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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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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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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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Plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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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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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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J.D. Estes at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (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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Sailor mechanic fueling a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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A sailor mechanic refueling a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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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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Sailor mechanic inspecting a PBY plane 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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Fueling a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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Bowen, a riveter, and Olsen, her supervisor, in the Assembly and Repair Dept. at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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This sailor mechanic is inspecting a PBY plane at the Naval Air Base in Corpus Christi, Texas. The ship had been reconditioned by the Civil Service employees at the Assembly and Repair Department in the base (LOC)
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Scrap and salvage depot, Butte, Montana (LOC)
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Working on a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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Fueling a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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Working on a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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At the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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Starting a propeller at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)
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