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Manufacturing Processes

Vintage factory scenes with workers engaged in diverse manufacturing tasks, including bullet-making and library services, reflecting historical labor practices.

Vintage Photograph. Men working at Wood tool.
Vintage Photograph. Men working at Wood tool.
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Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to Haifa. Nachlat Izhak. Manufacture of ribbons & woven labels, hole-knocking in carton. 1939, Israel
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Two Female Factory Workers at Aluminum Foundry Converted to War Production, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Alfred T. Palmer for Office of War Information, February 1942
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Worker in steel factory
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A Substitute For Quinine- the Production of Mepacrine at a Factory Near London, England, UK, 1945 A boy working at a pharmaceuticals factory near London collects a sample of Mepacrine pills for testing from the machine in which they are made.
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New York, New York:  1940 Isamu Noguchi working on the Associated Press Building Plaque, which was carved in plaster and cast in stainless steel - at that time the largest-ever stainless steel casting.  It is still installed in Rockefeller Center.
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Production image.
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Anefo photo collection. Glass blowing Leerdam. January 3, 1947. Leerdam
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Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. self-manufactured lathe fine turning. December 1953. Guinea
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Peat powder factory
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Kungsholmen's automatic station 1928. Traffic control table and table for individual control.
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Millville, New Jersey - Glass bottles. Stopper-grinder at T. C. Wheaton Co, March 1937, Lewis Hine, 1874 - 1940, was an American photographer, who used his camera as a tool for social reform. US,USA
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Worker Lowering Partly-finished Halftrac Scout Car Body on Chassis at War Plant that Formerly Produced Locks and Safes, Diebold Safe and Lock Company, Canton, Ohio, USA, Alfred T. Palmer for Office of War Information, December 1941
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International Ice Patrol - 1948. When Coast Guard planes on International Ice Patrol run into fog, and that is the usual thing after May 1st in the Grand Banks area, radar is used for spotting and plotting the position of icebergs. Peering into the radar scope, this man searches for bergs - his findings will be reported to the Coast Guard cutter on patrol for investigation and to the Ice Patrol Office at Argentia, Newfoundland for charting and broadcast. Combined air and surface operations and the effective use of radar and loran by Coast Guard patrol units contributed to the success of the 1948 International Ice Patrol. It was the mission of the 1948 patrol to locate and report ice conditions constituting a menace to navigation, to determine set and drift of icebergs, to collect weather information and surface and sub-surface oceanographic data, and to keep all interested parties and commercial shipping informed thereof. The importance to mariners of "ice broadcasts" is evidenced by t
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Information office and radio broadcaster Dutch New Guinea. Landdrukkerij. Two indigenous people work at the sword machine. October 1961. New Guinea
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Vintage Photograph. Man working at Wade tool detail work.
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Arab factories & general improvements in Nablus, Match factory Making match boxes by machinery. 1940, West Bank, Nablus, Middle East, Palestine
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Jack Cutter, resident of FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailer camp, winding an armature at General Electric plant. Erie, Pennsylvania.. Photographs. 1941-06. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
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Worker Mounting a Wheel on Army's Half-Track Scout Car at Factory Converted to War Production, White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Alfred T. Palmer for Office of War Information, December 1941
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PowerhouseMechanic. Artist: Lewis W. Hine, American, 1874-1940
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Grace Northrup, working as Mechanic, a job once reserved only for men, San Francisco, California, USA, Ann Rosener, U.S. Office of War Information/U.S. Farm Security Administration, February 1943
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Man looking closely at a precision milling machine in action, Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation, Harrison, New Jersey
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Rosie the Riveter' is a cultural icon of the United States representing the American women who worked in factories during World War II; many worked in manufacturing plants that produced munitions and war supplies. These women sometimes took entirely new jobs replacing the male workers who were in the military. The character is considered a feminist icon in the US and elsewhere.
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Three Workers Testing and Stacking Shatterproof Oxygen Cylinders for High Altitude Flying Manufactured at Factory Converted to War Production, Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, USA, Alfred T. Palmer for Office of War Information, February 1942
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Poll photo collection. Diamond workers at work in Natanya. January 1, 1964. Israel, Natanya
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The bonding sole is rited. Then the rip is determined, the sole of rubber solution is coated.
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Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to Haifa Near Acre, Kfar-Ata. The 'Ata' Textile Co. Doubling of primary yarn (first process). 1939, Israel, Ḳiryat Ata
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Man operates a drill-press in the North American Aviation's Inglewood, California plant, which built B-25 bombers and Mustang fighters. October 1942,
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Impression of a practical class electrical engineering for electrical engineers. Is part of Object series AVDKM 530298 to 530301
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AIRMAN Todd M. Berger, flightline support equipment repairman, cleans a wheel bearing in preparation for repacking. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Two Female Workers Punching Holes in Frame Member for B-25 Bomber, North American Aviation, Inc, Inglewood, California, USA, Alfred T. Palmer for Office of War Information, June 1942
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Elsevier photo collection. television recording 1938 Jaarbeurs. device foreground iconoscope. 1938. Utrecht
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Millionaires Turn Over Gold - These dishes of solid gold, which are said to be for holding flowers, were taken to the Bank of Japan today by the House of Mitaui and the House of Iwasaki to be added to the gold reserve on condition that they not be melted down and san ***** when the emergency is over. With them went more than 3,000 old gold coins, some large ones of which contain Yen 450 of gold but are valued at between Yen 2,000 and Yen 3,000 as antiques. The ***** and coins combined are estimated to be worth in excess of Yen 500,000. August 8, 1938. (Photo by The Domei News Photos Service).
