablegram poster distributed by the...

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For submitting a suggestion which saves time in copper mining operations, Joseph Ekstrom has been given honorable mention from the Board for Individual Awards, War Production Drive headquarters. His suggestion saves from three to five minutes every time the length of cables used in unloading mine timber is changed. Ekstrom is an employee of the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company, Inspiration, Arizona

For submitting a suggestion which saves time in copper mining operatio...

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For submitting a suggestion which saves time in copper mining operations, Joseph Ekstrom has been given honorable mention from the Board for Individual Awards, War Production Drive headquarters. His suggestion saves from three to five minutes every time the length of cables used in unloading mine timber is changed. Ekstrom is an employee of the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company, Inspiration, Arizona

For submitting a suggestion which saves time in copper mining operatio...

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For submitting a suggestion which saves time in copper mining operations, Joseph Ekstrom has been given honorable mention from the Board for Individual Awards, War Production Drive headquarters. His suggestion saves from three to five minutes every time the length of cables used in unloading mine timber is changed. Ekstrom is an employee of the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company, Inspiration, Arizona

For submitting a suggestion which saves time in copper mining operatio...

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War workers' ideas that save man-hours and critical materials are evaluated by a board of experts, whose chairman is Ray Millholland of Indianapolis, engineer and author, here shown examining working models submitted by War Production Drive headquarters in Washington. Twelve engineers and technical experts comprise the Board for Individual Awards which decides upon the grade of national honor that "Thinkers for Victory" in American factories will receive for their suggestions

War workers' ideas that save man-hours and critical materials are eval...

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War workers' ideas. Jury votes on war workers' ideas that save man-hours and critical materials. More than 400,000 suggestions to speed war production have been submitted to suggestion committees in war plants, and the outstanding ones tested and sent through more than 2,000 War Production Drive labor-management committees to the above Board for Individual Awards at War Production Drive headquarters in Washington. All ideas recognized by awards are made available to all American war plants and interested United Nations through the system of plow-back into industry as a further benefit to war production

War workers' ideas. Jury votes on war workers' ideas that save man-hou...

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Two men sitting at a table signing papers. Office of War Information Photograph

Two men sitting at a table signing papers. Office of War Information P...

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War Production Drive Committee. First meeting of the War Production Drive Policy Committee on October 19, 1942, in Washington, D.C. Left to right: John Green, president, Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations); Otto A. Seyferth, President, West Michigan Steel Foundry Company, Muskegon, Michigan (nominated by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce); W.G. Marshall, chairman of Policy Committee and director of War Production Drive Headquarters, vice-president in charge of Industrial Relations, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Joseph Mcdonagh, secretary, Metal Trades Department, AFL (American Federation of Labor), representing Frank Fenton, director of Organizations, AFL; and Harry C. Beaver, president, Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation, New York City (nominated by National Association of Manufacturers)

War Production Drive Committee. First meeting of the War Production Dr...

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Citations of individual production merit awarded. The first five Citations of Individual Production Merit have been awarded to five war workers, War Production Drive Headquarters has announced. The citation is the highest honor conferred for individual achievement. It is granted only for ideas or suggestions that have an outstanding effect on the entire war effort. Joseph H. Kautsky, Indianapolis, Indiana, an employee of the Lin-Belt Co., was awarded his citation for four suggestions, each technical. He suggested a grinding wheel adapter, which permits higher speeds in internal grindings; a simplification cutting down the number of special internal grinding spindle wheel adapters from twelve to three; the adoption of a precision screw adjustment to the vertical column of dial indicator guages, to get faster adjustments without danger to the dials; and a new method of testing the concentricity of internally ground parts. The picture shows Mr. Kautsky (center) being congratulated by formean Bill Whitaker (right) as Superintendant R. E. Whitney (left) looks on

Citations of individual production merit awarded. The first five Citat...

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War production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. The War Production Board (WPB) produced these stickers for distribution in war plants. They were designed for pasting on workers' machines to stimulate output of vital war materials. Sheets of assorted stickers may be obtained by writing Distribution Section, War Production Drive Headquarters, Washington, D.C

War production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. T...

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Citations of Individual Production Merit awarded. The first five citations of Individual Production Merit have been awarded to five war workers, War Production Drive Headquarters has announced. The citation is the highest award conferred for individual achievement. It is granted only for ideas or suggestions that have an outstanding effect on the war effort. Walter P. Hill of Detroit, Michigan, a sales and development manager for the Wolverine Tube Division of the Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Copper Co., developed an idea of prime military importance. All that can be said is that he developed the "overall spum and primer for an ammunition primer which is now being utilized for large manufacturers of primer tubes. This effects a saving of metal, increased production with present facilities and lower overall production costs." The rest has been restricted by military authorities

Citations of Individual Production Merit awarded. The first five citat...

