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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.

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  • 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.

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.

In North American's modern machine shop, another aircraft part is finished on a huge turret lathe, N[orth] A[merican] Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif. (LOC)

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!