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Pearl Harbor widows have gone into war work to carry on the fight with a personal vengeance, Corpus Christi, Texas. Mrs. Virginia Young (right) whose husband was one of the first casualties of World War II, is a supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Depa
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- Date taken: 1939
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Women from all fields have joined the production army, Corpus Christi, Texas. Miss Grace Weaver, a civil service worker at the Naval Air Base, and a school teacher before the war, is doing her part for victory along with her brother who is a flying instru
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- Date taken: 1939
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Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a former office worker, does with precision and patriotic zeal. Mrs. McElroy is a civil service employee at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Her husband is a f
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- Date taken: 1939
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Answering the nation's need for womanpower, Mrs. Virginia Davis made arrangement for the care of her two children during the day and joined her husband at work in the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Both are employed under Civil Service in the Asse
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- Date taken: 1939
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Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a former office worker, does with precision and patriotic zeal. Mrs. McElroy is a civil service employee at the naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Her husband is a f
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- Date taken: 1939
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Sailor at the Naval Air Base wears the new type protective clothing and gas mask designed for use in chemical warfare, Corpus Christi, Texas. These uniforms are lighter than the old type (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis has been appointed by civil service to be senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. She buoys up feminine morale in her department by arranging suitable living conditions fo
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- Date taken: 1939
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Oyida Peaks riveting as part of her NYA training to become a mechanic at the Naval Air Base, in the Assembly and Repair Department, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Women are contributing their skills to the nation's needs by keeping our country's planes in top-notch fighting condition, Corpus Christi, Texas. Wife of a disabled World War I veteran, Mrs. Cora Ann Bowen (left) works as a cowler at the Naval Air Base. M
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- Date taken: 1939
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Working in the Assembly and Repair Dept. of the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Formerly a sociology major at the University of Southern California, Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis (right) now "keeps 'em flyin'" at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. She is a supervisor under civil service in the Assembly and Repair Department. It is her
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- Date taken: 1939
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Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis, senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Dept. of the Naval Air Base, talking with one of the men, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Working with a sea-plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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Mrs. Virginia Davis, a riveter in the assembly and repair department of the Naval air base, supervises Chas. Potter, a NYA trainee from Michigan, Corpus Christi, Texas. After eight weeks of training he will go into civil service. Should he be inducted or
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- Date taken: 1939
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Plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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It's an intricate operation - installing a 30-calibre machine gun in a Navy PBY plane, but not too tricky for Jesse Rhodes Waller, Corpus Christi, Texas. He's a Georgia man who's been in the Navy 5-1/2 years. At the Naval Air Base he sees that the flying
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- Date taken: 1939
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Jesse Rhodes Waller, A.O.M., third class, tries out a 30-calibre machine gun he has just installed on a Navy plane, Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Oyida Peaks riveting as part of her NYA training to become a mechanic in the Assembly and Repair Department at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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J.D. Estes at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Mrs. Doris Duke, who is 26 and a mother of one child, Corpus Christi, Texas. Mrs. Duke is a civil service worker in the A[ssembly] and R[epair] dept. at the Navy Air Base (shot - reconditioning spark plugs) (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Courtyard of the Pan American Building, Washington, D.C. (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Jesse Rhodes Waller, A.O.M., third class, tries out a 30-calibre machine gun he has just installed in a Navy plane, Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Working inside the nose of a PBY, Elmer J. Pace is learning the construction of Navy planes, Corpus Christi, Texas. As an NYA trainee at the Naval Air Base, he gets practical experience. After about eight weeks, he will go into civil service as a sheet me
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After seven years in the Navy, J.D. Estes is considered an old sea salt by his mates at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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Sailor mechanic fueling a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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Feeding an SNC advanced training plane its essential supply of gasoline is done by sailor mechanics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Standing on the wing is Floyd Helphrey who came from Iowa to join the Navy early in the year. At right is W.
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- Date taken: 1939
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A sailor mechanic refueling a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Formerly a sociology major at the University of Southern California, Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis (right) now "keeps 'em flyin'" at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. She is a supervisor under civil service in the Assembly and Repair Department. It is her
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- Date taken: 1939
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Aviation cadet in training at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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Av. Cadet Thanas at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Navy N2S primary land planes at the Naval Air Base in Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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A Coast Guard sentry stands watch over a new torpedo boat under construction at a southern shipyard. In addition to wooden torpedo boats, the yard also turns out many steel boats for the Navy. Higgins Industries, Inc., New Orleans, La. (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Ens[ign] Noressey and Cadet Thenics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Cadet L. Deitz at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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He's like to use that gun on the Axis. After seven years in the Navy, J.D. Estes is considered an old sea salt by his mates at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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As an NYA trainee working inside the nose of a PBY, Elmer J. Pace is learning the construction of Navy planes, Corpus Christi, Naval Air Base, Texas (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Sailor and girl at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Washington, D.C. (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Aviation cadets at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Cadet L. Deitz(?) at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Lorena Craig is a cowler under civil service at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Aviation cadets in training at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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Ensign Noressey and Cadet Thenics at the Naval Air base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Sailor mechanic inspecting a PBY plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Aviation cadet at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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Mrs. Cora Ann Bowen (left) works as a cowler at the Naval Air Base; Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis is a senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Bowen and Olsen, a riveter and her supervisor, in the Assembly and Repair Dept. at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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Navy N2S primary land planes at the naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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Mrs. Virginia Davis, a riveter in the assembly and repair department of the Naval Air Base, supervises Chas. Potter, a NYA trainee from Michigan; Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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Fueling a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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NYA employees receiving training in the Assembly and Repair Dept., U.S. Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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