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Rendezvous Docking Simulator, NASA Gemini program

(February 7, 1964) Multiple exposure of Rendezvous Docking Simulator. The Gemini spacecraft was supported in a gimbal system by an overhead crane and gantry arrangement which provided 6 degrees of freedom - rol More

Two angels proclaiming the day of judgement; the Son of Man (Christ) with a sickle (scythe) and a cross; an angel comes out of the temple crying to him to thrust the sickle into the earth and to reap; a second angel, who controls the fire, cries from his altar to the third angel, who carries a sickle, to thrust his sickle into the earth and gather the vine (2nd of 2)

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Two angels proclaiming the day of judgement; the Son of Man (Christ) with a sickle (scythe) and a cross; an angel comes out of the temple crying to him to thrust the sickle into the earth and to reap; a second angel, who controls the fire, cries from his altar to the third angel, who carries a sickle, to thrust his sickle into the earth and gather the vine (2nd of 2)

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1902 Wright Brothers' Glider Tests

(October 10, 1902) Historic photo of the Wright brothers' third test glider being launched at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, on October 10, 1902. Wilbur Wright is at the controls, Orville Wright is at left, More

[Flight 23: front view of the machine in flight to the right, Orville at the controls, making two complete circles of the field at Huffman Prairie in 2 minutes and 45 seconds; Dayton, Ohio]

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i More

[Start of the first flight of 1905, Orville Wright at controls of the machine, near the hangar at Huffman Prairie. The two figures in the center are probably Wilbur Wright and Charles E. Taylor. The catapult launching device appears for the first time in a photograph]

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i More

[Flight 23: front view of the machine in flight to the right, Orville at the controls, making two complete circles of the field at Huffman Prairie in 2 minutes and 45 seconds; Dayton, Ohio]

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i More

Ocean liners: Mauretania Starting Platform

View of the engine room controls...The inner wheel you can see towards the middle of the photograph was used to control steam to the low pressure turbine for manoeuvring. The outer wheel was used for ocean stea More

[Arch Hoxsey at controls, with Gov. Charles Samuel Deneen, John McCrebs, and George Anthony]

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Turpin and Lt. T.D. Milling at plane controls

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

[Close-up of woman's hands and feet on automobile controls]

[Mrs. Glenn Curtiss at the controls of an airplane]

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French girl who controls traffic at Arques for the British Army

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RICHARDSON TANDEM BIPLANE HYDROPLAN ON POTOMAC, APRIL, 1916. GEORGE A. GRAY AT CONTROLS. AT LEFT AND RIGHT ARE RICHARDSON BROTHERS WHO BUILT THE PLANE; 2ND FROM LEFT IS THEIR UNCLE, WHOSE IDEA IT WAS

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RICHARDSON TANDEM BIPLANE HYDROPLANE ON POTOMAC, APRIL, 1916. GEORGE A. GRAY AT CONTROLS. AT LEFT AND RIGHT ARE RICHARDSON BROTHERS WHO BUILT THE PLANE; 2ND FROM LEFT IS THEIR UNCLE, WHOSE IDEA IT WAS

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RICHARDSON TANDEM BIPLANE HYDROPLANE ON POTOMAC, APRIL, 1916. GEORGE A. GRAY AT CONTROLS. AT LEFT AND RIGHT ARE RICHARDSON BROTHERS WHO BUILT THE PLANE; 2ND FROM LEFT IS THEIR UNCLE, WHOSE IDEA IT WAS

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Balloons - Miscellaneous - New type of Coast Patrol Dirigbile. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. and Navy officials inspecting the Curtiss car which propels the big envelope through the air. The pilot operates the rudder and elevator controls, guiding and elevating the bag. The gas bags are made of rubberized fabric of light weight but tremendous strength

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Ceremonies and Parades - Ceremonies as clock is pushed ahead one hour. Marcus M. Marks, Chairman of National Daylight Saving Movement, pushing the hands around from two to three on the master clock that controls the big dials on the Metropolitan Tower, New York City, as the Daylight Saving Law went into effect

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Airplanes - Historical - Wright Brothers' 1903 Aeroplane ("Kitty Hawk") in first flight, December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, N.C. Orville Wright at controls. Wilbur Wright standing at right. (First flight was 12 seconds). Copy of photo given by Orville Wright

