Civilian defense. Here are some of the tools which will speed civilian defense work in New York. In the foreground is an outlet junction box, which distributes electric current from an Emergency Service truck over a wide area. Then there are floodlights, all sorts of firefighting tools and equipment to combat glassing of civilians. Power drills and saws, ten ton truck jacks, an acetylene burning outfit and every portable field telephones are included in their equipment, all of which is carried in the Emergency Service truck in the background
Summary
Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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new york
safety film negatives
civilian
defense
civilian defense
tools
work
defense work
foreground
outlet
junction
box
outlet junction box
emergency
service
truck
emergency service truck
area
floodlights
sorts
equipment
combat
civilians
power
drills
power drills
saws
ton
jacks
ten ton truck jacks
acetylene
outfit
field
telephones
field telephones
background
united states history
home front
car accident
car accidents
car
library of congress
Date
01/01/1941
Contributors
Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
Location
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain