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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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  • 7 comments
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  • 150,525 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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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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  • 23 comments
  • 438 favorites
  • 134,038 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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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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  • 6 comments
  • 139 favorites
  • 78,529 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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• War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Elizabeth Little, age 30, the mother of two children, spraying small parts. Her husband runs a farm (LOC)

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  • 3 comments
  • 76 favorites
  • 64,650 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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• Laboratory worker at the research laboratory at the C & NW RR's 40th Street yard, examining paint samples used on freight cars and coaches of the railroad, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

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  • 49 favorites
  • 56,632 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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• inside hardware store (LOC)

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  • 25 favorites
  • 5,259 views
  • Date taken: 1957
  • Date uploaded: 2023-09-01
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• Putting U.S. Emblem on plane (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1915
  • Date uploaded: 2015-09-08
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• ACE Hardware, Post Falls, Idaho (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 2004
  • Date uploaded: 2024-04-19
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• ACE Hardware, Post Falls, Idaho (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 2004
  • Date uploaded: 2024-04-19
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• ACE Hardware, Post Falls, Idaho (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 2004
  • Date uploaded: 2024-04-19
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