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1939

1942

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[Consolidated PBY-3 Catalina at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Bethlehem Steel Corporation] from SMU Libraries Digital Collections uploaded January 2014
[Consolidated PBY-3 Catalina and Control Tower at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Bethlehem Steel Corporation] from SMU Libraries Digital Collections uploaded January 2014
Working on the wing center section at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas (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
Consolidated transport planes being loaded, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Installing oxygen flask racks above the flight deck of a C-87 transport at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Lowering an engine in place in assembling a C-87 transport plane at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
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 (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Installing an engine at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Fitting the tail of a transport plane to the wing center section in the fuselage mating fixture at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Lowering an engine in place in assembling a transport plane in a Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Installing structural parts of a C-87 transport plane in the tunnel of a tail fuselage section at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Getting a nose door ready to put on a C-87 transport plane at the end of the assembly line at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Riveter at work on Consolidated bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Frances Eggleston, aged 23, came from Oklahoma, used to do office work. Removing paper from pilot's window(?), Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008

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Putting the nose section of a mighty transport plane in place in the fuselage mating fixture at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

F. Javier Llorente, alias 'Wayfarer' said:
Plane is a Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express. See Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-87_Liberator_Express -- Wayfarer

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 (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

7 older comments, and then…
Sharp Week said:
Words can not express how proud I am to be an American. Particular an American woman.
Horse N. Buggy said:
How did they get these images to be SO gorgeous? What have we lost in our modern equipment?
James Ryan Hamilton said:
RE: horsenbuggy: discretion
Jkadavoor (Jee) said:
Impressive. Hi, I'm an admin for a group called People love their Work, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
John Maney said:
caption should read" she is working on transport parts " on a hand operated milling machine"

Workers on the Liberator Bombers, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., [Fort Worth, Texas] (LOC)

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trialsanderrors said:
Large-scale cleaned-up version: