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Training in marksmanship helps girls at Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles, Calif., develop into responsible women...
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- 28 comments
- 376 favorites
- 137,372 views
- Date taken: 1942-08
- Date uploaded: 2011-03-16
- Tags: nara:arcid=196476, nationalarchives, two, women, teenagers, teens, girls, rifle, practice, firearms, losangeles, 1942, 1940s, forties, wartime, wwii, lockers, marksmanship, franklindrooseveltlibrary, love, land, disco, car, dmv, red, angel, water, thongs, hills, jordans, suede, h2, hummer, casino, snow, lust, passion, gio, gentlemen, mansion, sparkle, diamond, europe, air, sex, condoms, money, success, beach, limo, wedding, miami, new, york, south, west, delta, cancun, versace, sunglasses, computer, iphone, ipad, ipod, sony, frank, ocean, corvette, sting, ray, aaa, hamburgers, chilifries, chili, fries, dr, pepper
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Secretaries, housewives, waitresses, women from all over central Florida are getting into vocational schools to learn war work.
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- 4 comments
- 266 favorites
- 95,666 views
- Date taken: 1942-04
- Date uploaded: 2011-03-16
- Tags: nara:arcid=535579, nationalarchives, goggles, women, seven, florida, volusia, wartime, wwiii, 1942, 1940s, forties, window, welding, holiday, inn, horses, cars, fuel, pizza, warehouse, bedding, cupcakes, girls, boys, men, peppers, cali, clifornia, baking, soda, phd, h2o, sprite, crackers, coffee, ladder, roof, dog, cat, airplane, speed, airport, bomb, jew, star, ofdavid, christmas, depression, golden, age, jazz, calvin, kelin, love, friday, tea, goodbye, motherfuckr, hydro, blaster, tube, pipe, rosehills, tomb, moon, cow, sheep, 1952, rats, potato, cheese, channel, smokes, forest
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Women pick cotton for the U.S. Crop Corps, ca. 1943
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- 3 comments
- 27 favorites
- 83,846 views
- Date taken: 1943
- Date uploaded: 2011-03-16
- Tags: nara:arcid=196473, nationalarchives, women, agriculture, cotton, wartime, wwii, picking, smile, 1940s, forties, outdoors, gucci, paris, london, snow, 1950s, lotto, tomato, radio, blues, cheese, cake, light, night, orange, juice, land, property, chile, passport, tunnels, funnel, popcorn, carnival, sonora, mary, jane, levis, jeans, turtle, necks, beach, ball, grease, gel, pinklady, bombs, motorcycles, speedlighting, chestnutcoffe, hamburgers, cokecola, fries, pott, vnecks, sleepovers, prankcalls, edison, att, italy, cowshit, football, yorkies, milkshakes, lariver, prom, bloodymary, perls, smokes, microwaves, thanksgiving, rosemary, bbq, twist
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Women man America's machines in a west coast airplane factory...05/1942
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- 3 comments
- 55 favorites
- 43,305 views
- Date taken: 1942-05
- Date uploaded: 2011-03-16
- Tags: nara:arcid=196486, nationalarchives, women, machines, factory, 1942, 1940s, forties, explored
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American Negro nurses, commissioned second lieutenants in the U.S. Army Nurses Corps, limber up their muscles in an early-morning workout...
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- 0 comments
- 11 favorites
- 35,717 views
- Date taken: 1944-02
- Date uploaded: 2011-03-21
- Tags: nara:arcid=535782, nationalarchives, women, workout, wartime, 1940s, forties, 1944, nurses, africanamerican, helmets, uniforms, exercise, australia
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A young woman sells war bonds and stamps and distributes War Production Drive literature., ca. 1943
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- 18 favorites
- 35,337 views
- Date taken: 1943
- Date uploaded: 2011-03-16
- Tags: nara:arcid=196483, national, archives, woman, women, fashion, wartime, wwii, forties, 1940s, bonds, stamps, saddleshoes, selling, roosevelt, history
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"America will be as strong as her women", 1941 - 1945
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- 2 comments
- 54 favorites
- 32,383 views
- Date taken: 1941
- Date uploaded: 2011-03-16
- Tags: nara:arcid=513680, nationalarchives, woman, child, daughter, mother, strength, drawing, wartime, wwii, labor, 1940s, forties
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Lt.(jg.) Harriet Ida Pickens and Ens. Frances Wills, first Negro Waves to be commissioned....
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- 4 comments
- 56 favorites
- 32,035 views
- Date taken: 1944-12-21 15:56:19
- Date uploaded: 2011-03-21
- Tags: nara:arcid=520670, nationalarchives, women, africanamerican, military, uniforms, smiles, pose, traincase, insignia, waves, bunks, 1944, 1940s, forties, wwii, worldwarii, navy, navalreserves, explored
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"WISH I COULD JOIN TOO!" WAVES, 1941 - 1945
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- 44 favorites
- 31,917 views
- Date taken: 1941
- Date uploaded: 2011-03-16
- Tags: nara:arcid=516164, nationalarchives, women, girl, braids, ribbons, poster, waves, navy, wwii, wartime, 1940s, forties
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"Nurses of a field hospital who arrived in France via England and Egypt after three years service.", 08/12/1944
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- 3 comments
- 56 favorites
- 31,513 views
- Date taken: 1944-08-12 11:52:20
- Date uploaded: 2011-03-16
- Tags: nara:arcid=531498, nationalarchives, women, nurses, outdoors, seven, uniform, 1944, 1940s, forties, wartime, wwii, hospital, explored
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With the grade and dexterity of a master dressmaker, this attractive young woman fabricates "pup" tents...
