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Helen Bray, who left school to become a mechanic at a western aircraft plant, is making an emplanage section on a new Consolidated transport, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas. LCCN2017878303

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Helen Bray, who left school to become a mechanic at a Western aircraft plant, is making an emplanage section on a new consolidated transport. This new ship adapted from the B-24 bomber, is known as the C-87, carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Helen Bray, who left school to become a mechanic at a Western aircraft plant, is making an emplanage section on a new consolidated transport. This new ship adapted from the B-24 bomber, is known as the C-87, carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Helen Bray, who left school to become a mechanic at a Western aircraft plant, is making an emplanage section on a new consolidated transport. This new ship, adapted from the B-24 bomber, is known as the C-87, carries one of the greatest human and cargo loads of any plane now in mass production

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Grace Janota, former store clerk, is now a lathe operator at a Western aircraft plant. She machines parts for huge consolidated transports and bombers. These new consolidated transports, adapted from the famous the B-24 bomber is known as the C-87, and carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production.

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. The empennage section of a new consolidated transport plane is lowered for installation in the assembly line of a big Western aircraft plant, at which B-24 bombers are also made. This new transport carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Geneva Grishan installs a part on an ammunition box for a new consolidated transport plane. Before she went into war work at a western war plant she attended radio school. The plane she helps to make will carry one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production. It has the greatest speed of any American bomber except its consolidated B-24 counterpart

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Geneva Grishan installs a part on an ammunition box for a new consolidated transport plane. Before she went into war work at a western war plant she attended radio school. The plane she helps to make will carry one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production. It has the greatest speed of any American bomber except its consolidated B-24 counterpart

Helen Bray, who left school to become a mechanic at a western aircraft plant, is making an emplanage section on a new Consolidated transport, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas. This new ship, adapted from the B-24 bomber, is known as the C-87, carries one of the greatest human and cargo loads of any plane now in mass production

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WWII color photographs. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Color Photographs from the Library of Congress. The original images are color transparencies ranging in size from 35 mm. to 4x5 inches. Photographers working for the U.S. government's Farm Security Administration (FSA) and later the Office of War Information (OWI) between 1939 and 1944 made approximately 1,600 color photographs that depict life in the United States, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The pictures focus on rural areas and farm labor, as well as aspects of World War II mobilization, including factories, railroads, aviation training, and women working.

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consolidated aircraft corporation airplane industry world war assembly line methods women employment texas fort worth transparencies color helen bray helen bray school mechanic aircraft plant aircraft plant emplanage section emplanage section transport corp aircraft corp ship bomber cargo loads cargo loads plane mass production bombers ww 2 in color american workers in color economic and social conditions workers worker kodachrome interior factory ww 2 b 24 liberator 1940 s 40 s united states history library of congress
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01/01/1939
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Hollem, Howard R., photographer
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American Workers in Color

WWII color photographs.
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Fort Worth (Tex.) ,  32.72528, -97.32083
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Library of Congress
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consolidated aircraft corporation airplane industry world war assembly line methods women employment texas fort worth transparencies color helen bray helen bray school mechanic aircraft plant aircraft plant emplanage section emplanage section transport corp aircraft corp ship bomber cargo loads cargo loads plane mass production bombers ww 2 in color american workers in color economic and social conditions workers worker kodachrome interior factory ww 2 b 24 liberator 1940 s 40 s united states history library of congress