A rivet is her fighting weapon. Oyida Peaks, daughter of a Navy lieutenant, one of many women taking NYA training to become mechanics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. After eight weeks apprenticeship she will be qualified as a civil service worker in the Assembly and Repair Department
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- Date
- 1942-08
- Photographer / author
- Hollem, Howard R., photographer
- Collection
- FSA/OWI
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 7,417 × 9,134 pixels
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"A rivet is her fighting weapon. Oyida Peaks, daughter of a Navy lieutenant, one of many women taking NYA training to become mechanics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. After eight weeks apprenticeship she will be qualified as a civil service worker in the Assembly and Repair Department" (1942-08). Hollem, Howard R., photographer. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_rivet_is_her_fighting_weapon._Oyida_Peaks,_daughter_of_a_Navy_lieutenant,_one_of_many_women_taking_NYA_training_to_become_mechanics_at_the_Naval_Air_Base,_Corpus_Christi,_Texas._After_LCCN2017878262.tifNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 115935.
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