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- 3 comments
- 53 favorites
- 31,416 views
- Date taken: 1941-06
- Date uploaded: 2011-03-16
- Tags: nara:arcid=196210, nationalarchives, woman, work, wwii, wartime, tents, 1941, 1940s, forties, sewing, factory, puptents, langdontentawningcompany, explored
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Members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion take part in a parade ceremony in honor of Joan d'Arc...
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- 8 comments
- 69 favorites
- 29,777 views
- Date taken: 1945-05-27 11:53:40
- Date uploaded: 2011-03-16
- Tags: nara:arcid=531431, nationalarchives, women, parade, africanamerican, uniform, cobblestones, wwii, 1945, 1940s, forties, marketplace, 6888th, explored
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"Chippers." Women war workers of Marinship Corp, 1942
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- 1 comment
- 32 favorites
- 25,413 views
- Date taken: 1942
- Date uploaded: 2011-03-16
- Tags: nara:arcid=522889, nationalarchives, women, working, goggles, chippers, 1942, 1940s, forties, wartime, wwii, three, boots
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A top-notch mechanic, Mary Josephine Farley expertly rebuilds airplane engines.
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- 0 comments
- 23 favorites
- 24,328 views
- Date taken: 1942-08
- Date uploaded: 2011-03-21
- Tags: nara:arcid=196353, nationalarchives, aviation, aircraft, airplane, biplane, militaryaviation, navalaviation, navalaircraftfactory, naf, navalaircraftfactoryn3ncanary, navalaircraftfactoryn3n, navalaircraftfactorycanary, n3n, canary, nafn3ncanary, nafn3n, navalaircraftfactoryn3n1canary, navalaircraftfactoryn3n1, nafn3n1canary, nafn3n1, n3n1, curtisswright, wrightr790whirlwind, wrightj5whirlwind, wrightr790, wrightj5, wrightwhirlwind, r790, j5, yellowperil, mechanic, maryjosephinefarley, maryjfarley, maryfarley, farley, radialengine, woman, 1942, 1940s, forties
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Part of the cowling for one of the motors for a B-25 bomber is assembled... 10/1942
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- 2 comments
- 86 favorites
- 22,541 views
- Date taken: 1942-10
- Date uploaded: 2011-03-16
- Tags: nara:arcid=196383, nationalarchives, woman, 1942, 1940s, forties, inglewood, bomber, b25, aviation, aircraftmanufacturing, northamericanaviation, naa, northamerican, aircraft, airplane, militaryaviation, enginemount, motormount, northamericanb25mitchell, northamericanb25, northamericanmitchell, mitchellbomber, b25mitchell
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Surgical ward treatment at the 268th Station Hospital...
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- 2 comments
- 16 favorites
- 20,149 views
- Date taken: 1944-06-22 16:01:58
- Date uploaded: 2011-03-21
- Tags: nara:arcid=530771, nationalarchives, women, nurses, military, surgery, newguinea, wwii, worldwarii, 1944, 1940s, forties, medical
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Women take over the operation of some of the heaviest machine tools at the Inglewood, Calif., plant of North American Aviation, Inc
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- 1 comment
- 6 favorites
- 19,411 views
- Date taken: 1942-10
- Date uploaded: 2011-03-21
- Tags: nara:arcid=195490, nationalarchives, factory, hydraulicpress, aviation, aircraftmanufacturing, northamericanaviation, naa, northamerican, inglewood, women, california, wartime, 1940s, forties
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Eleanor Roosevelt, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth in London, England, 10/23/1942
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- 0 comments
- 11 favorites
- 19,281 views
- Date taken: 1942-10-23 11:16:46
- Date uploaded: 2011-03-23
- Tags: nara:arcid=195320, nationalarchives, three, kingsspeech, eleanor, roosevelt, elizabeth, queen, king, english, london, 1942, 1940s, forties, uniform, pearls, hats, fur, foaf:depicts=httpnlagovaunlaparty1246513, xmlns:foaf=httpxmlnscomfoaf01, eleanorroosevelt, kinggeorgevi, queenelizabethii, londonengland
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Photograph of Margaret Truman dropping a coin in a bottle held by a young boy as part of a public appearance in behalf of the March of Dimes...
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- 3 favorites
- 16,691 views
- Date taken: 1946-01-14 11:20:45
- Date uploaded: 2011-03-23
- Tags: nara:arcid=199306, nationalarchives, woman, fur, outdoors, charity, marchofdimes, 1946, 1940s, forties, polio, margarettruman, besstruman
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MOTHER OF THE ASSEMBLY LINE - Clip spring and bodt assembly for .30 caliber cartridges at the Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia.
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- 0 comments
- 14 favorites
- 16,604 views
- Date taken: 1940
- Date uploaded: 2011-03-21
- Tags: nara:arcid=195919, nationalarchives, ammunition, stripperclip, stripperclips, clip, women, factory, assembly, wartime, wwii, philadelphia, calico, apron, older, 1940s, forties
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