skilledlabor
4 photos tagged skilledlabor, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.
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- florida
- employees
- unidentified
- africanamericanmen
- leoncounty
- statelibraryandarchivesofflorida
- wwii
- worldwarii
- ww2
- libraryofcongress
- 1942
- worldwar2
- xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11
- alfredtpalmer
- alfredpalmer
- torches
- welding
- 1950s
- welders
- junkyards
- salvaging
- woodvillehighway
- harrisonautoyard
- autosalvaging
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Unidentified Harrison Auto Yard employee in Leon County, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded February 2014
Unidentified tailor in Tallahassee, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded February 2014
Working with the electric wiring at Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Colored mechanic, motor maintenance section, Ft. Knox, Ky. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
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Unidentified Harrison Auto Yard employee in Leon County, Florida
from Florida Memory
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Florida Memory said:
Accompanying note: "A workman applies the cutting torch to the frame of a wrecked car at the Harrison Auto Yard - the final step in the distribution and salvaging of any usuable or valuable parts on the damaged vehicles."
Colored mechanic, motor maintenance section, Ft. Knox, Ky. (LOC)
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porkfork6 said:
The title should be updated to remove the word "colored."
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pojoel said:
Of course you shouldn't tamper with the old picture descriptions! This is a document of that era! The world has rapidly deteriorated since "Politically Correctness" showed its ugly face!
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Rob van Kan said:
In the segregated US Army of 1942, this man was labeled 'colored'. To sugest removing that, is to suggest falsifying the history of blacks in the US.
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napalmjerry1391 said:
you got served, foo.
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snorkie128 said:
Colored...................with LIGHT!!!!
Working with the electric wiring at Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC)
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Flyer31 said:
A wiring harness test bench designed for a very specific part of a harness. Nicely staged, but the test appartus is not turned on.
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Antonio Martín said:
Preciosa captura y una linda toma Saludos cordiales
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panti77 said:
wonderful classic shot!!!!
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Mary said:
Hi Stewf: We received your request to have a Library of Congress photo added to your group: Control Panel. Please click on the "Invite this photo to..." link below the comment box and we'll accept it.
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Stephen Coles said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Control Panel, and we'd love to have this added to the group!