War Industry Collection (page 2)

Members of the experimental staff... North American Aviation, Inc, plant, Inglewood, Calif. 1942
Member[s] of the experimental staff at the North American Aviation, Inc. plant, observe wind tunnel tests on an accurate scale model of the B-25 (" Billy Mitchell" ) bomber, Inglewood

North American B-25 bomber is prepared... North American Aviation, Inc. Inglewood, Calif. 1942
North American B-25 bomber is prepared for painting on the outside assembly line, North American Aviation, Inc. Inglewood, Calif

Two women workers are shown capping and inspecting tubing... Vultees Nashville... Tennessee, 1943
Two women workers are shown capping and inspecting tubing which goes into the manufacture of the " Vengeance" (A-31) dive bomber made at Vultees Nashville division, Tennessee

Another North American B-25 bomber rolls off the final assembly line to join other ships... 1942
Another North American B-25 bomber rolls off the final assembly line to join other ships on the outdoor assembly line, North

Assembling B-25 bombers at North American Aviation, Kansas City, Kansas, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Assembling B-25 bombers at North American Aviation, Kansas City, Kansas

Drilling horizontal stabilizers... this woman worker at Vultee-Nashville... Tennessee, 1943. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Drilling horizontal stabilizers: operating a hand drill, this woman worker at Vultee-Nashville is shown working on the horizontal stabilizer for a Vultee " Vengeance" dive bomber

New B-25 bombers lined up for final inspection... North American Aviation, Inc. Calif. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
New B-25 bombers lined up for final inspection and tests at the flying field of an aircraft plant, North American Aviation, Inc. Calif. It performs at the 25, 000-foot ceiling

B-25 bomber planes at the North American Aviation, Incorporated... Kansas City, Kansas, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
B-25 bomber planes at the North American Aviation, Incorporated being hauled along an outdoor assembly line with an " International" tractor, Kansas City, Kansas

Capping and inspecting tubing: two women are shown... at Vultees Nashville division, Tennessee
Capping and inspecting tubing: two women are shown capping and inspecting tubing which goes into the manufacture of the " Vengeance" dive bomber made at Vultees Nashville division

Punching rivet holes in a frame member for a B-25 bomber... North American Aviation, Inc. CA, 1942
Punching rivet holes in a frame member for a B-25 bomber, the plant of North American Aviation, Inc. Calif

Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville... working on a "Vengeance"dive bomber, Tennessee, 1943
Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a " Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee. The tool in the image might be a rivet gun

B-25 bombers on the outdoor assembly line at North American Aviation... Kansas City, Kansas, 1942
B-25 bombers on the outdoor assembly line at North American Aviation, Incorporated, almost ready for their first test flight, Kansas City, Kansas

This woman worker at the Vultee-Nashville is shown making... Nashville, Tenn. 1943. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
This woman worker at the Vultee-Nashville is shown making final adjustments in the wheel well of an inner wing before the installation of the landing gear, Nashville, Tenn

Riveting team working on the cockpit shell of a... Douglas Aircraft Co. Long Beach, Calif. 1942
Riveting team working on the cockpit shell of a B-25 [i.e. C-47] bomber at the plant of North American Aviation, Inc. Inglewood [i.e. Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach], Calif

A candid view of one of the women workers touching up... Vultees Nashville division, Tennessee
A candid view of one of the women workers touching up the U.S. Army Air Forces insignia on the side of the fuselage of a " Vengeance" dive bomber manufactured at Vultees Nashville division

Making wiring assemblies at a junction box... North American Aviation, Inc. Inglewood, CA, 1942
Making wiring assemblies at a junction box on the fire wall for the right engine of a B-25 bomber, North American Aviation, Inc. [Inglewood], Calif

Huge drop hammers work day and night form... North American Aviation, Inc. Inglewood, Calif. 1942
Huge drop hammers work day and night forming sheet metal parts for United Nations bombers and fighters at the North American Aviation, Inc. plant, Inglewood, Calif

A wing brace assembly for a B-25 bomber is prepared... North American Aviation, Inc. Calif. 1942
A wing brace assembly for a B-25 bomber is prepared for the assembly line of an aircraft plant, North American Aviation, Inc. Calif

Mounting motor on a Fairfax B-25 bomber, North American Aviation, Inc. Inglewood, Calif. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Mounting motor [on a] Fairfax B-25 bomber, at North American Aviation, Inc. plant in [Inglewood], Calif

Part of the cowling for one of the motors... North American Aviation, Inc. Inglewood, Calif. 1942
Part of the cowling for one of the motors for a B-25 bomber is assembled in the engine department of North American Aviation, Inc.s Inglewood, Calif. plant

Operating a hand drill at the North American Aviation, Inc. a woman is in the control... 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Operating a hand drill at the North American Aviation, Inc. [a] woman is in the control surface department assembling a section of the leading edge for the horizontal stabilizer of a plane

P-51 "Mustang"fighter in flight, Inglewood, Calif. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
P-51 " Mustang" fighter in flight, Inglewood, Calif. The " Mustang", built by North American Aviation, Incorporated

A nose wheel and landing gear assembly for a B-25... North American Aviation, Inc. Calif. 1942
A nose wheel and landing gear assembly for a B-25 bomber under construction in a western aircraft plant, North American Aviation, Inc. Calif. A front section of the plane shows in the background

