A part of the shop in a Midwestern company which has converted its machines and trained labor forces

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. A woman's place is on the production line in this Midwest plant which has been converted from the manufacture of spark plugs to machine guns. Elsie M. Terry, one of 2,000 women employed here, is a skilled milling-machine operator who is making an impor

Women in war. Machine gun production operators. One of 2,000 women currently employed in a Midwest war plant, this young Negro worker has proven a competent and earnest machine operator. She processes gun parts in this plant which has been converted from the production of spark plugs to machine guns

Conversion. Watch cases to war production. Converted for victory. The same machine and operator that were producing watches not long ago are now making precision radio parts for our armed forces Dayton, Kentucky Creator(s): Palmer, Alfred T., photographer Related Names: United States. Office for E

Women in war. Machine gun production. Intent on the important job at hand, Elsie M. Terry uses a precision snap gauge on the machine gun part she has milled. One of 2,000 women employed by a Midwest plant, converted from spark plugs to machine gun manufacture, Mrs. Terry typified the American woman

To save time in checking threads on a twenty-millimeter shell booster, a plant superintendent built this machine. It makes possible a speedy checking of thread accuracy in contrast to the old hand method. The inventor made the machine out of a fan base and a couple pieces of machine steel in a matte

Production. 105 millimeter shells. Plumbing fixtures came off these assembly lines in peace time, but today Giles Knowles and his fellow workers produce 105 millimeter shells in a Midwest plant now converted 100 percent to war production. Knowles, a minor league baseball pitcher, broke a league reco

Women in war. Machine gun production. With swift, deft movements, this young worker, one of 2,000 women employed in a Midwest war plant, assembles barrel carriers of machine guns. It's a job requiring constant attention, speed and judgement; a job for which women have proven themselves better fitted

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. Plant foremen point to 20-year-old Annie Tabor as one of their best lathe operators, despite her lack of previous industrial experience. Employed by a large Midwest supercharger plant, this young woman machines parts of aircraft engines. Like many other youn