Arkivism
Antiaircraft gun carriage. This master machinist lays out the precision parts that go to make up a thirty-seven millimeter anti-aircraft gun carriage. Swift flying planes present a difficult target, the anti-aircraft gun must be a precision instrument. War program production scene in one of Pennsyl
Public domain

Antiaircraft gun carriage. This master machinist lays out the precision parts that go to make up a thirty-seven millimeter anti-aircraft gun carriage. Swift flying planes present a difficult target, the anti-aircraft gun must be a precision instrument. War program production scene in one of Pennsyl

Palmer, Alfred T., United States. Office For Emergency Management · 1941-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

From the collection of Library of Congress. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

Subjects
safety film negativeslawrence countyunited statespennsylvaniaellwood city
Credit lineAntiaircraft gun carriage. This master machinist lays out the precision parts that go to make up a thirty-seven millimeter anti-aircraft gun carriage. Swift flying planes present a difficult target, . 1941-01-01. Palmer, Alfred T., United States. Office For Emergency Management. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
Open in Explore View at source

Similar works

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. The sugar shortage brought this worker back to the lathe. Employed now by a small Eastern manufacturing firm which used to make floor waxers but is now completely converted to war production, this worker had only a trade school course in mechanics taken fifteen years aConversion. Floor waxer plant. The sugar shortage brought this worker back to the lathe. Employed now by a small Eastern manufacturing firm which used to make floor waxers but is now completely converted to war production, this worker had only a trade school course in mechanics taken fifteen years a Production. Minesweepers. F.M. Webb, age seventy, came out of retirement to return to his old job of machinist in an Eastern shipyard building minesweepers. "If my son can fight, I can work," he said. Gibbs Cass CompanyProduction. Minesweepers. F.M. Webb, age seventy, came out of retirement to return to his old job of machinist in an Eastern shipyard building minesweepers. "If my son can fight, I can work," he said. Gibbs Cass Company Conversion. Safe and lock company. Ex-auto mechanic pictured at work in ex-lock factory. Merril Darr, twenty-five, works on breech ring for a thirty-seven-millimeter gun. These guns and thirty-seven-millimeter gun mounts are now produced in a plant which formerly manufactured items for civilian use.Conversion. Safe and lock company. Ex-auto mechanic pictured at work in ex-lock factory. Merril Darr, twenty-five, works on breech ring for a thirty-seven-millimeter gun. These guns and thirty-seven-millimeter gun mounts are now produced in a plant which formerly manufactured items for civilian use. Sewing pieces of leather together on saddle maker's bench. Saddle shop, Alpine, TexasSewing pieces of leather together on saddle maker's bench. Saddle shop, Alpine, Texas Conversion. Silverware plant. Erstwhile polisher of fine silverware, this employee of an Eastern plant now undergoing conversion to production of war essentials, is at present engaged in assembly of bomb shackles. More than 500 operations on 100 parts are required to assemble the shackles. And incidConversion. Silverware plant. Erstwhile polisher of fine silverware, this employee of an Eastern plant now undergoing conversion to production of war essentials, is at present engaged in assembly of bomb shackles. More than 500 operations on 100 parts are required to assemble the shackles. And incid Woodworking in the arts and crafts shop on FSA (Farm Security Administration) project. Ida Valley Farms, Shenandoah Homesteads, Luray, VirginiaWoodworking in the arts and crafts shop on FSA (Farm Security Administration) project. Ida Valley Farms, Shenandoah Homesteads, Luray, Virginia