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Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy1a34899v

Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a former office worker, does with precision and patriotic zeal. Mrs. McElroy is a civil service employee LCCN2017878261

Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a former office worker, does with precision and patriotic zeal. Mrs. McElroy is a civil service employee LCCN2017878268

Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a former office worker, does with precision and patriotic zeal. Mrs. McElroy is a civil service employee at the naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Her husband is a flight instructor

Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy 1a34906v

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a former office worker, does with precision and patriotic zeal. Mrs. McElroy is a civil service employee at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. Her husband is a flight instructor

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Women from all fields have joined the production army. Miss Grace Weaver, a civil service worker at the Corpus Christi naval air base and a school teacher before the war, is doing her part for Victory along with her brother who is a flying instructor in the Army. Miss Weaver paints the American insignia on repaired Navy plane wings

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Women from all fields have joined the production army. Miss Grace Weaver, a civil service worker at the Corpus Christi naval air base and a school teacher before the war, is doing her part for Victory along with her brother who is a flying instructor in the Army. Miss Weaver paints the American insignia on repaired Navy plane wings

Women from all fields have joined the production army, Corpus Christi, Texas. Miss Grace Weaver, a civil service worker at the Naval Air Base, and a school teacher before the war, is doing her part for victory along with her brother who is a flying instructor in the Army. Miss Weaver paints the American insignia on repaired Navy plane wings

Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a former office worker, does with precision and patriotic zeal. Mrs. McElroy is a civil service employee at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Her husband is a flight instructor

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Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The Liberty Bell, “Stars and Stripes” or “Old Glory”, the bald eagle, the Statue of Liberty, the national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” the Unce Sam, symbols of U.S. States and more.

Heavier than Air: From first heavier-than-air manned flights, to a dawn of modern aviation.

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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Date

01/01/1939
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Contributors

Hollem, Howard R., photographer
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in collections

American Symbolism

Various symbols of the United States and more.

Heavier than Air: From first flights to commercial aviation

Heavier than Air: From first heavier-than-air manned flights, to a dawn of modern aviation.

American Workers in Color

WWII color photographs.
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Location

Corpus Christi (Tex.) ,  27.80056, -97.39639
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Christie's
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http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on publication.

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Correct way to bake turkey. Mrs. Fannie Walker Yeatman, one of the two women judges, takes part in the judging every week

North American B-25 bomber is prepared for painting on the outside assembly line, N[orth] A[merican] Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif.

A girl riveting machine operator at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant joins sections of wing ribs to reinforce the inner wing assemblies of B-17F heavy bombers, Long Beach, Calif. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F bomber is a later model of the B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the south Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude, heavy bomber, with a crew of seven to nine men -- and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

Mrs. Cora Ann Bowen (left) works as a cowler at the Naval Air Base; Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis is a senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department, Corpus Christi, Texas

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Switch boxes on the firewalls of B-25 bombers are assembled by women workers at North American [Aviation, Inc.]'s Inglewood, Calif., plant

Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman College. Office worker at the college

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A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Nacelle parts for a heavy bomber form the background

[Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Morison with John W. McElroy (left) half-length portrait holding Harvard-Columbus Expedition pennant] / World Telegram & Sun photo by Edward Lynch.

Brennan Wells; on the black horse, Kayla McShane, on the paint; and Macy Milbert, on the appaloosa, ride along Padre Island, near Corpus Christi, Texas. Wells owns the nearby, aptly named "Horses on the Beach" horseback-riding operation; the women are hands

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