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Bantam, Connecticut. The Bantam airplane observation post is on a hill in the northern part of town, an old shack moved there from the property of Bernard C. Roeberg, real estate man and principal of Bantam School. Insulation of the walls and other work on the interior was not yet completed when this picture was taken. Watcher is Charles D. Kilbourne, a local dairy farmer and construction man. The post is manned twenty-four hours daily, and many of the watchers are workers in Bantam war industries

Bantam, Connecticut. The Bantam airplane observation post is on a hill in the northern part of town, an old shack moved there from the property of Bernard C. Roeberg, real estate man and principal of Bantam School. Insulation of the walls and other work on the interior was not yet completed when this picture was taken. Watcher is Charles D. Kilbourne, a local dairy farmer and construction man. The post is manned twenty-four hours daily, and many of the watchers are workers in Bantam war industries

An old black and white photo of a woman holding a gun. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man looking through binoculars. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man holding a pipe. Office of War Information Photograph

Bantam, Connecticut. Bantam Lane, looking toward the Warren McArthur plant and the center of town. To the left, now shown, are the new defense housing development and the Dante Electric Shop. In the right foreground is the Bantam theater. Blocked by the house next to the theater is the grocery store of Albert H. Bachman, who came to Bantam two years ago from Torrington; back of this one the tavern of Jack Fabri, and the Washington Supply Company, which deals mainly in feed, grain and coal

Bantam, Connecticut. Assembling bomber seats at the Warren McArthur plant is Ralph DePino who commutes from Naugatuck, a heavy industrial town just below Waterbury. Depino came to America fourty-three years ago from his native Italy at the age of six months, and has been at the Bantam plant since June 1941. He formerly worked at Winchester Arms, in New Haven and at the Boston Navy Yard

A black and white photo of a snowy street. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a snow covered street. Office of War Information Photograph

Bantam, Connecticut. The Bantam airplane observation post is on a hill in the northern part of town, an old shack moved there from the property of Bernard C. Roeberg, real estate man and principal of Bantam School. Insulation of the walls and other work on the interior was not yet completed when this picture was taken. Watcher is Charles D. Kilbourne, a local dairy farmer and construction man. The post is manned twenty-four hours daily, and many of the watchers are workers in Bantam war industries

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Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1942
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Hollem, Howard R., photographer
United States. Office for Emergency Management.
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