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- Fannie and Friends: 1942
- ... View full size. Medium format safety negative by Howard Hollem for the Office of War Information.
Science! First thing I thought ... Posted by Dave - 09/05/2012 - 4:10pm -
- Eloise Ellis: 1942
- ... View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem for the Office of War Information.
Here's another shot of Mrs ... Posted by Dave - 08/05/2012 - 6:34pm -
- Riveting: 1942
- ... Worth. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem.
Mom! My mom, Rosie (real name), worked at a food dehydrator in ... Posted by Dave - 07/17/2012 - 10:09pm -
- Forth Worth: 1942
- ... place. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem for the Office of War Information.
It's a .... B-24. The ... Posted by Dave - 08/30/2012 - 3:26pm -
- Nose Job: 1942
- ... Naval Air Base, Texas." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem. View full size.
Immortal Elmer This is the second Shorpy ... Posted by Dave - 08/05/2012 - 1:16pm -
- The Sentinel: 1942
- ... Inc." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem for the Office of War Information.
Higgins Torpedo Boats Better ... Posted by Dave - 08/30/2012 - 4:43pm -
- High Octane: 1942
- ... Texas." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard R. Hollem.
Rara Avis The Curtiss-Wright CW-22 is a rare bird indeed; only ... Posted by Dave - 08/10/2012 - 4:56pm -
- J.D. Estes: 1942
- ... 1942. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem.
No Freudian interpretations, please. Sometimes a bomb is just a ... Posted by Dave - 07/22/2012 - 12:42pm -
- PBY Blister Gunner: 1942
- ... 1942. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem for the Office of War Information.
Earned its keep A PBY-5A ... Posted by Dave - 08/05/2012 - 10:55am -
- Parking Brake? Check.
- ... 1942. View full size. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem.
Parking break? What the person's looking into is probaly the ... Posted by Dave - 12/09/2007 - 6:12pm -
![Working on Catalina flying boat at the Corpus Christi Naval Air Base. August 1942. View full size. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem.
Parking break?What the person's looking into is probaly the throttle control cables for the engine to get the right setting for speed control.
[Well you know that was a joke. Ha ha! It's a seaplane. And the thing that stops a wheel is, to get all technical-jargony, a brake, not a "break." - Dave]
The PlaneIs a PBY Catalina.
Catalina PBYThese planes are still in use as water bombers for firefighting. They were the long distance and endurance champs of the day when equipped with extra tanks. An interesting read on them is "The Sky Beyond" by Sir Gordon Taylor.
OK, it's your turnHe appears to be buttoning-up the access panel after having successfully started the engine using the hand cranked inertia starter. The crank handle has been passed down to the next recruit. Probably a training exercise, all under the watchful eye of the old man in the back.
(The Gallery, Aviation, Howard Hollem, WW2)](https://www.shorpy.com/files/images/1a34915u.thumbnail.jpg "Parking Brake? Check.")
- Torch: 1942
- ... brothers in the Army." View full size. 4x5 negative by Howard Hollem, Office of War Information.
20 years later This reminds me of my ... Posted by Dave - 08/10/2012 - 8:36pm -
- Some Assembly Required: 1942
- ... 1942. View full size. Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem.
wrong ID it's a Liberator bomber... not a C87 transport
... Posted by Dave - 08/30/2012 - 9:05pm -
- Out for a Spin: 1942
- ... Cadet Thanas at Naval Air Base." 4x5 Kodachrome by Howard Hollem, Office of War Information. View full size.
Old Grumman Fighter ... Posted by Dave - 09/26/2012 - 12:05pm -
![August 1942. Corpus Christi, Texas. "Aviation Cadet Thanas at Naval Air Base." 4x5 Kodachrome by Howard Hollem, Office of War Information. View full size.
Old Grumman FighterLooks like he's training as a fighter pilot in a Grumman F3F, which then makes for an easy jump to the Navy's operational F4F Wildcat fighter.
Got any PBY pics?My Father in Law was a PBY flight instructor in Corpus during WWII. It would be a treat if I hopped on Shorpy and saw him in a pic.
[Here's one. - tterrace]
Poor guyI guarantee it was at least 100 degress that day and the humidity at least 70%.
(The Gallery, Kodachromes, Aviation, Howard Hollem, WW2)](https://www.shorpy.com/files/images/SHORPY_1a34882u.thumbnail.jpg "Out for a Spin: 1942")
- Primary Colors: 1943
- ... Her husband runs a farm." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem, Office of War Information. View full size.
Zinc chromate Why ... Posted by Dave - 08/20/2012 - 3:20pm -
![February 1943. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. "War production workers at the Heil Co. making gasoline trailer tanks for the Army Air Corps. Elizabeth Little, age 30, mother of two, spraying small parts. Her husband runs a farm." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem, Office of War Information. View full size.
Zinc chromateWhy is Mrs. Little not wearing gloves to protect those beautifully manicured hands from yellow paint?
Is that blue outfit the factory-issued work coveralls for her home clothing? (So why are the sleeves so short? Why no hair covering?)
Or is that blue outfit her everyday clothing when she is not painting? (So why is it not protected here against paint smears?)