Bomb bay gasoline tanks for long flights... North American Aviation, Inc. Inglewood, Calif. 1942
Bomb bay gasoline tanks for long flights of B-25 bombers await assembly in the plant of North American Aviation, Inc. Inglewood, Calif

Employees at North American Aviation, Incorporated, assembling... Inglewood, Calif. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Employees at North American Aviation, Incorporated, assembling the cowling on Allison motors for the P-51 fighter planes, Inglewood, Calif

Gist inspector, Mrs. Mary Betchner inspecting one of the 25 cutters... Milwaukee, Wis. 1943. Creator: Howard Hollem
Gist inspector, Mrs. Mary Betchner inspecting one of the 25 cutters for burrs before inserting it in the inside of a 105mm. howitzer at the Milwaukee, Wis. plant of the Chain Belt Co

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

War production worker at the Vilter [Manufacturing] Company making M5... Milwaukee, Wis. 1943. Creator: Howard Hollem
War production worker at the Vilter [Manufacturing] Company making M5 and M7 guns for the U.S. Army, Milwaukee, Wis. Ex-housewife, age 49, now doing bench work on small gun parts

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

War production workers at the Vilter [Manufacturing] Company making M5... Milwaukee, Wis. 1943. Creator: Howard Hollem
War production workers at the Vilter [Manufacturing] Company making M5 and M7 guns for the U.S. Army, Milwaukee, Wis. Ex-housewife, age 24, filing small parts

One of the girls of Vilter [Manufacturing] Co. filing small gun parts, Milwaukee, Wisc. 1943. Creator: Howard Hollem
One of the girls of Vilter [Manufacturing] Co. filing small gun parts, Milwaukee, Wisc. One brother in Coast Guard, one going to Army

A battery of 1, 000 and 2, 000 pound furnaces roaring threats to... Aluminum Industries Inc. 1942
A battery of 1, 000 and 2, 000 pound furnaces roaring threats to the Axis. These are rotary, oil-fired melting furnaces at Aluminum Industries Inc

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

Casting a billet from an electric furnace, Chase Brass and Copper Co. Euclid, Ohio, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Casting a billet from an electric furnace, Chase Brass and Copper Co. Euclid, Ohio. Modern electric furnaces have helped considerably in speeding the production of brass

A Coast Guard sentry stands watch over a new torpedo boat under construction at a southern... 1942
A Coast Guard sentry stands watch over a new torpedo boat under construction at a southern shipyard. In addition to wooden torpedo boats, the yard also turns out many steel boats for the Navy

Higgins Industries, Inc. New Orleans, La. makes torpedo boats and other boats for the Navy, 1942
Higgins Industries, Inc. New Orleans, La. makes torpedo boats and other boats for the Navy

Lucile Mazurek, age 29, ex-housewife, husband going into... Heil and Co. Milwaukee, Wisc. 1943. Creator: Howard Hollem
Lucile Mazurek, age 29, ex-housewife, husband going into the service, working on black-out lamps to be used on the gasoline trailers in the Air Force, Heil and Co. Milwaukee, Wisc

Back into production go these carloads... Allegheny Ludlum Steele Corp. Brackenridge, Pa
Back into production go these carloads of scrap metal, Allegheny Ludlum Steele Corp. Brackenridge, Pa. The melting of alloy steels for defense work requires that steel mill scrapyards such as this be

Slag run-off from one of the open hearth furnaces... Republic Steel Corp. Youngstown, Ohio, 1941
Slag run-off from one of the open hearth furnaces of a steel mills, Republic Steel Corp. Youngstown, Ohio. Slag is drawn off the furnace just before the molten steel is poured into ladles for

A scene in a steel mill, Republic Steel, Youngstown, Ohio, 1941. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
A scene in a steel mill, Republic Steel, Youngstown, Ohio. Molten iron is blown in an Eastern Bessemer converter to change it to steel for war essentials

Slag run-off from open hearth furnace, Republic Steel Corp. Youngstown, Ohio, 1941. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Slag run-off from open hearth furnace, Republic Steel Corp. Youngstown, Ohio

Formerly a sociology major at the University of Southern California... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
Formerly a sociology major at the University of Southern California, Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis (right) now " keeps em flyin " at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Riveter at work at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant in Long Beach, Calif. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Riveter at work at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant in Long Beach, Calif

Women become skilled shop technicians... Douglas Aircraft Company plant, Long Beach, Calif. 1942
Women become skilled shop technicians after careful training in the school at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant, Long Beach, Calif

A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker... Long Beach, Calif. Plant of Douglas... 1942
A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, Calif. plant of Douglas Aircraft Company

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

Working on a "Vengeance"dive bomber, Vultee [Aircraft Inc. ], Nashville, Tennessee, 1943
Working on a " Vengeance" dive bomber, Vultee [Aircraft Inc.], Nashville, Tennessee

An experimental scale model of the B-25... North American Aviation, Inc. Inglewood, Calif. 1942
An experimental scale model of the B-25 plane is prepared for wind tunnel tests in the plant of North American Aviation, Inc. Inglewood, Calif. This plant produced the B-25 bomber

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