Public domain
Working on the assembly of a Pratt and Whitney Engine. At the plant in East Hartford, Connecticut
From the collection of Library of Congress. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Credit lineWorking on the assembly of a Pratt and Whitney Engine. At the plant in East Hartford, Connecticut. 1940-01-01. Delano, Jack. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
Similar works
Untitled
Conversion. Pianos to airplane motors. Using the same drill press which once assembled piano parts, this employee of a Chicago firm now installs gears in the pneumatic motors of trainer planes. The factory has stopped piano production for the duration and now produces trainer-plane motors for Americ
Production. Minesweepers. He's still being strong at seventy-two. George Cardy gave up what he considered a soft job, watchman on a yacht, to take up his old work of servicing marine engines in an Eastern shipyard now turning out minesweepers. "One is as young as he feels," says Mr. Cardy, who is a
Detroit, Michigan. Lathe operator at the Allison Motors plant
De Land pool. Aircraft construction class. Ken Kirkpatrick, eighteen, of Daytona, is typical of the hundreds of Volusia County youngsters who are preparing to take their places on Florida's production front. Enrolled in the Daytona Beach Vocational School, he's learning the watchmaker's precision ne
Detroit, Michigan. Foreman at the Allison Motors plant