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

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• wartime
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• The Library of Congress 8 photos & illustrations
• SDASM Archives 6 photos & illustrations
• British Library 5 photos & illustrations
• North East Museums 1 photo / illustration
• Powerhouse Museum 1 photo / illustration

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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 (

from The Library of Congress

• 2 older comments, and then…
• 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

from The Library of Congress

• Warco said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Lathes, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

• José Manuel Calvo said:

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• Handy Meal said:

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

from The Library of Congress

• 4 older comments, and then…
• brenda_bopz said:

  Jeez-oh-Pete, the arms on that gal!

• TobiasJPS said:

  This image is amazing in it's softness of light, femininity and depth juxtaposed against the hard work and grittiness of the subject.

• Lú_ said:

  This image has been used in the indicommons.org post First of The Commons, on the first anniversary of the Library of Congress and Flickr's pilot launch.
  
  

• phoppernowlin said:

  Classic '40's image.

• Christian Lüts said:

  No doubt a brilliant photo but I’m inclined to think that it was staged. The headstock of the capstan lathe is fitted with a face plate, normally used for securing odd shapes or castings where a collet or chuck would not be appropriate. There is no jig or clamps attached to it and the capstan itself does not seem to have any tool blocks fitted to it. I’d hazard a guess that the picture was taken while the machine was being set up.