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[Student and instructor in automobile - notice the dual controls]

J224775 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo copyrighted by Briscoe Motor Corporation. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card with subsequent information from item. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Airplanes - Parts - Airplanes for government use. Dayton-Wright Airplane Co. Plant, Dayton, Ohio. Controls installed on fuselage side

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Airplanes - Historical - Wright Brothers' Aeroplane. Dayton-Wright Airplane Co. Plant, Dayton, Ohio. May 14 -18, 1918. Historical Note: The Wright Company manufactured aeroplanes under their own name until about 1916, then a merger was made with Glenn Martin to form the Wright Martin Company. Glenn Martin reformed that company under his name alone and the next appearance of the name Wright came soon after the opening of World War-1 when the Dayton Wright Co was formed. Their principal product was De Haviland airplanes (English design general purpose type). The aeroplane shown had been reframed by Orville Wright as his personal plane, but was not the property of D.W. Co. In this photo Orville has the controls; the plane is pitted with his automatic stabilizer

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Interiör från elverkets dåvarande omformarstation vid Eneströmsgatan mellan fängelset och järnvägen.

Manöverbord tillverkat av Redinverken. Värmlands Sverige

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Interiör från elverkets omformarstation vid Eneströmsgatan mellan fängelset och järnvägen.

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Electric Institute of Washington, Potomac Electric Power Co. Building. Close-up of stove burner controls

Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO) is a publicly traded utility company that provides electric service to customers in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, including the District of Columbia and parts of More

manning the controls of the SITE System

At sea aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt Journalist 2nd Class Jessica Benigni from Pittsburgh, Pa., mans the controls of the SITE System (Shipboard Information, Training, and Entertainment). Benigni and other Navy More

Washington man sleeps in a blanketless bed. Milton Fairchild of Washington, D.C., does not need any blankets for keeping him warm these winter nights.He has invented an electrical bed which does not require any covering for the body when asleep. Furthermore, according to Mr Fairchild, an "electric blanket" is healthier and one is not so susceptible to colds. The temperature is maintained constant throughout the night by automatic controls

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Glider Triplane Model by Octave Chanute, with adjustable combination fore-and-aft controls

J293363 U.S. Copyright Office Photo copyrighted by Popular Aviation Pub. Co., Chicago. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; BI More

"The good old days of aviation." Commander H.C. Richardson, crack U.S. Navy flyer, at the controls of a 1915 model Curtiss seaplane which he took on its maiden flight today on the Potomac at Washington. The old plane was discovered in storage at the Washington Navy Yard where it has been for over 12 years. Commander Richardson is testing the old boat to compare its behavior to that of craft of modern construction

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Navy flyer takes 12-year seaplane on its first flight. After lying in storage at the Washington Navy Yard more than 12 years, an obsolete 1915 model Curtiss seaplane on its maiden flight today on the [...] by Commander H.C. Richardson, crack U.S. Navy [...] who is shown at the controls in this photograph. Commander Richardson is planning to put through various tests to compare its behavior to that craft of modern construction for the benefit of Naval officials. The United States Army War College shown in background

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Wind tunnel tests aircraft design. S.D. West of the aerodynamics section of the Bureau of Standards demonstrates the "wind tunnel" for testing aircraft design. Most airplanes submitted to the Department of Commerce for approval employ standard types of controls. To ascertain whether the safety of planes can be increased by small modifications of the controls, the Bureau makes studies of the performance of small airplane models in the "wind tunnel," 1/31

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Wind tunnel tests aircraft design. S.D. West of the aerodynamics section of the Bureau of Standards demonstrates the "wind tunnel" for testing aircraft design. Most airplanes submitted to the Department of Commerce for approval employ standard types of controls. To ascertain whether the safety of planes can be increased by small modifications of the controls, the Bureau makes studies of the performance of small airplane models in the "wind tunnel," 131

A black and white photo of a man inside a large fan, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Date (year) based on date of negatives in More

Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. General view of spillway with powerhouse in background. On account of flooding hazard entire powerhouse built of concrete. Main generator hall in high portion, electical controls and offices in downstream bay; projecting wing houses visitors' facilities and air conditioning. Roof of downstream bay developed as overlook terrace

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Visitors' building on the east abutment of Norris Dam constructed of cinder concrete blocks with stucco finish. Guard booth under center canopy controls central hall of structure and project parking space in front; also has view of terrace on opposite side. Wings house refreshment counter, a store of the cooperative merchandising organization for local handicraft products and in the windowless extremities of the wing, visitors' toilets

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Kristallmottagare för radio ca år 1933. Värmlands Sverige

Kristallmottagare för radio ca år 1933.

