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De Land pool. Skilled craftsmen. Workers in Florida's war production pools come from all walks and ways of life. Painter on the De Land war contract is Curtis Yelvington, forty-five, born and reared in De Land. He has one son in the coast artillery and another in the Navy, both volunteers. He says, "We are doing everything in our power to help win this war." In the last war, Yelvington tried to enlist three times and finally made it - the day before the armistice was signed

De Land pool. Skilled craftsmen. Sixty-year-old George Lane, former house painter, is a valuable worker in the De Land, Florida pool. He served in the last war with the British Army from Vimy Ridge to the Occupation. Two of his sons are in the American Army, one with the Air Corps in Australia. His daughter volunteered for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corp. Seven of his nephews are in the British Army. Using his old skill with the brush, he is now painting De Land pool products

De Land pool. Skilled craftsmen. Sixty-year-old George Lane, former house painter, is a valuable worker in the De Land, Florida pool. He served in the last war with the British Army from Vimy Ridge to the Occupation. Two of his sons are in the American Army, one with the Air Corps in Australia. His daughter volunteered for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corp. Seven of his nephews are in the British Army. Using his old skill with the brush, he is now painting De Land pool products

De Land pool. Skilled craftsmen. Ben Stephens tramped six miles into De Land, Florida three times a week last fall to attend the city's vocational school, established to provide workers for the community war-production pool. He welds, runs an acetylene cutting machine, and doubles in brass on woodworking and the assembly line in the Babcock plant, prime contractors of the pool. He plans to put his sixty-five-year-old father on the job as his helper when he is fully trained. Stephens, forty-four and a veteran of the last war, was one of eighteen machinists uncovered by a manpower survey of the community

De Land pool. Skilled craftsmen. Ben Stephens tramped six miles into De Land, Florida three times a week last fall to attend the city's vocational school, established to provide workers for the community war-production pool. He welds, runs an acetylene cutting machine, and doubles in brass on woodworking and the assembly line in the Babcock plant, prime contractors of the pool. He plans to put his sixty-five-year-old father on the job as his helper when he is fully trained. Stephens, forty-four and a veteran of the last war, was one of eighteen machinists uncovered by a manpower survey of the community

De Land pool. Skilled craftsmen. Forty-year-old John Oliver formerly operated a fishing camp on Florida's east coast. When the De Land pool formed, Oliver volunteered and turned out to be a first class machinist who had learned his trade in Oklahoma. Now he is assembly machinist in the plant, able to handle any job that comes along. He is typical of the retired skilled machinists being discovered daily in the state by pool operators

De Land pool. Skilled craftsmen. Forty-year-old John Oliver formerly operated a fishing camp on Florida's east coast. When the De Land pool formed, Oliver volunteered and turned out to be a first class machinist who had learned his trade in Oklahoma. Now he is assembly machinist in the plant, able to handle any job that comes along. He is typical of the retired skilled machinists being discovered daily in the state by pool operators

De Land pool. Aircraft construction class. These two Daytona Beach, Florida housewives talk war work and welding like their grandmothers talked about the weekly quilting society, as they learn to take their places on a war production line in the Volusia County Vocational School. Mrs. Nancy H. Herbert, left, has a son in the Navy. Mrs. Anna E. Larrabee, right, is a grandmother who has one son in the Navy, a second in the Marines, a third in the Canal Zone as a war worker, and a fourth son who is now an aviation mechanic

De Land pool. Aircraft construction class. These two Daytona Beach, Florida housewives talk war work and welding like their grandmothers talked about the weekly quilting society, as they learn to take their places on a war production line in the Volusia County Vocational School. Mrs. Nancy H. Herbert, left, has a son in the Navy. Mrs. Anna E. Larrabee, right, is a grandmother who has one son in the Navy, a second in the Marines, a third in the Canal Zone as a war worker, and a fourth son who is now an aviation mechanic

De Land pool. Skilled craftsmen. Workers in Florida's war production pools come from all walks and ways of life. Painter on the De Land war contract is Curtis Yelvington, forty-five, born and reared in De Land. He has one son in the coast artillery and another in the Navy, both volunteers. He says, "We are doing everything in our power to help win this war." In the last war, Yelvington tried to enlist three times and finally made it - the day before the armistice was signed

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Chaudoin Hall, John B. Stetson University, De Land, Fla

Commercial buses under contract to U.S. Forces are used to transport troops during the NATO-sponsored Autumn Forge exercises

An Air Force Plant Representative Office (AFPRO) officer inspects air-launched cruise missiles to insure quality as part of the Air Force Contract Management program

De Land pool. Babcock airplane plant. Joe Wheeler Miller of De Land, Florida is doing his part in making machinery that will keep American fighting planes in the air. He was named after a southern general, Joe Wheeler, by a father who thought the General was "the fightinest man he knew" and wanted his son to be likewise. He ran a fishing tackle business that went out with priorities. Although he never had an arc welding holder in his hands before entering the De Land vocational school, he and another similarly trained man have acquired speed that has doubled the Babcock production

Bridges. Ashokan reservoir. ... Contract 49. April 28, 1914.

Armistice Day, Chief of Chaplains at Tomb of Uknown, 11/11/26

A black and white photo of a woman leaning against a palm tree. Office of War Information Photograph

Edgar Degas - Album of Forty-five Figure Studies

Union sign of the replacement cantonment of the coast artillery

Edgar Degas - Album of Forty-five Figure Studies

A Marine with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, attached

Photograph of Corpsmen Learning Construction Trades Under Skilled Craftsmen While Working on a New Isabella Ranger Station Office Building

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florida volusia county de land film negatives land pool de land pool skilled craftsmen skilled craftsmen workers production war production pools ways life painter contract de land war contract curtis yelvington curtis yelvington forty five son one son coast artillery coast artillery navy volunteers both volunteers power times three times armistice 1940 s 40 s us navy library of congress wwii