- Fuel Injection - levon72us
- installed on 10-2-42 - levon72us
- Spark Leads and Oiler, NOT Fuel injection, FI is on engines rear on the Super Charger. - Filmann
- ? married - hmschott
- On your feet type working shoes - hmschott
- We shall all become one people the full some of what we know will become digital once and for all everyone shall know what we know the Blue rose work to make sure that everyone knows what everyone knows information is the life blood of the world. - sixsodacola
- ? abused - shay c
- Igniter leads...not fuel injection. 2 spark plugs per cylinder. - khudfly
- ????? - George Kornezos
Women at work on C-47 Douglas cargo transport, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC)
Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.
Women at work on C-47 Douglas cargo transport, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.
1942 Oct.
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
Douglas Aircraft Company
Women--Employment
World War, 1939-1945
Transport planes
Airplane equipment
Assembly-line methods
United States--California--Long Beach
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-39 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35359
Call Number: LC-USW36-133
Comments and faves
darthjenni, carlamatic, caffeinatedliby, @davestone, and 254 other people added this photo to their favorites.
abbyladybug (59 months ago | reply)
This is incredible. The quality is so good that it's hard to believe it's such an old image.
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aperitive (59 months ago | reply)
Its all in the scanning, I believe.
Fuck Yahoo! (59 months ago | reply)
This is awesome. My grandmother worked at Douglas during the war effort, doing wiring on aircraft. I'll have to show her these.
Zeb Andrews (59 months ago | reply)
Yeah it is easy to forget just how good film was/is. Amazing that something 65 years old can still deliver such a superb image.
dusqweeze (58 months ago | reply)
how about that safety wiring?
eyelightfilms (58 months ago | reply)
The quality comes partially from the scanning, but the picture quality is mostly due to this being a 4x5 transparency, and few digital cameras of today can match that.
kain19830712 (51 months ago | reply)
Nice shot and quality. Like a oil paint. It shows significant historical information.
ric2801 (51 months ago | reply)
Fantastic!!!
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Man @ work , and we'd love to have this added to the group!
The Library of Congress (51 months ago | reply)
ric2801: We received your request to have a Library of Congress photo added to your group Man @ work. Please click on the "Invite this photo to..." link below the comment box and we'll accept it.
powerflea (49 months ago | reply)
muy interesante la calidad !!
saludos
gabriele83 (49 months ago | reply)
Awesome shot!
leyvso (49 months ago | reply)
These pictures are sooo cool! I hope all the ladies had a good life.
ric2801 (49 months ago | reply)
please consider share this amazing pic in man@work group.
thank you
Oi! Sou administrador de um grupo chamado Man @ work e nós adoraríamos ter isto adicionado ao grupo!
Stevecollection2008 (48 months ago | reply)
Just spotted this in the 'commons'. Brilliant picture, when I first saw the 'thumb nail' I thought it was some modern pic showing retro fashion - obviously not. I like your other slides too.
My dads taken a lot of slides (Agfa CT18?) on medium format since the 50's - what scanner do you recommend?
Sandra Rajkov (48 months ago | reply)
Stunning shot my friend, congratulations!!
The Library of Congress (48 months ago | reply)
Stevecollection2008: Regarding scanners, we offer some information on how we digitized the images at: lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/fsacdig.html and also in some of the technical information we provide in an FAQ document for the Flickr project: www.loc.gov/rr/print/flickr_pilot_faq.html#ho wdigitize
You may also be interested in a tip sheet (PDF document) we provide on our site, "What to Look for in a Scanner" - www.loc.gov/rr/print/tp/LookForAScanner.pdf
Stevecollection2008 (48 months ago | reply)
Thanks for the useful info.
Funny I worked in Local Government (Research) though UK, for 34 years till one reorganisation too many led me to early retirement this April.
Photos by Chris Henry (47 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called IRON WORKS PHOTOGRAPHY, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
photonut-mi (47 months ago | reply)
nothing like the good old days , before safety shoes were mandatory.
Rich Snyder--Jetarazzi Photography (47 months ago | reply)
The DC-3/C-47 was so well-designed and built that many are still flying today!
Just a note, Douglas is the make (like Ford); C-47 is the designator and "Sky Train" is the nickname the mfr. gave it. Pilots called it the "Gooney Bird" and the Brits called it "Dakota".
Stevecollection2008 (46 months ago | reply)
We have a Dakota at RAF Cosford:
hannahblaikie (46 months ago | reply)
wow great composition!
Barbarazz (45 months ago | reply)
This wonderful photo would be just perfect for the Women at Work group: www.flickr.com/groups/women-at-work/. Please consider adding it!
Purple Red (45 months ago | reply)
Interesting composition, well done!
Yellow_Wood (45 months ago | reply)
A few years ago, I actually met a lady who worked in an aircraft manufacturing plant in the war. She was the checkout clerk at a big box store and was wearing a lapel pin of the plane that she helped build. I recognized the pin and asked, "were you Rosie the Riveter"? She smiled and, surprised that I had identified the plane correctly, said that she had helped build them. I got to thank her and tell her that it's not every day that you run into an American hero. It was a good day.
Ja-kam-Po (43 months ago | reply)
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Mzeeh [deleted] (41 months ago | reply)
EXCELLENT IMAGE !!!
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Bersus. (40 months ago | reply)
excellent!
reyfocus (40 months ago | reply)
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I'am the admin of the new group Art'flighing Machines dedicated to an artistic approach of flighing things
It would be an honour to have your picture into this group
leonardo italiano (38 months ago | reply)
it gose to show you the quality of using film camera. they could have used a large negetive size.
eyelightfilms (38 months ago | reply)
Yes, it's 4x5
reyfocus (38 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Art' Flying Machines, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
mrkhudgharz (30 months ago | reply)
This is incredible. The quality is so good that it's hard to believe it's such an old image
paolo. (17 months ago | reply)
nice!