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World War 2 Collection (page 11)

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Women war workers, (1942?). Creator: Alfred T Palmer

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

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Sailor at the Naval Air Base wears the new type protective clothing... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942

Sailor at the Naval Air Base wears the new type protective clothing... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
Sailor at the Naval Air Base wears the new type protective clothing and gas mask designed for use in chemical warfare, Corpus Christi, Texas. These uniforms are lighter than the old type

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: The capitol of the Virginia colony during the 18th century... Williamsburg, Va. 1943

The capitol of the Virginia colony during the 18th century... Williamsburg, Va. 1943. Creator: Howard Hollem
The capitol of the Virginia colony during the 18th century, which was reconstructed and restored to its original state by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. during the 1930 s, Williamsburg, Va

Background imageWorld War 2 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 imageWorld War 2 Collection: Jesse Rhodes Waller, A.O.M. third class, tries out a 30-calibre... Naval Air Base, Corpus... 1942

Jesse Rhodes Waller, A.O.M. third class, tries out a 30-calibre... Naval Air Base, Corpus... 1942
Jesse Rhodes Waller, A.O.M. third class, tries out a 30-calibre machine gun he has just installed in a Navy plane, Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Casting a billet from an electric furnace, Chase Brass and Copper Co. Euclid, Ohio, 1942

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

Background imageWorld War 2 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 imageWorld War 2 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 imageWorld War 2 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 imageWorld War 2 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 imageWorld War 2 Collection: At the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem

At the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
At the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: 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... 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

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Large pipe elbows for the Army are formed at Tube Turns, Inc. by heating... Louisville, Ky. 1941

Large pipe elbows for the Army are formed at Tube Turns, Inc. by heating... Louisville, Ky. 1941
Large pipe elbows for the Army are formed at Tube Turns, Inc. by heating lengths of pipe with gas flames and forcing them around a die, Louisville, Ky

Background imageWorld War 2 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 imageWorld War 2 Collection: 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, 1942
Higgins Industries, Inc. New Orleans, La. makes torpedo boats and other boats for the Navy

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: This sheet of synthetic rubber coming off the rolling mill... B.F. Goodrich Co. Akron, Ohio, 1941

This sheet of synthetic rubber coming off the rolling mill... B.F. Goodrich Co. Akron, Ohio, 1941
This sheet of synthetic rubber coming off the rolling mill at the plant is now ready for drying, B.F. Goodrich Co. Akron, Ohio

Background imageWorld War 2 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 imageWorld War 2 Collection: Bessemer converter (iron into steel), Allegheny Ludlum Steel[e] Corp. Brackenridge, Pa. (1941?)

Bessemer converter (iron into steel), Allegheny Ludlum Steel[e] Corp. Brackenridge, Pa. (1941?)
Bessemer converter (iron into steel), Allegheny Ludlum Steel[e] Corp. Brackenridge, Pa

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Lucile Mazurek, age 29, ex-housewife, husband going into... Heil and Co. Milwaukee, Wisc. 1943

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

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Working on wing of Consolidated Liberator... Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

Working on wing of Consolidated Liberator... Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942
Working on wing of Consolidated Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageWorld War 2 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 imageWorld War 2 Collection: A sailor mechanic refueling a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942

A sailor mechanic refueling a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
A sailor mechanic refueling a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Back into production go these carloads... Allegheny Ludlum Steele Corp. Brackenridge, Pa

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

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: White-hot steel pours like water from a 35-ton electric furnace, Allegheny Ludlum Steele

White-hot steel pours like water from a 35-ton electric furnace, Allegheny Ludlum Steele
White-hot steel pours like water from a 35-ton electric furnace, Allegheny Ludlum Steel[e] Corp. Brackenridge, Pa. The finest quality steels and alloys are produced in these furnaces

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Electronics technician, Goodyear Aircraft Corp. Akron, Ohio, 1941. Creator: Alfred T Palmer

Electronics technician, Goodyear Aircraft Corp. Akron, Ohio, 1941. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Electronics technician, Goodyear Aircraft Corp. Akron, Ohio

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Working on the wing center section at the Consolidated Aircraft Corp... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

Working on the wing center section at the Consolidated Aircraft Corp... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Working on the wing center section at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Ladle of molten iron is poured into... Allegheny Ludlum Steele Corp. Brackenridge, Pa. (1941?)

