Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.
American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Douglas Aircraft Company, give important help in producing dependable planes for their men at the front, Long Beach, Calif. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo
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
Airplane industry
Women--Employment
World War, 1939-1945
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
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Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35331
Call Number: LC-USW36-95
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The Library of Congress
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descriptive bottle
what a great photograph!
Joe Crawford (artlung)
great photo.
robertdenton
Back when America still manufactured things!
archnemesis_goldenhair
Looks like a UFO with women at the helm to me.
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!
Vintage_Jewel
I love how most (if not all) of the women in these photographs are married. Times have changed.
Jonboy270
Your looking at the quintessential “Rosie The Riveter”. God bless the American female, they put them in the air during the war.