Chickamauga Dam and powerhouse. General view of spillway with powerhouse in background. On account of flooding hazard entire powerhouse built of concrete. Main generator hall in high portion, electical controls and offices in downstream bay; projecting wing houses visitors' facilities and air conditioning. Roof of downstream bay developed as overlook terrace

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New broadcasting studios on Queen Milisande's Way, Jerusalem. Control room, side view of control positions, closer of controls

Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Caption continues from catalog: Moved on night of June 25 to 26, 1939. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

EXECUTIVE AND ENGINEER. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, SEATED IN HIS AUTOMOBILE IN WASHINGTON, BIDS GOODBYE TO ENGINEER F.G. HOUCHINS (PENNSYLVANIA RR) WHO HANDLED THE CONTROLS INTO WASHINGTON

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FDR's 1936 Ford Pheaton - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

President Roosevelt enjoyed driving this car whenever he was at Hyde Park. Specially modified to be operated with hand controls, it gave him the freedom to drive despite his disability. The controls were design More

Engineers prepare for black broadcast. Washington, D.C., Oct. 1. A real fireside chat will be the address of Justice Hugo L. Black to the nation tonight over a coast-to-coast hookup from the home of Claude E. Hamilton in the capital. Radio engineers Jerry Hurlbut and Stanford H. Rose are shown testing the mikes and controls as they set up in the Hamilton living room from where Justice Black will answer the charges that he is a klansman, 10/1/37

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Meat for sale on the street. This is common and there are no controls to ensure cleanliness or keep away flies. San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Looking into the radio operator's room. Alexander Friedberg is at the controls

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Ernest Orlando Lawrence at the controls of the 37-inch cyclotron, 1938. Copy negative from California Monthly photo. Morgue 1958-8 (P-109)

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

Envoy and wife break ground for new Venezuelan Legation building. Washington, D.C., Dec. 29. Charge d'Affairs of Venezuela and Senora Jacinto Fombona-Pachano work the controls of shovel used in breaking ground today for erection of a new legation building at Massachusetts Ave. and California Street. The building will cost @200,000 and be completed within six months. The State Department recently announced that this country's legation in Venezuela and the Venezuelan Legation here will soon be elevated to the status of Embassies, 12/29/38

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Operator at controls of rolling mill. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Trapper, a man who controls the movements of the coal car. Old Ben number eight. West Frankfort, Illinois. See 26980-D

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A black and white photo of a clock in a building. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

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Robert Marshak (right), a scientist and author of Menson Physics, who volunteered to drink radiosodium. Joseph Gilbert Hamilton at controls. January 1939. See also XBB 6808-4759(FMP record missing). [Photographer: Donald Cooksey]

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

Joseph Gilbert Hamilton's radiosodium experiment lab set up with controls. January 1939. See also XBB 6808-4751 (FMP record missing). [Photographer: Donald Cooksey]

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

A black and white photo of a man sitting in a chair. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

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Engineer at controls of high-speed hoist which reaches depth of 3800 feet. Copper mine, Butte, Montana

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Roy Deelle at Tractor Controls Hauling Logs

Original caption: Close-up of Mr. Roy Deelle of Norwich, Vermont, at tractor controls hauling logs to Northeastern Timber Salvage Administration landing. Taken by Bluford Muir - March, 1939. Records Relating to More

Ernest Orlando Lawrence at the controls of the 60-inch. cyclotron with Dr. Raymond, Edwin McMillan, and Winfield W. Salisbury standing behind control panel. Negative envelope dated June 12, 1939. Cooksey 17 [Photographer: Donald Cooksey]

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

Sea jeeps. Successfully crossing a fast-flowing stream, the Ford-built amphibian, with full complement of four soldiers, easily climbs opposite shore and is ready for any scouting operations. Picture shows maneuvers recently held in the Detroit area, when soldiers from Fort Wayne in full combat dress manned the machines. The controls of the new Army transportation unit for land operations are identical to the quarter-ton, four-wheel drive reconnaissance car, and no steering changeover is required from land to water operation. The new car is being used by U.S. fighting forces in war zones

