Author: Margie Bedell-Burke

Other War Workers 

Woman War Worker Files Small Gun Parts

January 21, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments civilian workers, gun parts, manufacturing plant, rosie the riveter, Vilter Company, woman war worker

One of the girls of Vilter Manufacturing Company filing small gun parts in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She has one brother in

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Other War Workers 

War Production Worker Making Gun Parts

January 21, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments armed service, army wife, civilian worker, gun parts, US Army, Vilter Company, war production worker

War production workers at the Vilter Manufacturing Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, making M5 and M7 guns for the U.S. Army.

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Other War Workers 

Navy Wives Do Assembly Work for Baxter Laboratories

January 21, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments assembly work, Baxter Laboratories, civilian workers, navy wives, war workers

Two Navy wives, Eva Herzberg and Elve Burnham, entered war work after their husbands joined the service. They assemble bands

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Other War Workers 

Woman Converts Basement to Workshop for War Work

January 21, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Baxter Laboratories, home basement, war bonds, war work, women war workers, workshop

Formerly a sculptress and designer of tiles, Dorothy Cole converted her basement into a workshop to tin plate needles for

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Aircraft Workers 

Aircraft Worker Drilling on a Liberator Bomber

January 21, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft worker, airplane mechanic, aviation worker, civilian worker, Consolidated Aircraft, Fort Worth, liberator bomber

Civilian worker drilling on a Liberator Bomber at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant in Fort Worth, Texas. October 1942. Photo

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Aircraft Workers 

Female Riveters at Consolidated Aircraft Plant

January 21, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft factory, aircraft workers, civilian workers, Consolidated Aircraft, rosie the riveter, wwii women

Two female aircraft workers riveting plane parts at the Consolidated Aircraft plant in Fort Worth, Texas. October 1942. Photo size:

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Aircraft Workers 

Lathe Operator at Consolidated Aircraft Corporation Plant

January 21, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft factory, aircraft worker, civilian worker, Consolidated Aircraft, lathe operator, transport planes, wwii women

Lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant in Fort Worth, Texas. October 1942. Photo

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Aircraft Workers 

Lathe Operator Machines Parts for Transport Planes

January 21, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft worker, airplane factory, airplane mechanic, Consolidated Aircraft, Fort Worth, lathe operator, transport planes

A lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant in Fort Worth, Texas. October 1942.

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Aircraft Workers 

Worker Installs Oxygen Racks Above Flight Deck

January 21, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft worker, aviation plant, bomber, civilian worker, Consolidated Aircraft, flight deck, Fort Worth, transport plane

Cabbie Coleman, former housewife, works at the western aircraft plant of Consolidated Aircraft Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas, installing of

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Aircraft Workers 

Former Waitress Works on Transport Parts in Hand Mill

January 21, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft factory, civilian worker, Consolidated Aircraft, Fort Worth, hand mill, rosie the riveter

Mary Louise Stepan, 21, used to be a waitress. With a brother in the Air Corps, she goes to work

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