Production. Aircraft engines. A young Negro worker stands ready to wash or "degrease" this airplane motor prior to its shipment. He's an employee of a large Midwest airplane plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant
Summary
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Film copy on SIS roll 0, frame 0.
Tags
illinois
cook county
melrose park
film negatives
lot 2009
ann rosener
united states office of war information
photo
midwest airplane plant
airplane motor
buick plant
aircraft engines
negro worker
ultra high resolution
high resolution
office of war information
farm security administration
buick motor company
race relations
united states history
african americans
workers
library of congress
Date
01/01/1942
Location
cook county
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain