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Riveter at work at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant in Long Beach, Calif. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
An A-20 bomber being riveted by a woman worker at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant at Long Beach, Calif. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Women at work on bomber, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
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) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Operating a hand drill at North American Aviation, Inc., [a] woman is working in the control surface department assembling a section of the leading edge for the horizontal stabilizer of a plane, Inglewood, Calif. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Drilling on a Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
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) 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)

from The Library of Congress

emddudley said:
Should she really be holding the chuck? Or does the drill not have a chuck?
Cajun Metal said:
not if it's rotating, I'm sure. She's probably just aligning the bit with the surface
Eight Food said:
All of the photos of the women are so staged. Looking pretty rather than actually working. Regulations must've dictated their hair was up and out of the way of the machinery and you wouldn't waste expensive red lipstick just to go to work or be wearing blusher. So patronising and of course unfair, as they were paid half of what the male workers were paid.

Women at work on bomber, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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Dan Klimke said:
Fascinating snapshots from history
Flyer31 said:
Interesting. The clothing is actual work clothes for this shot - except the shoes.
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.
Elfin Rice said:
Is there such a thing as a War Worker Woman fetish? Well there is now, and I've got it...
Céline Harrand said:
I just love the way they are dressed.

An A-20 bomber being riveted by a woman worker at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant at Long Beach, Calif. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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Flyer31 said:
The lady is DRILLING not riviting. This looks like the decking for something other than the A-20.
greens n cornbread said:
looks like she's in the wing behind the engine mount (nacelle)
bad_idea_dinosaur said:
I believe the process of riveting requires one drill a hole first.
Kary Nieuwenhuis said:
Whats more important? Drilling? Riveting? or brown shoes, blue socks and a maroon pants.
james gallagher said:
definitely the hair net, but I was really pulling for the shoes. gives a very clear sense of scope and scale of the operation, ....those drills were not like tools we have today. I am struck.