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War Effort Collection (page 5)

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Constructing a building on the site of a new steel mill... Columbia Steel Co. Geneva, Utah, 1942

Constructing a building on the site of a new steel mill... Columbia Steel Co. Geneva, Utah, 1942
Constructing a building on the site of a new steel mill which will soon turn out steel for the war needs, Columbia Steel Co. Geneva, Utah

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Old lead mines here have been reopened, Creede, Colo. 1942. Creator: Andreas Feininger

Old lead mines here have been reopened, Creede, Colo. 1942. Creator: Andreas Feininger
Old lead mines here have been reopened, Creede, Colo. Creede for many years was " a ghost town, " but has resumed the activities that made it an important lead producing center years ago

Background imageWar Effort Collection: United Nations Fight for Freedom: Boy Scout in front of Capitol, 1943. Creator: John Rous

United Nations Fight for Freedom: Boy Scout in front of Capitol, 1943. Creator: John Rous
United Nations Fight for Freedom: Boy Scout in front of Capitol. They help out by delivering posters to help the war effort

Background imageWar Effort Collection: United Nations Fight for Freedom... 1943. Creator: John Rous

United Nations Fight for Freedom... 1943. Creator: John Rous
United Nations Fight for Freedom : colored, white and Chinese Boy Scouts in front of Capitol, They help out by delivering poster to help the war effort

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Boys trained in the fundamentals of navigation may become technicians... Los Angeles, Calif

Boys trained in the fundamentals of navigation may become technicians... Los Angeles, Calif
Boys trained in the fundamentals of navigation may become technicians in the armed service, Los Angeles, Calif. Thomas Graham, a member of the Victory Corps at Polytechnic High School

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Learning how to determine latitude by using a sextant... Polytechnic High School, LA, Calif. 1942

Learning how to determine latitude by using a sextant... Polytechnic High School, LA, Calif. 1942
Learning how to determine latitude by using a sextant is Senta Osoling, student at Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles, Calif

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Students at Washington High School at class, training... to the war effort, Los Angeles, Calif

Students at Washington High School at class, training... to the war effort, Los Angeles, Calif
Students at Washington High School at class, training for specific contributions to the war effort, Los Angeles, Calif. Ralph Angar, instructor

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Busy stacks give evidence of all-out war production... Owens-Corning Fiberglass Co, Akron, Ohio

Busy stacks give evidence of all-out war production... Owens-Corning Fiberglass Co, Akron, Ohio
Busy stacks give evidence of all-out war production effort at a plant of Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation, Akron, Ohio

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the service... Milwaukee, Wis. 1943

Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the service... Milwaukee, Wis. 1943
Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the service [US armed services] any day, Heil and Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Agnes used to work in a dep[artmen]t store

Background imageWar Effort Collection: A rivet is her fighting weapon... Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942

A rivet is her fighting weapon... Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
A rivet is her fighting weapon. Oyida Peaks, daughter of a Navy lieutenant, one of many women taking NYA training to become mechanics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Women from all fields have joined the production army, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942

Women from all fields have joined the production army, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
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

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis, senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942

Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis, senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis, senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Dept. of the Naval Air Base, talking with one of the men, Corpus Christi, Texas

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Section of the batch house at a plant... Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation, Toledo, Ohio, 1942

Section of the batch house at a plant... Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation, Toledo, Ohio, 1942
Section of the batch house at a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Toledo, Ohio. In the bins are stored the raw materials for the batch from which fiberglass materials vital to the war

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Bowen and Olsen, a riveter and her supervisor, in the... Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942

Bowen and Olsen, a riveter and her supervisor, in the... Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
Bowen and Olsen, a riveter and her supervisor, in the Assembly and Repair Dept. at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Background imageWar Effort Collection: A lathe operator machining parts for... Consolidated Aircraft Corp. plant, Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

A lathe operator machining parts for... Consolidated Aircraft Corp. plant, Fort Worth, Texas, 1942
A lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Mrs. Doris Duke, who is 26 and a mother of one child, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942

Mrs. Doris Duke, who is 26 and a mother of one child, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Mrs. Doris Duke, who is 26 and a mother of one child, Corpus Christi, Texas. Mrs. Duke is a civil service worker in the Assembly and Repair dept

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Women are contributing their skills to the nations needs by keeping... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942

Women are contributing their skills to the nations needs by keeping... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
Women are contributing their skills to the nations needs by keeping our countrys planes in top-notch fighting condition, Corpus Christi, Texas. Wife of a disabled World War I veteran, Mrs

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Helen Bray, who left school to become a mech... Consolidated Aircraft Corp, Fort Worth, Texas

Helen Bray, who left school to become a mech... Consolidated Aircraft Corp, Fort Worth, Texas
Helen Bray, who left school to become a mechanic at a western aircraft plant, is making an emplanage section on a new Consolidated transport, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Bowen, a riveter, and Olsen, her supervisor, in the Assembly... Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Bowen, a riveter, and Olsen, her supervisor, in the Assembly... Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas
Bowen, a riveter, and Olsen, her supervisor, in the Assembly and Repair Dept. at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Learning to work a cutting machine, these two NYA employees... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942

Learning to work a cutting machine, these two NYA employees... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Learning to work a cutting machine, these two NYA employees receive training to fit them for important work, Corpus Christi, Texas

