Women at work on bomber, 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 bomber, 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
Airplane industry
Women--Employment
World War, 1939-1945
Assembly-line methods
Bombers
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.1a35341
Call Number: LC-USW36-109
Source: Flickr Commons
Views: 237211
Women at work on bomber, 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
Airplane industry
Women--Employment
World War, 1939-1945
Assembly-line methods
Bombers
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.1a35341
Call Number: LC-USW36-109
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Owner: The Library of CongressSource: Flickr Commons
Views: 237211
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dklimke
Fascinating snapshots from history
Flyer31
Interesting. The clothing is actual work clothes for this shot - except the shoes.
tracy_photo
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called On the Job, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
elfin rice
Is there such a thing as a War Worker Woman fetish? Well there is now, and I've got it...
pepsiline
I just love the way they are dressed.
In Memoriam: budderflyman
I have slides from thirty years ago that are not this sharp and also the colors have shifted and faded. I am really impressed with how great these slides are.
artland
showw, bela produção, parabéns. *******************************************
Serena McClain
The composition on this photo is amazing. It looks like it could be from a photoshoot taken this year.
Digital_Third_Eye
Rosie the Riveter!
larry&flo
This could be my mother, we lived just a few miles from this plant.
marcellucray
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called worldlightning, and we'd love to have this added to the group! ..great sphere........
lintei341104
Great shot !!! Beautiful
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nicely captured I am admin of this group called Concordians. We would love it for you to share your pictorial moments with us.
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HarlanJL
Thanks for sharing this wonderful historic photo.
jumbled arithmetic
Great photo.
terrific lake
Couldn't see a person's face on left hand side.
jumpy thumb
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called US Military, and we'd love to have this added to the group! God bless USA.
hypnotic trip
bonita foto :)
pol_ka
Great quality, perfect shot.
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wonderfullllllllllllll !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
emangrg2009
awesome photos
Azam Sa'ad
well..strobist has really come a long way...sure this is from 1940's ? looks too good. :D
timpweb
excellent shot.
Purple_Girl91
que buena foto, se ve muy bien, buena toma ;)
kibishipug
Unsoiled shirts, clean jeans, shiny shoes with spotless soles, not a speck of oil, grease or dirt in sight. History records that many women worked during the second world war, quite possibly not these though. However, I do like the photos.
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greenthumb_38
well said OneHour. Many a photog has tried to recreate the night shots of O. Winston Link with "modern technology", only to fall short of his level of artistry. thanks for sharing. ~ jeff
hyakoukoune
sensass !!!
Alesfra
Really great moment and photo !!!
ARAXJ
danger: women could be letal! :)
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deadpan cook
great shot !!
Daniela Martínez
great :D
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very nice!
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melorialabouk
awsome :)
crossdouble
this must be fake not even the best cameras back then could have produced as sharp and exact curves and colours like a digital cam with 10 MP can - this one is a new one and there is no doubt about it. and since I am a technician and really do know about all this stuff better shut up and just admit that either the government has faked you or you are the faker here. Ok there is one exception if this was a Hasselblad Camera...but since you have not written which camera it was I take it's a standard cam - and those make my statement above legal and valid.
ntmilan
I like this color tone!
Trichostema
This is not from a 35mm slide but from a large format camera using sheet film. Perhaps the image printed here was from a photo of a print made from it on museum grade paper. By the way, most women employed in factories were welders and not riveters because welding is a lot easier to learn quickly. Riveters were mostly people who were already riveters before the war; i.e, men.
masoud khamis
great shot >>
M. Johnston
Crossdouble: Ever heard of a 4x5 or an 8x10 large format camera? The negative those produce is cleaner and sharper than any digital image any camera will ever be able to make, ever. Next time know what your talking about so you don't look like an idiot.
crossdouble
well the problem is, 1st: that the idiot is you and not me and 2nd that I do not go down such a level and believe what some (back then) state influenced and highly controversial archive says. Even more I am not so dumb and take photos home scan em and upload em. Seems like this....."museum" has found the right brainsize for their pocket size: XXS
M. Johnston
You make no since whatsoever, and if you are referring to the scanned images of my 35mm prints, then you truly are an idiot.
