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

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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!

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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Woman machinist, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC)

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  • diane m. dobson said:
    almost looks like a set up for a poster. expert lighting.
  • Ernest Adams said:
    It's posed. The shirt is crisp from the laundry (and is too good to be wearing while working on machine tools), while her hands are unnaturally clean. Still, a nice picture.
  • Rob Scumaci said:
    This guy knew how to light - excellent.
  • zesty watch said:
    husbands at war, wifes working. A period I did not know (born in 1950), but having heard so much of this. Your library is very moving, for all what it shows, and the very historical memories.
  • K Cjuliofelix said:
    Excelente fotografía de claroscuro.Tanto la mujer como la máquina están muy bien modeladas por la luz.La posición central del motivo sugiere el carácter estático de la escena.