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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

Production. Aircraft engines. Two of the nation's millions of war workers attach cylinder barrels to one of the "green" engines in a huge Midwest aircraft plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Two of the nation's millions of war workers attach cylinder barrels to one of the "green" engines in a huge Midwest aircraft plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Two of the nation's millions of war workers attach cylinder barrels to one of the "green" engines in a huge Midwest aircraft plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. A veteran of the assembly bench, twenty-two-year-old Anne Weinmen, employee of a large Midwest aircraft factory, inspects pistons to be used in airplane engines. With several years experience in Midwestern plants behind her, Miss Weinmen has developed the patience and dexterity this work requires. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. Two of the nation's millions of war workers attach cylinder barrels to one of the "green" engines in a huge Midwest aircraft plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. A veteran of the assembly bench, twenty-two-year-old Anne Weinmen, employee of a large Midwest aircraft factory, inspects pistons to be used in airplane engines. With several years experience in Midwestern plants behind her, Miss Weinmen has developed the patience and dexterity this work requires. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. On the other side of that plate glass window, a huge engine roars in response to the young man's hand on the controls. The site of this activity is the control room of the dynamometer department in a huge Midwest aircraft plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

Production. Aircraft engines. On the other side of that plate glass window, a huge engine roars in response to the young man's hand on the controls. The site of this activity is the control room of the dynamometer department in a huge Midwest aircraft plant. Melrose Park, Buick plant

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

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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

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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
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Production. Parachute making. There is far more to hemming this parachute than running the sewing machine. The operator must match pencil marks on the braid with pencil marks on the seams to turn out infallible parachutes for men in the Air Force. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

In the kitchen of the Carr home. Ida B. Wells Housing Project, Chicago, Illinois

[Picture story in 4 stereoscopic frames: boy & girl driving in country in 1914 Buick roadster]

A black and white photo of two women working in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

Tire recapping. A recap job on a passenger car tire. The tire with a tread strip of reclaimed camelback rubber is put into a curing mold. The old tread surface had previously been ground down evenly and coated with rubber adhesive. The plan to recap passenger tires with reclaimed rubber camelback, approved by rubber director William M. Jeffers, was put into effect in February 1943 to reduce the demand for replacement tires and still keep civilian cars in service

Farm security administration office of war information black and white negatives

In time of war there is no excuse for carelessness, and it is carelessness that is responsible for the loss of most tire mileage. Running into a curb can mean a break in the tire wall, or at least a weakening. Blowouts are more apt to occur when these sidewalls are in bad condition

Floods at Buttington, Montgomeryshire - Automobiles of 1940s

Chicago, Illinois. A class in radio for youngsters at Ida B. Wells Housing Project

Latest addition to D.C. War Housing Program. Bulldozer grading the grounds of Wake and Midway Halls, now being completed by Samuel Plato, contractor, for 1,000 Negro women war workers in Washington, D.C

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. Army trucks and other vehicles at Fort Knox, Kentucky, are checked thoroughly, and at regular intervals. Wherever possible, motorized military equipment is maintained in constant tip top shape, instantly ready for strenuous action

Production. Jeep engines. This grinding machine in a Midwest plant is doing yeoman service in the production of jeep engines for the Army. Continental Motors, Michigan

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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