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Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. Open hearth steel is also made at this plant. Here a worker sits at the controls of the charging mechanism for loading materials and elements into the furnace. This open hearth furnace has a capacity of about 100 tons per heat

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Indiana cyclotron controls. M. Stanley Livingston (standing, left), and Franz N.D. Kurie (right) at controls, taken April 20, 1940. Principal Investigator/Project: Analog Conversion Project [Photographer: Donald Cooksey]

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

Lock hand opens lock gates by electric controls. Lock Eleven, Amsterdam, New York

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Civilian defense. This overhead switch controls the output of a 110-volt direct current generator, operating at 10 kilowatts to supply power to provide power for the two searchlights on the roof of the huge Emergency Service truck. There are also several auxilliary lights runs out from the truck and powered by this generator. This truck in New York City is the only one of its kind, so far

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This workman controls amounts of materials going into concrete used in construction of Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Handling ropes and fingers. Frayed ropes are attached to the rubberized fabric "fingers" by sewing and cementing to give maximum "grip" on the balloon. Such ropes are fastened to the ground cable which controls the height and flight of the balloon. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

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Barrage balloon manufacture. Glove for a gas bag. Fitting the outstretched fingers of a fabric patch to the side of a barrage balloon, this worker must be extremely careful to put the patch on smoothly. Any wrinkles might bind, pinch or chafe and cause leaks. Sewn and seamed inside this "glove" is a webbing of rope which will become part of the rigging which controls the giant balloon as it flies thousands of feet above cities, arsenals, or other bomber objectives. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

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Operating lever which controls chute, extending from bin where iron ore is stored. Ore docks, Allouez, Wisconsin

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Steel production. A steel mill worker. The operator at the controls of a pushing machine is responsible for cleaning coke from the ovens of an Eastern by-product plant. Republic, Youngstown

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A Keller machine cutting a die shape from a plaster model. The model is at the top. A "feeler" tool runs along the surface of the model and controls the cutting tool at the bottom in such a manner that the contours of the model are duplicated with an extremely high degree of precision in the cast-iron form on the bottom. The die being made is the profiling pad for an automobile front fender. Plant of Frederick Colman & Sons, Inc., Detroit, Michigan

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Emilio Segre at the controls of the 37-inch cyclotron, taken June 12, 1941. Principal Investigator/Project: Analog Conversion Project [Photographer: Donald Cooksey]

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Finishing wings for Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes in a large Western aircraft plant. The wings, which had been accurately assembled in jigs, are added to the plane bodies as they travel down the final assembly line where engines, landing gear, controls and other equipment are also installed

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Tulsa, Oklahoma. Operating a gate valve which controls the flow of refined products through the Tulsa station of the Great Lakes pipeline. This line sends gasoline from Oklahoma to Minneapolis

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Tulsa, Oklahoma. Operating a gate valve which controls the flow of refined products through the Tulsa station of the Great Lakes pipeline. This line sends gasoline from Oklahoma to Minneapolis

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On the final assembly line at North American Aviation, men and women work together adjusting the controls of P-51 Mustang fighters for the United States Army Air Forces

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A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table. Office of War Information Photograph

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information More

Operating valve which controls the fractionating tower at a gasoline plant

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Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. This group of Negro workers in a large Eastern aircraft plant are installing elevator tab controls on medium bombers. This operation requires both skill and patience. Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant. Baltimore, Maryland

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DeLand pool. Improvised foundry, Daytona Beach. American ingenuity is the keenest tool in the kit of the machinists turning out war weapons in Florida's pools. This is the way J.L. Clayton, Daytona Beach fireman, figured out and built a blast furnace hot enough to melt brass and aluminum. He hooked up a fuel oil barrel to the old foundry pump shown at right. The pump blasts the oil and compressed air down the pipeline into the crucible. Arthur Brown, Negro helper, has his hand on a valve that controls the air and fuel which heat the furnace

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Inglewood, California. A man and woman working on rudder controls for a P-51 fighter plane at North American Aviation, Inc.

