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Women at work on bomber, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
An employee in the drill-press section of North American's huge machine shop runs mounting holes in a large dural casting, Inglewood, Calif. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, a from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Welders making boilers for a ship, Combustion Engineering Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
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, is doing her part for victory along with her brother who is a flying instru from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
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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 (LOC)
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Oyida Peaks riveting as part of her NYA training to become a mechanic at the Naval Air Base, in the Assembly and Repair Department, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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Gerry Asher said:
Aircraft is a Curtiss SNC-1. Is it possible the title is a misprint? Could the first name be "Ovida" rather than "Oyida"? Never heard of the latter - but maybe I don't get around much ;-)
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Spidra Webster said:
Love those pants! Anyone know what that style is called? Vintage pattern citations welcome...
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Projer said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Mechanical Age, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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Jumpy Thumb said:
Hi, The Library of Congress Nice foto! God bless America.
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Jumpy Thumb said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called US Military, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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US won the Second World War.
Women at work on bomber, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC)
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Dan Klimke said:
Fascinating snapshots from history
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Flyer31 said:
Interesting. The clothing is actual work clothes for this shot - except the shoes.
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Tracy Bellar said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called On the Job, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
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Elfin Rice said:
Is there such a thing as a War Worker Woman fetish? Well there is now, and I've got it...
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Céline Harrand said:
I just love the way they are dressed.