#war production

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New radar sky-watch to guard arctic frontier. Western Electric ad - 1952.

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Emily Harrison took over running the machine works after her husband was drafted

(Myron Davis. 1942)

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"Trigger Guard Inspector at Small Arms," Toronto Star. November 6, 1943. ---- Mrs. Norma Sieffert declares: The boys who fire these rifles can count on us to keep producing them. Her husband, Sergt; Anthony Sieffert, R.C.A.F. navigator, has been missing since June. Her only brother is serving at sea.

Toronto Star Photograph Archive, Toronto Public Library, TSPA_0018987F.

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Ligne d'assemblage du chasseur embarqué Chance Vought F4U-1 Corsair – Usine Vought-Sikorsky – Stratford – Connecticut – Etats-Unis

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A 15 inch naval gun under construction at the Coventry Ordinance Works. September 1917.

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“Each symbol represents 10 per cent of world production.” A Graphic History of the War, September 1, 1939 to May 10, 1942. United States War Dept.

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Her mind's on her work and on her country. This small flag tells the story of this young woman's absorption in her job. Employed by a Midwest drill and tool plant, she was a soldier of the production front. 

Office of War Information (OWI) photograph taken in August 1942 - NPx 66-312(80). #FlagDay

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The Big Spring Drive, 3/25/1918

Series: Berryman Political Cartoon Collection, 1896 - 1949. Record Group 46: Records of the U.S. Senate, 1789 - 2015

Archival Notes:

With another spring season upon us, it was again time for the country to hurry the war production. In this cartoon Uncle Sam issues his order to speed up shipbuilding and to start digging the soil, while another reminder to buy Liberty Bonds lies below him and the westward drive behind him.

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