Women at work on C-47 Douglas cargo transport, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC)
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When: 01 January 1939
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Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.
Women at work on C-47 Douglas cargo transport, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.
1942 Oct.
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
Douglas Aircraft Company
Women--Employment
World War, 1939-1945
Transport planes
Airplane equipment
Assembly-line methods
United States--California--Long Beach
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-39 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35359
Call Number: LC-USW36-133
Source: Flickr Commons
Views: 122762
Women at work on C-47 Douglas cargo transport, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.
1942 Oct.
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
Douglas Aircraft Company
Women--Employment
World War, 1939-1945
Transport planes
Airplane equipment
Assembly-line methods
United States--California--Long Beach
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-39 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35359
Call Number: LC-USW36-133
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Owner: The Library of CongressSource: Flickr Commons
Views: 122762
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abbyladybug
This is incredible. The quality is so good that it's hard to believe it's such an old image. -- Seen in a discussion of Raleigh Social Group. (?)
aperitive
Its all in the scanning, I believe.
Fuck Yahoo!
This is awesome. My grandmother worked at Douglas during the war effort, doing wiring on aircraft. I'll have to show her these.
Zeb Andrews
Yeah it is easy to forget just how good film was/is. Amazing that something 65 years old can still deliver such a superb image.
dusqweeze
how about that safety wiring?
eyelightfilms
The quality comes partially from the scanning, but the picture quality is mostly due to this being a 4x5 transparency, and few digital cameras of today can match that.
kain19830712
Nice shot and quality. Like a oil paint. It shows significant historical information.
Ricardo Barbieri
Fantastic!!! Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Man @ work , and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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ric2801: We received your request to have a Library of Congress photo added to your group Man @ work. Please click on the "Invite this photo to..." link below the comment box and we'll accept it.
powerflea
muy interesante la calidad !! saludos
gabriele83
Awesome shot!
leyvso
These pictures are sooo cool! I hope all the ladies had a good life.
Ricardo Barbieri
please consider share this amazing pic in [email protected] group. thank you Oi! Sou administrador de um grupo chamado Man @ work e nós adoraríamos ter isto adicionado ao grupo!
Stevecollection2008
Just spotted this in the 'commons'. Brilliant picture, when I first saw the 'thumb nail' I thought it was some modern pic showing retro fashion - obviously not. I like your other slides too. My dads taken a lot of slides (Agfa CT18?) on medium format since the 50's - what scanner do you recommend?
Sandra Rajkov
Stunning shot my friend, congratulations!!
The Library of Congress
Stevecollection2008: Regarding scanners, we offer some information on how we digitized the images at: lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/fsacdig.html and also in some of the technical information we provide in an FAQ document for the Flickr project: www.loc.gov/rr/print/flickr_pilot_faq.html#howdigitize You may also be interested in a tip sheet (PDF document) we provide on our site, "What to Look for in a Scanner" - www.loc.gov/rr/print/tp/LookForAScanner.pdf
Stevecollection2008
Thanks for the useful info. Funny I worked in Local Government (Research) though UK, for 34 years till one reorganisation too many led me to early retirement this April.
Photos by Chris Henry
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called IRON WORKS PHOTOGRAPHY, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
photonut-mi
nothing like the good old days , before safety shoes were mandatory.
Rich Snyder--Jetarazzi Photography
The DC-3/C-47 was so well-designed and built that many are still flying today! Just a note, Douglas is the make (like Ford); C-47 is the designator and "Sky Train" is the nickname the mfr. gave it. Pilots called it the "Gooney Bird" and the Brits called it "Dakota".
Stevecollection2008
We have a Dakota at RAF Cosford: http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/3229659194/
hannahblaikie
wow great composition!
excellent elbow
This wonderful photo would be just perfect for the Women at Work group: www.flickr.com/groups/women-at-work/. Please consider adding it!
Purple Red
Interesting composition, well done!
Yellow_Wood
A few years ago, I actually met a lady who worked in an aircraft manufacturing plant in the war. She was the checkout clerk at a big box store and was wearing a lapel pin of the plane that she helped build. I recognized the pin and asked, "were you Rosie the Riveter"? She smiled and, surprised that I had identified the plane correctly, said that she had helped build them. I got to thank her and tell her that it's not every day that you run into an American hero. It was a good day.
Ja-kam-Po
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shaky shake
excellent!
reyfocus
leonardo italiano
it gose to show you the quality of using film camera. they could have used a large negetive size.
eyelightfilms
Yes, it's 4x5
reyfocus
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Art' Flying Machines, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
mrkhudgharz
This is incredible. The quality is so good that it's hard to believe it's such an old image
paolo.
nice!
Colin Howell
I'm sorry to report that this photo has been mislabeled, probably all the way back to its original publication. The women cannot be working on a Douglas C-47, because the type of engine shown was never used on the C-47. (Also its placement is wrong for a C-47 engine: it is mounted underneath the wing, while C-47s had their engines roughly centered in the wing.) Most likely they're working on a Douglas A-20 twin-engined bomber, which does match the engine and propeller type in the photo. Looking at the full resolution version available at the Library of Congress, the engine's data plate is readable enough to show that it is a R-2600 Cyclone 14 built by Wright Aeronautical. That is a bigger, more powerful engine than the Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp which the C-47 used. The propeller blade specification can be read as an 6353A-21, also a type not used with the C-47. (The C-47 did use the 6353A-18, but that's a longer blade.) Both the engine and blade types match the A-20, which as far as I can tell was the only aircraft to use that blade type—hence I conclude this is an A-20.
Colin Howell
See also this photo, taken at almost the same moment: https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179920874/