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Visit to the telephone exchange, January 11, 1938, Genoa, Italy, 20th century.
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Cylinder Barrels Lined up for Inspection at Buick Plant Converted for War Product Production, Melrose Park, Illinois, USA, Ann Rosener, Office of War Information, July 1942
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Worker in Drill-Press Section of Machine Shop running Mounting Holes in Large Dural Casting, North American Aviation, Inc., Manufacturer of B-25 Bomber and P-51 Mustang Fighter Planes, Inglewood, California, USA, Alfred T. Palmer for Office of War Information, October 1942
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1930s 1940s AUTO MECHANIC EXPLAINING PROBLEM WITH ENGINE TO CAR OWNER
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Female Worker Operating Hand Drill, North American Aviation, Inc, Inglewood, California, USA, Alfred T. Palmer for Office of War Information, October 1942
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Workers at Gary Steel Works, US Steel Corporation, Gary, Indiana, 1966.  Photo: John G. Zimmerman Archive/Everett Collection
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Defense worker riveting as part of her training to become a mechanic at the Naval Air Base, in Corpus Christi, Texas. August 1942.
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Woman operating hand drill on "Vengeance" dive bomber, Vultee Aircraft Corporation, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, Alfred T. Palmer, U.S. Office of War Information, February 1943
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U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt talking with woman machinist during her goodwill tour of Great Britain, Toni Frissell, November 1942
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Tel Aviv industries. 1925, Israel
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AZABACHERO. Location: INTERIOR. SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. A CORUÑA. SPANIEN.
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Two Women at work on Bomber, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California, USA, Alfred T. Palmer, U.S. Office of War Information, October 1942
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A female civil service worker in the Assembly and Repair dept. at the Navy Air Base (shot - reconditioning spark plugs) August 1942.
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Three Female Workers Drilling Wing Bullhead for Transport Plane, Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, Howard R. Hollem for Office of War Information, October 1942
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Side profile of two young women spray painting in a factory
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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, commonly known as the Cultural Revolution (Chinese: 化大革命), was a socio-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 through 1976. Set into motion by Mao Zedong, then Chairman of the Communist Party of China, its stated goal was to enforce socialism in the country by removing capitalist, traditional and cultural elements from Chinese society, and impose Maoist orthodoxy within the Party. The revolution marked the return of Mao Zedong to a position of political power, after he lost most of his political influence after his failed Great Leap Forward. Using only his name and credibility, he used the controlled anarchy of the cultural revolution to remove his inner-party opponents, most notably China`s president Liu Shaoqi. The movement brought chaos, as social norms largely evaporated and the previously established political institutions disintegrated at all levels of government. The Revolution was launched in Ma
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Arabs and Jews work nailing orange boxes in Rehovot, Israel. Rehovot was established in 1890 by Polish immigrants on land purchased from a Christian Arab.
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Building Mosquito Aircraft at the De Havilland Factory in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 1943 Mrs Judd prepares strips of wood to tack over gauze inside the hull of a Mosquito.
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World war two: Woman Operates a hand drill at Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.
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The chain craft at Malmö Yllefabriks AB. The wires coming from the yarn coils run together into the cutting crown.
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1940s man with bicycle. The Swedish athlete and olympic cyclist champion Ingvar Eriksson in his own bicycle shop where he sells and repairs bicycles. World War II has made petrol and oil expensive and rationed. Bicycles quickly became the most common means of transportation. 2 June 1940. Photo Kristoffersson 150-8
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Bert K. Miura, Pattern making, Manzanar Relocation Center, California, USA, Ansel Adams, Manzanar War Relocation Center Collection, 1943
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Power House Mechanic Working On a Steam Pump 1920 By Lewis W. Hine
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woman welder at Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin - February 1943.
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Laos, Industry, Clothing, Female Labour In Sweatshop Textile Factory.
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AZABACHERO. Location: INTERIOR. SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. A CORUÑA. SPANIEN.
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The Home Front in Britain 1939-1945 The War Effort: Women working on 20mm cannon shells in an underground munitions factory in Liverpool, which also produced .303 rifle bullets for the Ministry of Supply.
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FOTOGRAFIA BLANCO Y NEGRO.
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Untitled , Shoe industry, Shoemaking, Equipment
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Shaft to water tank.Truck gas producer.Hand throttles. July 21, 1940.
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sweatshop worker in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill; Rome; Georgia; USA 1913
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Advertisement for Tools. ca. 1937, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA, Snap-on Tools, Inc. KENOSHA, WISCONSIN. BF-21 Body and Fender Set. Correctly designed tools of the best material are essential for the production of good body and fender repair work. Blue-Point tools are as perfect as modern steel and careful craftsmanship can make them. They will enable you to handle practically any job of body dents or crumpled fenders and do a better, quicker job.
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