welder

26 photos tagged welder, from 6 members of Flickr Commons.

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Welder making boilers for a ship, Combustion Engineering Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Theodor Sid said:
    Hi! I'm admin of a new group called Great Stock Shots We find your photo greatly suitable to our subject and would love to have it added to the group.
  • Mary said:
    Theodordh: We received your request to have a Library of Congress photo added to your group: Great Stock Shots. Please click on the "Invite this photo to..." link below the comment box and we'll accept it.
  • martin said:
    i saw this pic on adultswim
  • Seppo said:
    That's almost socialistic realism from the Soviet...
  • zubichenry said:
    Nice job

Enola O'Connell, age 32, widow and mother of one child. Ex-housewife, now [she is the] only woman welder at Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin (LOC)

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  • fixedgear said:
    Wow. A widow at 32, a mother and she's the only woman welder at Heil.
  • Marshall Astor - Food Fetishist said:
    According to Wikipedia there was a "Wendy the Welder" descriptor/archetype, but like Wikipedia tends to do, there's no supporting information.
  • notrglater said:
    I met Wendy when she was volunteering on board the SS Jeremiah O'Brien back in the 80s she signed a postcard version of he poster for my niece. There were more welders than riveters in WWII.

Welder at the C & NW RR locomotive shops, 40th Street shops, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • iris.schimandle said:
    Proviso and 40th St. were two different yards. This is Proviso, this is 40th St. The locomotive shop is now in use by Union Pacific and referred to as M19-A.
  • iris.schimandle said:
    See here for a 1983 photo of the shop and explanation of its location.
  • The Library of Congress said:
    iris.schimandle: Thanks for the correction! We've updated all 19 affected records in our own catalog ( http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html), and the information will be updated in Flickr soon, too.
  • Lamerie said:
    this is a great photo
  • Antonio Martín said:
    Impresionante retrato por la fuerza del personaje ... PRECIOSA Saludos cordiales