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Operating a hand drill at the North American Aviation, Inc., [a] woman is in the control surface department assembling a section of the leading edge for the horizontal stabilizer of a plane

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Operating a hand drill at the North American Aviation, Inc., [a] woman is in the control surface department assembling a section of the leading edge for the horizontal stabilizer of a plane

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Operating a hand drill at North American Aviation, Inc., a woman is working in the control surface department assembling a section of the leading edge for the horizontal stabilizer of a plane, Inglewood, Calif

Operating a hand drill at North American Aviation, Inc., [a] woman is working in the control surface department assembling a section of the leading edge for the horizontal stabilizer of a plane, Inglewood, Calif.

Operating a hand drill at North American Aviation, Inc, a woman is working in the control surface department assembling a section of the leading edge for the horizontal stabilizer of a plane, Inglewood, Calif (cropped)

Two North American employees in the control surface department assemble a section of the leading edge for a horizontal stabilizer

Employee badge for Vultee Aircraft Company of Tennessee from Operating a hand drill this woman worker is shown working on the horizontal stabilizer (cropped)

A woman employee on the P-51 Mustang fighter assembly line at North American Aviation adjusts the engine controls before the plane moves down the assembly floor

Operating a hand drill at the North American Aviation, Inc., a woman is in the control surface department assembling a section of the leading edge for the horizontal stabilizer of a plane

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12002-38.

Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

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01/01/1939
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airplane industry assembly line methods world war women employment drilling california inglewood transparencies color farm security administration office of war information color photographs alfred t palmer photo print north american aviation control surface department hand drill ultra high resolution high resolution kodachrome film transparencies united states history workers industrial history worker library of congress