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Women war workers, (1942?). Creator: Alfred T Palmer

Women war workers, (1942?). Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Women war workers

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Mary Louise Stepan, 21, used to be a waitress... Consolidated Aircraft Corp

Mary Louise Stepan, 21, used to be a waitress... Consolidated Aircraft Corp
Mary Louise Stepan, 21, used to be a waitress. She has a brother in the air corps. She is working on transport parts in the hand mill, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Mrs. Virginia Davis, a riveter in the assembly and repair department of the Naval air base... 1942

Mrs. Virginia Davis, a riveter in the assembly and repair department of the Naval air base... 1942
Mrs. Virginia Davis, a riveter in the assembly and repair department of the Naval air base, supervises Chas. Potter, a NYA trainee from Michigan, Corpus Christi, Texas

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Transfusion donor bottles, Baxter Lab. Glenview, Ill. 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem

Transfusion donor bottles, Baxter Lab. Glenview, Ill. 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Transfusion donor bottles, Baxter Lab. Glenview, Ill. Formerly a sculptress and designer of tiles, Dorothy Cole converted her basement into a workshop to tin plate needles for valves for blood

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Answering the nations need for womanpower, Mrs. Virginia Davis made arrangement for the 1942

Answering the nations need for womanpower, Mrs. Virginia Davis made arrangement for the 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Answering the nations need for womanpower, Mrs. Virginia Davis made arrangement for the care of her two children during the day and joined her husband at work in the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Production of B-24 bombers and C-87 transports, Consolidated Aircraft Corp

Production of B-24 bombers and C-87 transports, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas. Cabbie Coleman, former housewife, works at western aircraft plant

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Two Navy wives, Eva Herzberg and Elve Burnham... Glenview, Ill. 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem

Two Navy wives, Eva Herzberg and Elve Burnham... Glenview, Ill. 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Two Navy wives, Eva Herzberg and Elve Burnham, entered war work after their husbands joined the service, Glenview, Ill. They assemble bands for blood transfusion bottles at Baxter Laboratories. Mrs

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Drilling on a Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

Drilling on a Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Drilling on a Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Air... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Air... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942
Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Installing oxygen flask racks above the flight... Consolidated Aircraft... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

Installing oxygen flask racks above the flight... Consolidated Aircraft... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942
Installing oxygen flask racks above the flight deck of a C-87 transport at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Beulah Faith, 20, used to be sales clerk... Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

Beulah Faith, 20, used to be sales clerk... Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Beulah Faith, 20, used to be sales clerk in department store, reaming tools for transport on lathe machine, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Working inside fuselage of a Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

Working inside fuselage of a Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942
Working inside fuselage of a Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Mrs. Cora Ann Bowen (left) works as a cowler at the Naval Air Base... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942

Mrs. Cora Ann Bowen (left) works as a cowler at the Naval Air Base... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
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

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Working in the Assembly and Repair Dept. of the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942

Working in the Assembly and Repair Dept. of the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Working in the Assembly and Repair Dept. of the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942

Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
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

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Riveter at work on Consolidated bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

Riveter at work on Consolidated bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Riveter at work on Consolidated bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageWar Effort Collection: War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer... Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1943

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer... Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1943
War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Elizabeth Little, age 30, the mother of two children, spraying small parts

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Assembling Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

Assembling Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Assembling Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageWar Effort Collection: NYA employees receiving training in the Assem... U.S. Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942

NYA employees receiving training in the Assem... U.S. Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
NYA employees receiving training in the Assembly and Repair Dept. U.S. Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Frances Eggleston, aged 23, came from Oklahoma... Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, TX, 1942

Frances Eggleston, aged 23, came from Oklahoma... Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, TX, 1942
Frances Eggleston, aged 23, came from Oklahoma, used to do office work. Removing paper from pilots window(?), Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Lathe operator machining parts... Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, TX, 1942

Lathe operator machining parts... Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, TX, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Pearl Harbor widows have gone into war work to carry on the fight... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942

Pearl Harbor widows have gone into war work to carry on the fight... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
Pearl Harbor widows have gone into war work to carry on the fight with a personal vengeance, Corpus Christi, Texas. Mrs. Virginia Young (right)

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Oyida Peaks riveting as part of her NYA training... Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942

Oyida Peaks riveting as part of her NYA training... Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Oyida Peaks riveting as part of her NYA training to become a mechanic in the Assembly and Repair Department at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Lorena Craig is a cowler under civil service at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942

Lorena Craig is a cowler under civil service at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Lorena Craig is a cowler under civil service at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Women in white doctor Navy planes (motors) at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942

Women in white doctor Navy planes (motors) at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Women in white doctor Navy planes (motors) at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Mildred Webb, an NYA trainee at the base

Background imageWar Effort Collection: With a womans determination, Lorena Craig takes over a man-size job, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942

With a womans determination, Lorena Craig takes over a man-size job, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
With a womans determination, Lorena Craig takes over a man-size job, Corpus Christi, Texas. Before she came to work at the Naval air base she was a department store girl

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Installing an engine at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

Installing an engine at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Installing an engine at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Servicing one of the floodlights that turn night into day... Columbia Steel Co

Servicing one of the floodlights that turn night into day... Columbia Steel Co
Servicing one of the floodlights that turn night into day at the big construction operations for a new steel plant which will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war



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