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16 photos and 5 illustrations tagged lathe, from 5 members of Flickr Commons.

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Women become skilled shop technicians after careful training in the school at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant, Long Beach, Calif. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 (

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  • Descriptive Bottle said:
    these woman are awesome! They were fighting the war too...
  • Travis Warren said:
    incredible exposure. looks like a painting. amazing!
  • Jennifer Whitehead said:
    It really does look like a painting - some Dutch master but instead of working in a market she's building an aeroplane.
  • Paul said:
    I just love this picture and the description was as good. Really enjoyed seeing this. Thanks!
  • RIPizzo said:
    Wonderful.

War production workers at the Vilter [Manufacturing] Company making M5 and M7 guns for the U.S. Army, Milwaukee, Wis. Ex-stage orchestra musician, checking an M7 gun with gage, after turning out on a gun lathe. Her two brothers and husband are in the serv

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A lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas (LOC)

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  • Amelia E said:
    I love this one, it looks a lot less staged than a lot of the "women workers" photos.
  • Kest Schwartzman said:
    yes, I'm envisioning this scene- supervisor-"ok, girls, tomorrow the photographer's going to be coming by, so everybody look pretty, ok?" crowd murmering "oh, we might make the paper!" "maybe the girls at home will see it" "how exciting" And here's sally in her yellow cap "humph, he probably won't come, and even if he does, he won't really publich any of the pictures..."
  • vmikhailovich said:
    I live in another poor country , I am old lathe operator from Russia , I am accidentally got find this beautiful site , with the photos of the Workers of the past … simple Workers … but so much respect from the US people of our day for them … Great memory for the past – and –Great country now ! Long Live America ! PS - during 10 years I cannot to find lathe operator in internet – simply to talk with him or her about the way of working day at your factory, mill, etc. May be now and here I’ll find the friend ? my e-male –moroz49@list.ru
  • Warco said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Lathes, and we'd love to have this added to the group!