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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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Aircraft Mechanic Builds Emplanage Section on Cargo Plane

January 21, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft mechanic, aircraft worker, aviation plant, bomber, cargo plane, civilian worker, Consolidated Aircraft, transport plane

Helen Bray, who left school to become a mechanic at a western aircraft plant, is making an emplanage section on

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Aircraft Worker Reams Tools on Lathe Machine

January 21, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments civilian worker, Consolidated Aircraft, department store, lathe machine, machinery operator, machinist, rosie the riveter, wwii women

Beulah Faith, 20, who used to be a sales clerk in a department store, is shown reaming tools on a

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Rita Rodriguez, a Real-Life Rosie the Riveter

January 21, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aviation worker, civilian worker, Consolidated Aircraft, latina, rosie the riveter

Rita Rodriguez was a real-life “Rosie the Riveter” during World War II. Shown here in this photo taken in October

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Working on Wing Bulkhead at Consolidated Aircraft Plant

January 21, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft worker, aviation worker, civilian worker, Consolidated Aircraft, rosie the riveter

Working on a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant in Fort Worth, Texas. October

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Worker Drills Wing Bulkhead For Transport Plane

January 20, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft worker, assembly plant, civilian worker, Consolidated Aircraft, Fort Worth, rosie the riveter, transport plane

Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant in Fort Worth, Texas. October 1942.

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Riveter Working in Assembly and Repair Department

January 20, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft worker, assembly and repair department, civilian worker, corpus christi, naval air base, rosie the riveter

Working in the Assembly and Repair Department of the Naval Air Base in Corpus Christi, Texas. August 1942. Photo size:

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Assembly Department Supervisor Speaks With Navy Officer

January 20, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments assembly and repair department, civilian worker, corpus christi, naval air base, naval aircraft, navy officer

Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis, senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department of the Naval Air Base in Corpus Christi,

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Cowler at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi

January 19, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft worker, aviation worker, civilian worker, corpus christi, cowler, naval air base

Lorena Craig is a cowler under civil service at the Naval Air Base in Corpus Christi, Texas. August 1942. Photo

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Department Store Girl Turned Cowler at Naval Air Base

January 19, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments civil service, civilian worker, corpus christi, cowler, naval air base

With a woman’s determination, Lorena Craig takes over a man-size job. Before she came to work at the Naval Air

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