machinist

13 photos tagged machinist, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.

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2010

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23_00005817 SDASM Image from SDASM Archives uploaded March 2021
Haynes Repair Shop, Wenatchee Avenue, Wenatchee, Washington (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded February 2019
Woman operating boring machine; boring wooden reels for winding barbed wire from Museum of Photographic Arts uploaded May 2011
Lockheed : P-3 : Orion from SDASM Archives uploaded April 2010
Woman machinist, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
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 uploaded January 2008
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 uploaded January 2008
An employee in the drill-press section of North American's huge machine shop runs mounting holes in a large dural casting, Inglewood, Calif. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, a from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
A lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
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 uploaded January 2008
Beulah Faith, 20, used to be sales clerk in department store, reaming tools for transport on lathe machine, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008

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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.

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!

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.