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War production drive committee of technical experts. The war production drive's technical committee of experts, established to pass on war production suggestions for which Certificates of Individual Production Merit and Citations of Individual Production Merit will be awarded. Left to right: John L. Savage, Chief Designing Engineer, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado; Dr. Robert F. Blanks, Chief of Testing Laboratories, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado; William Plumer Hill, Sparrows Point, Maryland; Paul H. Stanley, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania; Whiting Williams, Cleveland, Ohio; William E. Warne, Assistant Chief, War Production Drive Headquarters; Ray Millholland, Chief, Technical Section, War Production Drive Headquarters; Henry C. Atkins, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana; Charles B. Francis, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Dr. J. L. Bray, Purdue University, Indiana, and Dr. Joseph Rockoff, Dayton, Ohio. The first awards, announced today, September 8, 1942, were for Certificates of Individual Production Merit to sixteen men and one woman. The Committee also established another classification: honorable mention, which was awarded to sixteen other men

War production drive committee of technical experts. The war productio...

Title continues, left to right: John L. Savage, Chief Designing Engineer, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado; Dr. Robert F. Blanks, Chief of Testing Laboratories, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colora... More

Feiner wins Individual Production Merit Certificate. Samuel Mayer Feiner (left), Certificate of Individual Production Merit winner from San Francisco, California, explains his prize-winning suggestion to William E. Warne, acting chief of War Production Drive Headquarters in Washington. Feiner, 50-year old American citizen of Polish birth, devised an elbow-edging machine which tripled the production of elbows at the Bethlehem Steel Company's shipbuilding division. It saves over 1,000 man hours monthly. Feiner was one of 22 men throughout the nation who received certificates in the September judging by the Board for Individual Awards of the War Production Drive Headquarters

Feiner wins Individual Production Merit Certificate. Samuel Mayer Fein...

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Feiner wins individual production merit certificate. Samuel Meyer Feiner (left), Certificate of Individual Production Merit winner from San Francisco, California, explains his prize-winning suggestion to William E. Warne, acting chief of the War Production Drive Headquarters, in Washington. Feiner, 50-year old American citizen of Polish birth, devised an elbow-edging machine which tripled the production of elbows at the Bethlehem Steel Company's shipbuilding division. It saves over 1,000 man hours monthly. Feiner was one of the 22 men throughout the nation who received certificates in the September judging by theh Board for Individual Awards at War Production Drive Headquarters

Feiner wins individual production merit certificate. Samuel Meyer Fein...

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War workers' ideas that saves man-hours and critical materials are evaluated by a board of experts, whose chairman is Ray Millholland of Indianapolis, engineer and author, here shown examining working models submitted by War Production Drive headquarters in Washington. Twelve engineers and technical experts comprise the Board for Individual Awards which decides upon the grade of national honor that "Thinkers for Victory" in American factories will receive for their suggestions

War workers' ideas that saves man-hours and critical materials are eva...

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War workers' ideas. Jury votes on war workers' ideas that save man-hours and critical materials. More than 400,000 suggestions to speed war production have been submitted to suggestion committees in war plants, and the outstanding ones tested and sent through more than 2,000 War Production Drive labor-management committees to the above Board for Individual Awards at War Production Drive headquarters in Washington. All ideas recognized by awards are made available to all American war plants and interested United Nations through the system of plow-back into industry as a further benefit to war production. The Board for Individual Awards, composed of engineers and technical experts who contribute their time to evaluating production ideas, is shown at a Washington session. Left to right: Charles B. Francis, Carnegie, Illinois Steel Corporation; Dr. J.L. Bray, Purdue University; Paul H. Stanley, Pitcairn Auto-Gyro Company; L.A. Poole of War Production Drive's Awards Field Operations Branch; Whiting Williams of Cleveland, Ohio; James B. Gent, United Steel Workers (USW) and William P. Hill, Bethlehem Steel

War workers' ideas. Jury votes on war workers' ideas that save man-hou...

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War production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. The War Production Board (WPB) produced these stickers for distribution in war plants. They were designed for pasting on workers' machines to stimulate output of vital war materials. Sheets of assorted stickers may be obtained by writing Distribution Section, War Production Drive Headquarters, Washington, D.C

War production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. T...

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Two men sitting at a table with papers. Office of War Information Photograph

Two men sitting at a table with papers. Office of War Information Phot...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Photographed by Alfred T. Palmer or George Danor. Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office o... More

War production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. The War Production Board (WPB) produced these stickers for distribution in war plants. They were designed for pasting on workers' machines to stimulate output of vital war materials. Sheets of assorted stickers may be obtained by writing Distribution Section, War Production Drive Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

War production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. T...

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