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Doing Her Part: 1942

Submitted by Dave on Thu, 01/01/2009 - 9:40am.
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Doing Her Part: 1942

October 1942. "Rita Rodriguez. Production of B-24 bombers and C-87 transports at Consolidated Aircraft, Fort Worth, Texas." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem for the Office of War Information. View full size.

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Fark Factory

Submitted by Dave on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 8:40am.

Farked again.

 

K&T

Submitted by Moby3 on Sun, 01/04/2009 - 4:41pm.

Could this milling machine be a Kearney & Trecker?

[As noted below, the letter before the Y seems to be an A or an M. - Dave]

 

Viva Rita

Submitted by Johnny on Fri, 01/02/2009 - 7:09am.

This is great. You don't see too many Latinos represented in media of this era. Who would have thought that Rosie the Riveter's real name was Rita Rodriguez.

 

U.S. Machine Tools

Submitted by DocN on Fri, 01/02/2009 - 5:23am.

For the third time, it's a U.S. Machine Tools mill. A pretty positive ID can be seen towards the bottom of this thread.

Now it's quite possible, if not probable, that USMT was a dealer/seller rather than the manufacturer, but it's not a Kent-Owens.

[There was no U.S. Machine Tools in 1942. USMT wasn't incorporated until 1967. Keep those guesses coming in. - Dave]

 

Kent-Owens Horizontal Mill

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 01/01/2009 - 11:48pm.

According to this guy selling the identical horizontal mill on eBay, these are Kent-Owens No. "O" machines.

http://cgi.ebay.com/KENT-OWENS-HORIZONTAL-MILL-14-X-36_W0QQitemZ37010447...

If these old machine tools could speak, what stories they could tell.

 

Lighting

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 01/01/2009 - 9:27pm.

Dave. do you think that was a flash that was used for lighting or daylight from a nearby window?

[Neither. Probably floodlights. - Dave]

 

Pratt & Whitney Machine Tools

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 01/01/2009 - 9:21pm.

Two possible machine tool companies ending in "y" - Pratt & Whitney and Lodge and Shipley. (Pratt & Whitney machine tools is very distantly related to Pratt & Whitney div of UTC which makes aircraft engines).

I believe the Ft Worth factory is still in use, producing F 16s and F 22s. It's owned by the US govt and currently operated by Lockheed. According to an article on the web, the plant occupies 7 million square feet which I calculate to be about 175 acres!

[The name looks like it ends in "AY," or maybe "MY." Then something ending in "AS" or "MS" under that. - Dave]

 

Ouch

Submitted by Dave Hall on Thu, 01/01/2009 - 7:41pm.

As Safety and OSHA Compliance Officer at my workplace and the son of a retired shop teacher, my first reaction was "Safety Glasses!" Just looking at all of the metal particles on the machine and her apron makes my eyes hurt.

[If there were something in the vise and if Rita were really working instead of posing, she'd be wearing goggles. - Dave]

 

Wheel of Fortune

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 01/01/2009 - 5:51pm.

So, what manufacturer of machine tools has a company name that ends in Y?

 

Heavy Duty

Submitted by PokerChip on Thu, 01/01/2009 - 4:16pm.

Those must be some industrial strength skivvies, Yoda.

 

Always in my underwear ...

Submitted by Older than Yoda on Thu, 01/01/2009 - 2:10pm.

... I find little paper notes that say "Inspected by No. 17." So she's the one!

 

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