war work

Aircraft Workers 

Worker Takes Lunch Break at Douglas Aircraft Company

January 25, 2017March 4, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments California, civilian worker, douglas aircraft company, Long Beach, lunch break, lunchtime, war work, women workers

Worker enjoying her lunch break in the California sunshine at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant in Long Beach. October 1942.

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Aircraft Workers 

Woman at Work on Motor at Douglas Aircraft

January 25, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft mechanic, aircraft worker, airplane mechanic, airplane motor, civilian worker, douglas aircraft company, Long Beach, war work

Woman at work on airplane motor at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant in Long Beach, California. October 1942. Photo size:

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Aircraft Workers 

Woman With Drill at Vultee Aircraft Plant in Nashville

January 23, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft worker, hand drill, Vengeance bomber, Vultee Aircraft, war work, woman worker

Operating a hand drill at the Vultee plant in Nashville, Tennessee, woman is working on a “Vengeance” dive bomber. February

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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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Other War Workers 

Civilian Worker Fabricates Pup Tents

October 1, 2016March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments civilian worker, fabricator, pup tents, war work

With the grade and dexterity of a master dressmaker, this civilian worker fabricates “pup” tents at the Langdon Tent &

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Other War Workers 

Women War Workers of Marinship Corp

October 1, 2016March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments chippers, civilian workers, war work, wwii women

“Chippers.” Women war workers of Marinship Corp, 1942. Photo size: 2382 × 2948 Photo source: U.S. National Archives Usage: Public

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Women Working in Airplane Factory

September 30, 2016February 26, 2018 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft workers, airplane factory, civilian workers, drill press operators, swing shift, war work

Women “man” America’s machines in a west coast airplane factory, where the swing shift of drill press operators is composed

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Other War Workers 

Women Workers Building Assault Boats

September 30, 2016January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments assault boats, civilian workers, factory, war work

Civilian women workers build assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. December 1941. Photo size: 2960 × 2357 Photo source: n/a

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Other War Workers 

Women Learn War Work at Vocational School

September 30, 2016January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments civilian workers, daytona beach, vocational school, war work

Secretaries, housewives, waitresses, women from all over central Florida are getting into vocational schools to learn war work. Typical are

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