photographs
Found in 10517 Collections and/or Records:
Woman working in airplane manufacture, 1942 Oct
8x10 black and white photo. Caption reads: "Women work side by side with men in the engineering department of North American Aviation, Inc. at Inglewood, Calif. The young woman pictured above traces complicated drawings of the thousands of parts that go into a modern fighting plane. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe."
Women at War, circa 1942
8x10 black and white photo. Caption reads: "She gives half her day to Uncle Sam and the other half to her home and family. Firing the furnace looks like a man-sized job, but Mrs. Snuda (?) has reduced it to a system. Note that short handled shovel to make
Women at War, circa 1942
8x10 black and white photo. Caption reads: "Mrs. Eva Smuda, 1942-style American mother, is up and out every morning before 6:45 am, ready to check in at the Frankford, PA. Arsenal. From 7am to 3pm, Mrs. Smuda tapers cartridge cases for 50-caliber machine
Women at War, circa 1942
8x10 black and white photo. Caption reads: "Tastes good! After tapering 50 mm cartridge shells for America's machine gun battalions, you'd think Mrs. Smuda (?) would be ready for bed. But she's still full of pep, and ready to fix dinner for the daughter
Work along East side of Island, circa 1920
5x7 black and white photo of development of Torpedo storage, contract 3767, work along the east side of island
Work group - Shop, circa 1938
5x8 black and white photo of shop workers, MT-27, at the Naval Torpedo station
Worker working in receiving, circa 1943
8x10 black and white photo showing female worker working in receiving at the Naval Torpedo station
Workers Building a Bridge, circa 1919
5x7 black and white photo showing workers constructing a bridge. Information from the bottom of the photo is missing.