Ladle of molten iron is poured into... Allegheny Ludlum Steele Corp. Brackenridge, Pa. (1941?)
Ladle of molten iron is poured into an open hearth furnace for conversion into steel, Allegheny Ludlum Steele Corp. Brackenridge, Pa. Note the safety latch on the crane hook

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Manufacture of self-sealing gas tanks, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Akron, Ohio, 1941

Manufacture of self-sealing gas tanks, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Akron, Ohio, 1941. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Manufacture of self-sealing gas tanks, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Akron, Ohio

Background imageWorld War 2 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 imageWorld War 2 Collection: Drill press operator, Allegheny Ludlum Steel[e] Corp. Brackenridge, Pa. 1941?

Drill press operator, Allegheny Ludlum Steel[e] Corp. Brackenridge, Pa. 1941?. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Drill press operator, Allegheny Ludlum Steele Corp. Brackenridge, Pa

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Mrs. Viola Sievers, one of the wipers at the roundhouse giving a giant 'H'... Clinton, Iowa, 1943

Mrs. Viola Sievers, one of the wipers at the roundhouse giving a giant "H"... Clinton, Iowa, 1943
Mrs. Viola Sievers, one of the wipers at the roundhouse giving a giant " H" class locomotive a bath of live steam, Clinton, Iowa. Mrs

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Consolidated transport planes being loaded, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

Consolidated transport planes being loaded, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Consolidated transport planes being loaded, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: 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... 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

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Women workers employed as wipers in the roundhouse having lunch... C&NWRR. Clinton, Iowa, 1943

Women workers employed as wipers in the roundhouse having lunch... C&NWRR. Clinton, Iowa, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Women workers employed as wipers in the roundhouse having lunch in their rest room, C. & N.W. R.R. Clinton, Iowa. Photograph shows Marcella Hart at left, Mrs. Elibia Siematter at right

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Lowering an engine in place in assembling a C-87... Consolidated Aircraft

Lowering an engine in place in assembling a C-87... Consolidated Aircraft
Lowering an engine in place in assembling a C-87 transport plane at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: 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, 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

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: C. & N.W. R.R. women wipers at the roundhouse cleaning one of the giant... Clinton, Iowa, 1943

C. & N.W. R.R. women wipers at the roundhouse cleaning one of the giant... Clinton, Iowa, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
C. & N.W. R.R. women wipers at the roundhouse cleaning one of the giant " H class locomotives, Clinton, Iowa. Photograph shows Marcella Hart at left, Mrs. Elibia Siematter at right

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: A mating operation on a transport plane... Consolidated Aircraft Corp... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

A mating operation on a transport plane... Consolidated Aircraft Corp... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942
A mating operation on a transport plane just before it comes to the pre-assembly line at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Slag run-off from open hearth furnace, Republic Steel Corp. Youngstown, Ohio, 1941

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

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Enola O Connell, age 32, widow and mother of one child... Heil and Co. Milwaukee, Wisc. 1943

Enola O Connell, age 32, widow and mother of one child... Heil and Co. Milwaukee, Wisc. 1943. Creator: Howard Hollem
Enola O Connell, age 32, widow and mother of one child, ex-housewife, now only woman welder at Heil and Co. Milwaukee, Wisc

Background imageWorld War 2 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 imageWorld War 2 Collection: A hydraulic mechanic greasing the landing gear of a transport... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942

A hydraulic mechanic greasing the landing gear of a transport... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
A hydraulic mechanic greasing the landing gear of a transport, before the plane leaves the last station on the assembly line at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Fueling a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem

Fueling a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Fueling a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Photo probably shows man adding oil, rather than fuel, because of his location on the airplane

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Blast furnaces and iron ore at the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation mills, Etna, Pennsylvania

Blast furnaces and iron ore at the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation mills, Etna, Pennsylvania

Background imageWorld War 2 Collection: Rita Rodriguey, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem

Rita Rodriguey, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Rita Rodriguey

Background imageWorld War 2 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 imageWorld War 2 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 imageWorld War 2 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



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