Conversion. Food machinery plant. Cutting of spouts for anti-tank guns is the present work of this lathe, shown here at its former job--shaping of wooden rollers used with a belt control to carry steaks into the cube steak machine which is this New England plant's normal product. Conversion of this lathe, and the stepping up of its speed, has turned his skill from peacetime work to war production. Cube Steak Machinery Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Summary
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 information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Film copy on SIS roll 30, frame 1562.
Tags
massachusetts
suffolk county
boston
safety film negatives
lot 2027
howard r hollem
united states office of war information
photo
cube steak machinery company
cube steak machine
conversion
lathe
food machinery plant
office of war information
farm security administration
new england
united states history
library of congress
Date
01/01/1942
Location
boston
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain