nascorpuschristi

Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a former office worker, does with precision and patriotic zeal. Mrs. McElroy is a civil service employee at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Her husband is a f

from The Library of Congress

• 18 older comments, and then…
• Tracy Bellar said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called On the Job, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

• Patrick said:

  Terrific shot, love the colors and window reflections on the wing...wonder how many of those she painted?

• MATT ODOM CREATIVE said:

  I love this photo so much, I used it in a photo project:
  
  

• kevbeaux said:

  This hangar later became a "boat barn" for Officers stationed at NAS Corpus Christi

• technogeo said:

  She can't be painting the insignia free-hand. Either the photo is staged, or she's just touching up the edges. Her arms are resting on the painted surface, so it must be dry. Bad form, resting a paint can on a fabric-covered wing.