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. An armorer in a large Western aircraft plant tests machine gun controls in the partly-finished nose section of a new Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. This section is now ready for the operation of "mating" it to the center section. The ship will travel down the main assembly line to receive engines, wings, landing gear and other essential equipment

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A partly-finished Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship is lowered away into a rolling cradle in a large Western aircraft plant. Supported in this cradle, the ship has now taken its place in the main assembly line. The cradle or stand is moved from station to station where engines, wings, landing gear, controls and other essential equipment are installed

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Tulsa, Oklahoma. Operating valve in manifold which controls the pipeline system at the Mid-continent refinery

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Tulsa, Oklahoma. Operating valve which controls the flow at the Great Lakes pumping station

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Engine controls are assembled on the firewall of a North American B-25 bomber by this final assembly worker

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Cowling and controls are assembled on the motor of a B-25 bomber in the engine assembly department

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Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Controls on a radial drill at a large Eastern plant now producing Pratt and Whitney airplane motors. This plant is producing engines at a rate that would stagger the imagination of an Axis industrialist. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Completed wing sections for Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes ready for transfer to the assembly line of a large Western aircraft plant. The wings, which had been accurately assembled in jigs, are added to the plane bodies as they travel down the final assembly line where engines, landing gear, controls and other equipment are also installed

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Tulsa, Oklahoma. Operating valve which controls the flow at the Great Lakes pumping station

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Production. Milling machines and machine castings. Many minds, many heads, many skills went into the construction of this large, hydraulically-operated milling machine. The slender shaft just below the figure "100" in the upper right is a tracer finger, so called because it feels its way gently around the edge of a pattern so that the cutters reproduce the pattern exactly in tough steel. This tracer, so sensitive that it can be deflected with the edge of a piece of cardboard, controls the movement of tons of machinery exerting fifteen or twenty horsepower of cutting force

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Chicago, Illinois. The engine foreman controls the cars coming over the hump at an Illinois Central Railroad yard and checks them against his list

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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

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Tulsa, Oklahoma. Valve manifold which controls the pipeline system at the Mid-continent refinery

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Production. Milling machines and machine castings. The electrician is indispensable in the manufacture of modern machine tools. This one is crouched in the base of a powerful giant milling machine which may be used to help make aircraft engine or propeller parts day in and day out. Machines of this type are fitted with motors and controls, ready to run when they arrive at the customer's plant

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Tulsa, Oklahoma. Operating a gate valve which controls the flow of refined products through the Tulsa station of the Great Lakes pipeline. This line sends gasoline from Oklahoma to Minneapolis

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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

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On cost of living items, the retailer must show his ceiling prices. Government price controls, taking effect May 18 for retail sales, requires a storekeeper to display his ceiling prices on cost of living items. One way for the retailer is to stamp the ceiling right on the price tag itself

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. An armorer and his assistant check machine gun controls in a nose section of a new Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship. The guns are cocked and simulated firing is conducted to assure perfect operation of the control and selector systems. This nose section will later be "mated" to a center section and the partly-finished ship will travel down the main assembly line to receive engines, wings, landing gear and other essential equipment

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Operating valve which controls distillation unit at the Phillips gasoline plant

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Tulsa, Oklahoma. Operating a gate valve which controls the flow of refined products through the Tulsa station of the Great Lakes pipeline. This line sends gasoline from Oklahoma to Minneapolis

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Conversion. Copper and brass processing. This worker is at the controls of an extruding machine, a powerful piece of apparatus in a brass and copper mill that pushes billets of metal usually heated red hot, through a die to form rods, tubes, angles, channels and other shapes. Chase Brass and Copper Company, Euclid, Ohio

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Production. B-17F heavy bombers. The belly turret of the B-17F heavy bomber has stopped many Axis pilots. A gunner on this rotating cage controls the fire of two heavy caliber machine guns. This new ship is ready for delivery from the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model 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

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. When it comes to getting action out of a big bomber, he has what it takes. A captain of a bombardment squadron stationed at Langley Field, Virginia is at the controls of the mighty YB-17 bomber he pilots

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Production. Ship propellers, etc. Molten manganese bronze is poured into a massive mold as a huge ship propeller is cast. A season foundryman in a large war production plant controls the pouring operation. Baldwin Locomotive Works

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Worker operating the valve which controls incoming gas at a gasoline plant

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