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A crewman wearing nuclear-biological-chemical warfare gear opens a water-tight door to investigate a compartment aboard the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV-59) during exercise Team Work '88

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Women in defense. This Middlewestern plant has converted not only its machinery but also its skilled labor force from the peacetime production of electric fans and motors to the war production of twenty-millimeter shell boosters. Here a veteran employee of the plant's experimental division teaches a former farmerette the operation of a Haskins drilling machine, which drill holes in a twenty-millimeter shell booster part

A U.S. Soldier of the 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment,

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Women in defense. This Middlewestern plant has converted not only its machinery but also its skilled labor force from the peacetime production of electric fans and motors to the war production of twenty-millimeter shell boosters. Here a veteran employee of the plant's experimental division teaches a former farmerette the operation of a Haskins drilling machine, which drill holes in a twenty-millimeter shell booster part

Here a veteran employee of the plant's experimental division teaches a former farmerette the operation of a Haskins drilling machine, which drill holes in a twenty-millimeter shell booster part

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. A man-sized machine and a man-sized job are effectively handled by 21-year-old Virginia Grochowski of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Employed by a Midwest supercharger plant, this former hosiery mill worker operates these giant drill presses as expertly as any man. Allis Chalmers Manufacture Company

A woman working on a machine in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. This modern "spinning wheel" would astound our grandmothers, and so would the young woman who operates it. One of America's thousands of skilled women war workers, this young Midwesterner twirls the wheel that controls the drilling of holes in machine gun parts. A skilled machine operator, she formerly processed spark plugs on a similar machine, but turned her efforts to war work when the factory was converted to the manufacture of machine guns. A.C. Spark Plugs

A black and white photo of a woman in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a woman working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

Women in industry. Tool production. Two to a machine, these young employees of a Midwest drill and tool company are operating cylindrical grinders. This work is delicate and difficult, for the drills must be tapered accurately to size. The drills will be used in manufacture of guns, ships, tanks and in all war production where metal must be worked. Republic Drill and Tool Company, Chicago, Illinois

A group of women standing next to each other - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

Women in defense. This Middlewestern plant has converted not only its machinery but also its skilled labor force from the peacetime production of electric fans and motors to the war production of twenty-millimeter shell boosters. Here a veteran employee of the plant's experimental division teaches a former farmerette the operation of a Haskins drilling machine, which drill holes in a twenty-millimeter shell booster part

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missouri saint louis county saint louis safety film negatives concord saint louis county mo women defense middlewestern plant middlewestern plant machinery labor force labor force peacetime production peacetime production fans motors war war production twenty millimeter shell boosters twenty millimeter shell boosters veteran employee veteran employee division farmerette operation haskins machine drill holes drill holes part 1940s women 1940s 40s united states history workers 1940 s library of congress
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01/01/1942
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Concord (Saint Louis County, Mo.) ,  38.52444, -90.35722
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Conversion. Toy factory. Stephanie Cewe and Ann Manemeit, have turned their skill from peacetime production of toy trains to the assembly of parachute flare casings for the armies of democracy. Along with other workers in this Eastern plant, they have turned their skill to the vital needs of the day, and in many cases have seen to it that the machinery they used to use does Uncle Sam's most important work today. Here, they are assembling parachute flare casings, using the same electric screwdrivers they formerly used to assemble the locomotives of toy trains. A. C. Gilbert Company, New Haven, Connecticut

Transformer manufacture. Welding is an intrinsic part of the manufacture of transformers. This welder is employed by a large Eastern electrical company whose power transformers are needed by many factories engaged in war Production. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Joe Kachler drilling holes in a small strut.

Production. Marine boilers. Grinding of welded seams inside the drum of a large marine boiler at a Midwest plant which has converted its facilities to war production

Haskins, J A - State: South Carolina - Year: 1848 - File Number: H160

[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-33542-07] Summit on Global Aging, in Dean Acheson Auditorium, [where participants from government, universities, and the private sector discussed the effects of population aging on economic growth, labor force, trade, migration, international relations, and national security... [Photographer: Ann Thomas--State] [59-CF-DS-33542-07_CON0021.JPG]

The farmerette - Public domain World War One sheet music

Rags. Collection and processing. A portion of the sorting room in a large Eastern rag processing plant. In this room new rag remnants, consisting chiefly of cuttings received from clothing factories, are sorted. The rags are classified and separated according to the type of cloth; colored rags are graded according to the ease with which they can be bleached. The baskets in back of the women are filled with rags that have been sorted and classified. The women work in teams of two; it takes a team about two hours to sort the rags in one full bale. In another part of the plant, a room of the same size and general appearance as this is used for sorting used rags. Shapiro Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Haskins, Benjamin D - Age 27, Year: 1865 - Miscellaneous Card Abstracts of Records - West Virginia

Transformer manufacture. Welding is an intrinsic part of the manufacture of transformers. This welder is employed by a large Eastern electrical company whose power transformers are needed by many factories engaged in war production. He's welding cover flanges for steel transformer tanks. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania

Omar Abukharma installing motors on a pay-off machine.

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base, South Broad Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

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missouri saint louis county saint louis safety film negatives concord saint louis county mo women defense middlewestern plant middlewestern plant machinery labor force labor force peacetime production peacetime production fans motors war war production twenty millimeter shell boosters twenty millimeter shell boosters veteran employee veteran employee division farmerette operation haskins machine drill holes drill holes part 1940s women 1940s 40s united states history workers 1940 s library of congress