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Ivan Safyan Abrams
It's clearly an image from a 4X5 camera--see the index marks at the top right, which are there so that darkroom techs can determine the film type by touch. I'm not certain, but I believe that this is a Kodachrome transparency. The lenses of the day were certainly capable of this sort of sharpness, and the lighting was most likely done with floods; strobes hadn't been invented and flash bulbs wouldn't have been an ideal solution. This photo was more than likely staged, as part of a "photo shoot" intended to generate photographs to encourage public support for the war effort. But it was probably taken on-site, at the Douglas plant in Long beach, California.
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Michelle Stevens
good shot
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fascinating, i really like it
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nice! like it
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pinemikey
Interesting. Long before Hard Hats, Steel toe boots and safety eyeware.
daniel kuhne
absolutely stunning image-quality. Another proof that LIGHT is / was essential for excellent pics ... even a bunch of years ago ;o) greets, Daniel
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gourai
excellent image
eyebex
they don't make them like they used to
yusuf_alioglu
Nice...
hypnotic trip
nice shot :)
Toan Huynh
good job!
tulips & turpentine
woah. amazing.
+ arturo monreal
me hubiera gustado ue estuvieran sucias las chicas. more dirty
POWER HORES
good good
rm996s
Awesome Shot!!! You have some great pictures in your photostream!
NIIM
so cool!
ohairas
Phenomenal. Yes people, it's *really* old, I can tell. For one I collect vintage clothing, and many times Hollywood can't even get the look right. I have an 11x13 color shot of Vivien Leigh in '39. The detail and clarity is simply amazing... Of course I know it's her, and it can no way be a digital. While these may have been posed photos, many of the women were extremely clean and proper, hair always done in those days. They were thrown into the workfield but still would never think of going out with wrinkled clothes, etc. Plus, I can see dirt on their fingers. Excellent, excellent shots!!
andrew nicholas
wow - very nice lighting for 1942
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Qiao.Wei
Great shot!
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larry&flo
According to the news this morning, the old Douglas Aircraft facility is being converted to a movie production studio.
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Awesome capture my friend
Naresh Anand
nice shot.
Muhammad Ramzan
Very Beautiful photos.
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Beautiful. Hi, I'm an admin for a group called People love their Work, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Mr.Sh1n
Excellent work! Well done. Highly regard from Vietnam!
TJDax
This is an excellent image. It would be even better without the vulgar tag. IMHO.
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bbabyshambles
Excellent image! I like it. :)
Dim Van Tim
Super! Excellent image! ---
dw ork
sat sri akal Thanks for sharing. O: what a beautiful woman
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Isabelyx
excelente produção!!
mgw_wgw
Nice to see women at work .. have the feminists made as much progress as they would like? How many women doing similar types of jobs nowadays? --
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amazing
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50's style.. .....great..!!!!
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hyacinth50
this photo makes women at work look romantic! In reality today...I wonder how many women have jobs that feel romantic???
aphotoshooter
awesome...
arturo monreal
prefiero pensar q se preparan para la segunda guerra mundial... Allo!
Rebekah Compton
Captured the history of our country in such a wonderful & fascinating way. I am impressed with the quality and color of the slide. Excellent photo!
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wow nice pic
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wow
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fantastic week
respected woman power is superb
fantastic week
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Jeff_B.
Fantastic! Rosie the Riveter would be proud!
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I just did a photography workshop at Northern Illinois University and it was based on the FSA. Ours was called "IF FSA...Today" It was done by high school students and based in DeKalb, Illinois.
MOHD BIN KHALIFA
Really Wonderful work .... Well done
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cool :)
aelmar
i love the smile of vintage woman .... remind me of my late grandma . wonderful !
Miss Ackles
Bellissima!
la cegna
factory and working girls and music www.youtube.com/watch?v=neiHn6zkrWI&tracker=False
Emanuele Arosio
Good shot. It's very beautiful
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Jonboy270
Your looking at the quintessential “Rosie The Riveter”. God bless the American female, they put them in the air during the war.
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✨🌟★❤✯♥♡✨ Very beautiful ✨♡♥✯❤★🌟✨
le cabri
Great one