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Mrs. Virginia Davis, a riveter in the assembly and repair department of the Naval air base 1a34866v

Mrs. Virginia Davis, a riveter in the assembly and repair department of the Naval air base, supervises Chas. Potter, a NYA trainee from Michigan, Corpus Christi, Texas. After eight weeks of LCCN2017878228

Mrs. Virginia Davis, a riveter in the assembly and repair department of the Naval air base, supervises Chas. Potter, a NYA trainee from Michigan, Corpus Christi, Texas. After eight weeks of training he will go into civil service. Should he be inducted or enlist in the armed service, he will be valuable to mechanized units of the Army or Navy

Naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas. Mrs. Virginia Davis, a riveter in the ssembly and repair department of the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas, supervises Charles Potter, a National Youth Administration (NYA) trainee from Michigan. After eight of training, he will go into the civil service. Should he be inducted or enlist in the armed services, he will be valuable to mechanized units of the Army or Navy

Naval air base. Corpus Christi, Texas. Mrs. Virginia Davis, a riveter in the ssembly and repair department of the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas, supervises Charles Potter, a National Youth Administration (NYA) trainee from Michigan. After eight of training, he will go into the civil service. Should he be inducted or enlist in the armed services, he will be valuable to mechanized units of the Army or Navy

Mrs. Virginia Davis, a riveter in the assembly and repair department of the Naval Air Base, supervises Chas. Potter, a NYA trainee from Michigan; Corpus Christi, Texas

Mrs. Virginia Davis, a riveter in the assembly and repair department of the Naval Air Base, supervises Chas. Potter, a NYA trainee from Michigan; Corpus Christi, Texas

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Answering the nation's need for womanpower, Mrs. Virginia Davis made arrangements for the care of her two children during the day and joined her husband at work in the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. Both are employed under civil service in the assembly and repair department. Mrs. Davis' training will enable her to take the place of her husband should he be called by the armed service

A rivet is her fighting weapon. Oyida Peaks, daughter of a Navy lieutenant, one of many women taking NYA training to become mechanics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. After eight weeks apprenticeship she will be qualified as a civil service worker in the Assembly and Repair Department

Mrs. Virginia Davis, a riveter in the assembly and repair department of the Naval air base, supervises Chas. Potter, a NYA trainee from Michigan, Corpus Christi, Texas. After eight weeks of training he will go into civil service. Should he be inducted or enlist in the armed service, he will be valuable to mechanized units of the Army or Navy

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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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united states navy air bases world war airplane industry civil service texas corpus christi transparencies color corpus christi tex davis virginia davis riveter repair department repair department naval air base chas potter nya trainee nya trainee eight weeks service units army ww 2 in color american workers in color economic and social conditions workers worker kodachrome female portrait 1930 s women woman photograph us navy navy base 1930 s
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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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Corpus Christi (Tex.) ,  27.80056, -97.39639
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united states navy air bases world war airplane industry civil service texas corpus christi transparencies color corpus christi tex davis virginia davis riveter repair department repair department naval air base chas potter nya trainee nya trainee eight weeks service units army ww 2 in color american workers in color economic and social conditions workers worker kodachrome female portrait 1930 s women woman photograph us navy navy base 1930 s