Women in industry. Tool production. Inspecting thousands of drills each day, women employed by a large Midwest drill and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307800/image-people-technology-laptopFree Image from public domain licenseConversion. Automobiles to 40 mm. anti-aircraft guns. 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun barrels produced in a former automobile… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12306775/image-plant-person-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. 45-caliberautomatic pistols. Anthony Freda drills the barrels of .45-caliber automatic pistols in the plant of a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307206/image-plant-person-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseHalftrac scout cars. Under the skilled hands of trained workers, the engine for an Army halftrac scout car begins to take… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12306739/image-hands-person-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. Submarine chasers. The sturdy oak keel of a wooden subchaser is laid at an Eastern boatyard. The stern of the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12306975/image-person-airplane-woodenFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Cylinder barrels for Pratt and Whitney airplane engines are inspected and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12308157/image-plants-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. 45-caliber pistols. Norman Rand forges frames for .45- caliber automatic pistols in the plant of a large… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12301952/image-frames-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseNutrition in industry. Little time is lost by these war plant employees at meal times. No one needs to go over 250 feet to… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307619/image-plant-people-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. 45-caliberautomatic pistols. Anna Healey turns and drills butt millings on the ejector of .45-caliber automatic… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307131/image-plant-person-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. Copper. Fine copper ore travelling on a conveyor belt which discharges the ore into bins at one of the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12302878/image-person-technology-factoryFree Image from public domain licenseConversion. Copper and brass processing. This worker is at the controls of an extruding machine, a powerful piece of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12302008/image-person-technology-factoryFree Image from public domain licenseAluminum casting. This special gauge checks diameter of the piston skirt. Made of aluminum, this piston will be used in army… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12239742/photo-image-person-animal-womanFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. C-47 transport planes. Great numbers of C-47 transport planes move along the assembly lines at the Douglas… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307340/image-plant-person-planesFree Image from public domain licenseNutrition in industry. New stainless steel rolling cafeterias are hauled by tractor-train down one of the half-mile-long… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307390/image-plants-person-factoryFree Image from public domain licenseA halftrac scout car must show a clean bill of health before the manufacturer turns it over to the Army. Endless inspections… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12306578/image-person-technology-womanFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. Airplane propellers. John Sonesen, propeller blade grinder at a Hartford, Connecticut plant, inspects a blade… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12306479/image-plant-person-airplaneFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. B-17 heavy bomber. Tail sections of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers ready for assembly into the big warships of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12306465/image-plant-person-airplaneFree Image from public domain licenseDr. Carl C. Monrad, Consultant, Petroleum Unit, Industrial Materials, Petroleum, Chemical, and Allied Products Section… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12306770/image-face-paper-personFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. Zinc. A stream of molten zinc flows from a furnace at a large smelting operation. From the Eagle-Picher plant… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12308335/image-plant-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseOfficers with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, conduct non-intrusive inspections at the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8723817/photo-image-light-public-domain-flareFree Image from public domain licenseW.S. Tower, industry, member of the Steel Priority Committee. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12239724/photo-image-paper-person-bookFree Image from public domain licensePayne Cotton Mill. Girl with drooping eyes and hands on hips has been helping one year. Macon, Ga, January 1909.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8770029/photo-image-vintage-woman-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Single-row crankshaft assemblies for Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. The… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307926/image-plant-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseWomen in war. Summer canning workers. Why tin cans should be saved. To assure adequate civilian supply of canned produce in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12306979/image-plants-person-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. Tin smelting. "Bars" of pure tin are trimmed and cleaned before removal from the molds in which they were formed… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12302234/image-plant-person-factoryFree Image from public domain licenseManpower. Americans all. Like most of the young workers in a huge Midwest medium-tank plant, Herman Silldorf is an American… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307588/image-face-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseConversion. Copper and brass processing. Brass or copper, as it comes from the rolls, is usually in strips too long for… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12240164/photo-image-person-technology-factoryFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. Halftrac armoured cars. Attaching body parts to a halftrac scout car in the converted Eastern plant of a lock… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307331/image-plant-person-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseBantam, Connecticut. Sheet metal foreman at the Warren McArthur plant is John Scott, who formerly worked in Bridgeport at… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307076/image-plant-person-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. Magnesium. A veritable forest of transmission towers and transformers distribute electrical power to the various… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12302538/image-plant-sky-forestFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. Zinc. Maintenance work on a flotation machine at a large zinc concentrator. From the Eagle-Picher plant near… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12302820/image-plant-person-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseA track for an Army halftrac car nears completion as curing plates nuts are removed with an air pressure wrench on the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12239929/photo-image-plant-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseWomen in industry. Tool production. Two to a machine, these young employees of a Midwest drill and tool company are… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307566/image-person-woman-hospitalFree Image from public domain licenseWomen in industry. Tool production. Pioneers of the production line, these two young workers are among the first women ever… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307725/image-plant-people-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseFood in Britain. All factories in Britain engaged in munitions or other government work are directed to provide canteens if… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12303138/image-face-people-factoriesFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. Copper. Rubber lining for large capacity centrifugal pumps are necessary for the pumping of copper sludge and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12308699/image-person-art-factoryFree Image from public domain licenseShipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. In the foreground is the track of a two-direction overhead crane, while in the background may… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12302012/image-background-person-skyFree Image from public domain licenseWomen in industry. Aircraft motor workers. Scarlet fingernails give emphasis to the important work that feminine fingers are… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307762/image-face-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. Tin smelting. Pure tin in the form of "bars" is removed from the molds at a Southern smelter. The bars had… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307884/image-person-wood-womanFree Image from public domain licenseAluminum casting. The reaming of pin holes in pistons. These bright cylinders are destined for use in the army's jeeps.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307054/image-person-art-factoryFree Image from public domain licenseTraining. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. The ability to "saw" metal with flame is a skill which has… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12306985/image-person-art-manFree Image from public domain licenseFuel oil conservation. An experienced serviceman checks the efficiency of the family heating plant. This man measures the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307921/image-face-plant-handFree Image from public domain licenseAluminum paint production. Women work alongside of men in this Midwest aluminum factory now converted to production of war… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12239861/photo-image-person-woman-factoryFree Image from public domain licenseDeLand pool. Improvised foundry, Daytona Beach. Making a part for the new type of air raid siren he invented. Several years… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12239802/photo-image-face-hand-personFree Image from public domain licenseDr. Ernest W. Reid, Assistant Chief, Chemical and Allied Products. Formerly Senior Industrial Fellow, Mellon Institute.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12301963/image-face-paper-personFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. 105 millimeter shells. This red-hot billet is undergoing processing in a hydraulic press, where it will be… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12306427/image-person-factory-manFree Image from public domain licenseBaseball players in war production. George Stovall, retired manager of the Cleveland Indians, does his bit at the California… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12303127/image-face-person-baseballFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). An African American carpenter working on the framing of a motor torpedo boat at a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12301876/image-face-plant-handFree Image from public domain licenseWomen in industry. Tool production. Eyes averted from the white shower of sparks, this young employee of a drill and tool… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307591/image-plant-person-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. Halftrac armoured cars. Partly finished halftrac scout cars travel along a moving assembly line in a plant… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12303429/image-plant-person-factoryFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. Halftrac armoured cars. Partly finished halftrac scout cars travel along a moving assembly line in a plant… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307637/image-plant-person-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseBatteries for the halftrac scout cars being made at a large Midwest truck plant must have no defects. They won't have after… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12302268/image-plant-person-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseOfficers with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, conduct non-intrusive inspections at the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8723834/photo-image-public-domain-personFree Image from public domain licenseMeat cutter Marty Smith uses a band saw to cut T-bone steaks at Rustic Cuts in Council Bluffs, IA, on July 9, 2021. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8708685/photo-image-public-domain-person-manFree Image from public domain licenseShip launching in Portland, Maine. A second gate is opened, water floods the basin and another ship takes the water at a New… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307880/image-person-man-waterFree Image from public domain licenseWomen in war. Supercharger plant workers. Kay Lamphear, half American Indian and half Scotch-Norwegian, has joined the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307237/image-face-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseDr. William Y. Elliott, consultant, Industrial Division of Office of Production Management (OPM). Sourced from the Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12239675/photo-image-paper-person-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseConversion. Safety razor plant. Closeup of grinder converted from production of safety razors to tool-posts. Only conversion… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12306843/image-plant-technology-factoryFree Image from public domain licenseConversion. Copper and brass processing. Coils of brass and copper metal are loaded into a freight car and shipped to… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307078/image-person-airplane-factoryFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. 45-caliber pistols. John Ignacek pierces trigger hole guards on .45-caliber automatic pistols in the plant of a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307007/image-plant-person-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseGeorge III sterling silver coffee pot, National Museum of African American History and Culture https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8849871/george-iii-sterling-silver-coffee-potFree Image from public domain licenseWomen in industry. Tool production. Two of nearly 1,000 women who "keep 'em rolling" in a large Midwest drill and tool… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12301917/image-plant-person-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseConversion. Safety razor plant. From razor blades to V-blocks in few weeks! That's the story of Estelle Wilson, one of a New… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307081/image-plant-person-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseSynthetic rubber (Ameripol). Carefully selected soap is used in the making of solutions used during the manufacture of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307090/image-plant-person-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseConversion. Copper and brass processing. When "slabs" (brass or copper castings in the form of long flat cakes) are cast… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12306820/image-person-factory-blackFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Building