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Fort Worth: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 1:09pm.
October 1942. Lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft plant in Fort Worth, Texas. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem, Office of War Information.
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Her
Submitted by JG on Wed, 01/02/2008 - 10:16pm.
Nice shot, although it is completely staged. There is no workpiece mounted to the faceplate of the lathe!
[Posed, not "staged." - Dave]
Protection
Submitted by Lorenzo on Sun, 12/23/2007 - 1:42pm.
It is a good idea to wear eye protection when running a turret lathe.
The Cap
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sat, 12/01/2007 - 12:47pm.
Do you get the feeling the new, clean yellow cap was carefully perched on top of her hair by the photographer to get some "Kodachrome" color into the posed picture? Love the detail in the metal, though.
Nail Polish
Submitted by Larriann on Sat, 11/03/2007 - 12:10am.
And why should she not wear nail polish? It didn't affect how well she did her job and made her feel pretty. An affordable luxury went a long way in those uncertain times.
What a lovely lady!
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 10/23/2007 - 11:37pm.
What a lovely lady!
Danger
Submitted by Trained at IBM Endicott on Sun, 10/21/2007 - 12:32pm.
That hanging strap is dangerous over a lathe!
Has anyone else noticed?
Submitted by Alan Eagle on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 6:16am.
That she is wearing red nail polish?
AE
Fort Worth
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 6:38pm.
God bless you ladies, and God bless Kodachrome.
[Amen! - Dave]
Fort Worth
Submitted by scribe9999 on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 4:04pm.
Forth Worth, Where the Westh Begins
Dallash, Where the Easth Ends
This site indicates Consolidated Air is now Lockheed Martin, and was General Dynamics in between. The plant is adjacent to the former Carswell Air Force Base, which was closed and transformed as the Joint Naval Air Station.
“Forth Worth”
Submitted by bellhalla on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 2:49pm.
There was a Dodge truck commercial that ran down here in Texas for 3 or 4 years that had a Texas map in the background that had that same typo in it ("Forth Worth" instead of "Fort Worth"). I don't know if anyone else ever noticed it or if Dodge (or its ad agency) just didn't care.
[Oopfh! Fixed. - Dave]
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