construction goes on at a Southern boat building yard now producing large… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12301882/image-people-sky-factoryFree Image from public domain licenseConversion. Copper and brass processing. As extruded rod comes from the extrusion machine, it is too hot to handle. It is… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12306876/image-person-factory-manFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. Copper. Removing slabs of blister copper from molds in which they were cast at the Garfield, Utah smelter of the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12308853/image-person-factory-manFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. Airplane propellers. Frank Geary uses an electro-limit gauge at a Hartford, Connecticut, plant to make final… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12306713/image-plant-person-planesFree Image from public domain licenseDante Electric Company, Bantam, Connecticut. Mrs. Dante punching holes in electrical terminals with a power press. Workers… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307080/image-face-hand-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe serial numbers of each track for Army halftrac vehicles crated for shipment from a Midwest tire plant are given a final… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12240185/photo-image-plant-person-factoryFree Image from public domain licenseDe Land pool. La Roe shop. Two grandmothers who are keeping up the production schedule of the La Roe's family shop at… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307051/image-hand-person-factoryFree Image from public domain licenseConversion. Copper and brass processing. This is the inlet end of a conveyor furnace. The rolls of strip brass and copper… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12306878/image-plants-person-airplaneFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. B-17F heavy bomber. Parts for new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers are formed in a huge hydraulic press at the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12306471/image-plant-person-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseWomen in industry. Tool production. Pioneers of the production line, these two young workers are among the first women ever… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307748/image-plant-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseWomen in war. Machine gun production operators. Operating a multiple drill press with speed and accuracy, this young woman… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307788/image-plant-person-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. A cover case for a Pratt and Whitney airplane engine is milled on a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307958/image-plant-person-grassFree Image from public domain licenseDr. Ernest W. Reid, Assistant Chief, Chemical and Allied Products. Formerly Senior Industrial Fellow, Mellon Institute.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12301961/image-person-book-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseWomen in industry. Tool production. Women at work for victory. These young employees of a Midwest drill and tool plant are… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307569/image-plant-person-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. B-17 heavy bomber. A crew of fast, expert workers at the Boeing plant in Seattle rivet a fuselage section for a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12306493/image-plant-person-spaceFree Image from public domain licenseOfficers with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, conduct non-intrusive inspections at the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8723862/photo-image-public-domain-personFree Image from public domain licenseShipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. These are rolled plates for the shaft tunnel of one of Uncle Sam's new "Liberty Ships," under… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307062/image-plant-person-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. A power section for a Pratt and Whitney airplane engine is installed at a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12308161/image-plant-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseCope made for Antonio Barberini (1607-1671), Grand Prior of Rome in the Order of Saint John and the Knights of Malta https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12837155/photo-image-art-pattern-crossFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. More power for our fighting airmen. A single-row Pratt and Whitney airplane… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12302164/image-plant-person-planeFree Image from public domain licenseNew oversize trailer for war workers. Here's an answer to the problem of transporting defense workers to outlying industrial… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12302229/image-plant-persons-skyFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Single-row master rod assemblies for Pratt and Whitney airplane engines… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12308167/image-face-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. B-17F heavy bomber. An electric spot welding job on a part for a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers at the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307602/image-plant-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. B-17F heavy bomber. An electric spot welding job on a part for a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers at the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12307386/image-face-plant-handFree Image from public domain licenseThe bogy assembly of an Army halftrac scout car plays an important part in a very capable vehicle. It requires skilled… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12306736/image-plant-person-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. Copper. Plant and smokestack of a large copper smelter of the Phelps-Dodge Mining Company at Morenci, Arizona.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12304088/image-cloud-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. 105 mm. howitzers. Kyrtle Kaczor, whose husband is also a war worker, works as a jeep driver in the Milwaukee… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12308901/image-plant-person-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseTank manufacture (Chrysler). Every one of the 10,000 workers at the huge Chrysler tank arsenal in Detroit must know his job… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12308229/image-person-factory-manFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Final "Valiant" basic trainer assembly line at Vultee's Downey, California… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12240700/photo-image-plant-person-airplaneFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. Aircraft engines. Two of the nation's millions of war workers attach cylinder barrels to one of the "green"… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12302637/image-plant-person-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseWomen in war. Supercharger plant workers. Plant foremen point to 20-year-old Annie Tabor as one of their best lathe… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12239872/photo-image-plant-person-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseProduction. Willow Run bomber plant. Thousands of miles of tubing, stacked in one of Willow Run's enormous supply rooms… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12306832/image-plant-person-planeFree Image from public domain licenseA pair of tracks for an Army halftrac car comes from the hydraulic curing press of a Midwest tire plant in nearly complete… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12306740/image-plant-person-technologyFree Image from public domain license