[The ladies were usually posed for these OWI Kodachromes without gloves and such. - Dave]
(The Gallery, Kodachromes, Howard Hollem, Milwaukee, WW2)](https://www.shorpy.com/files/images/1a34979u.thumbnail.jpg "Primary Colors: 1943")
- Consolidated Aircraft: 1942
- ... Texas." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard R. Hollem for the Odffice of War Information.
What have they done? By the ... Posted by Dave - 08/10/2012 - 8:34pm -
- Fuselage Mating Fixture: 1942
- ... 1942. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem.
wrong id It's a Liberator bomber, not a C-87 transport
... Posted by Dave - 08/05/2012 - 9:29am -
![Fitting the tail of a C-87 transport plane to the wing center section in the fuselage mating fixture at the Consolidated Aircraft plant, Fort Worth, Texas. October 1942. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem.
wrong idIt's a Liberator bomber, not a C-87 transport
[The ID is correct. It's a C-87. You can tell by the #1 mounts, which have FUSELAGE MATING FIXTURE painted on them. The bombers used #2 mounts, with BOMB BAY MATING FIXTURE painted on them - Dave]
Again, it is a C-87The C-87 Transport was a variant of the B-24 Liberator bomber. On the C-87 the bomb bay and rear fuselage are replaced by a passenger compartment. A loading door is cut into the rear fuselage.
(The Gallery, Kodachromes, Aviation, Howard Hollem, WW2)](https://www.shorpy.com/files/images/1a34957uu.thumbnail.jpg "Fuselage Mating Fixture: 1942")
- Cadet Deitz: 1942
- ... Corpus Christi, Texas." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem. View full size.
(The Gallery, Kodachromes, Aviation, Howard ... Posted by Dave - 08/05/2012 - 10:54am -
- Corpus Christi: 1942
- ... 1942. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem.
Fly boys Those telling deep looks exchanged between these men ... Posted by Dave - 07/22/2012 - 12:43pm -
- Elmer Pace: 1942
- ... as a sheet metal worker." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard R. Hollem. View full size.
Elmer This looks like a re-work of a damaged ... Posted by Dave - 08/30/2012 - 3:29pm -
- Agnes of Milwaukee: 1943
- ... over to the Air Force." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem. View full size.
Agnes She looks so modern! This was 65 ... Posted by Dave - 08/10/2012 - 7:49pm -
![February 1943. Heil & Co., Milwaukee. "Agnes Cliemka, age 23, husband may be going into the service any day. Agnes used to work in a department store. Checking fuel hose on gasoline trailer before it is turned over to the Air Force." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem. View full size.
AgnesShe looks so modern! This was 65 years ago, but I feel like I could walk into a Milwaukee factory tomorrow and see Agnes. Fascinating.
AgnesOne reason that Agnes looks modern might be cause she she is overweight!
Not another one!Why do we always have to comment on people's weight?? It's rude and unnecessary. Furthermore it is sexist. Every time I look at a photo of a man on here, I don't say, "Wow, that guy is skinnier/fatter/more muscular/etc than men are nowadays!"
[The reason people leave comments like that is to read comments like this. - Dave]
You have to admit……that she is wearing Mom jeans, though.
This could be last week A real sense of the modern here.
AgnesAlthough I don't consider Agnes overweight her weight may have been one reason why she was hired if her boss believed tip number three in this "Guide to Hiring Women" that appeared in Transportation Magazine in 1943:
General experience indicates that "husky" girls - those who are just a little on the heavy side - are more even-tempered and efficient than their underweight sisters.
(The Gallery, Kodachromes, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Howard Hollem, Milwaukee, WW2)](https://www.shorpy.com/files/images/1a34976u.thumbnail.jpg "Agnes of Milwaukee: 1943")
- Liberator: 1942
- ... 1942. View full size. Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem.
(The Gallery, Kodachromes, Aviation, Howard Hollem, WW2) ... Posted by Dave - 08/30/2012 - 9:06pm -
- How Things Work: 1942
- ... View full size. Medium format safety negative by Howard Hollem for the Office of War Information.
(The Gallery, Aviation, ... Posted by Dave - 08/03/2012 - 11:34am -
- Jokey Salts: 1942
- ... operations on Navy planes." 4x5 inch nitrate negative by Howard Hollem for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Why is ... ... Posted by Dave - 09/26/2016 - 10:52pm -
- Size Matters: 1943
- ... work." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem for the Office of War Information.
Uh-oh... I hope she's not ... Posted by Dave - 08/01/2012 - 1:33pm -
- Special Services: 1944
- ... services in a synagogue on West 23rd Street." Photo by Howard Hollem et al. for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Oh, no ... Posted by Dave - 06/06/2014 - 10:38am -
![A D-Day triptych. "New York, New York. June 6, 1944. Congregation Emunath Israel. D-Day services in a synagogue on West 23rd Street." Photo by Howard Hollem et al. for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Oh, noThis picture is going to drive me nuts. Emunath Israel (today usually called the "Chelsea Shul") has been at 236 West 23rd Street since the 1920's. Problem is, it occupies a structure originally built as a Methodist church that looks absolutely nothing like what we can see in this picture. It has much plainer stonework, and that's not the sort of thing that would be changed in even a massive renovation.
[It is the same building - formerly a Presbyterian, not Methodist church, - massively renovated. -tterrace]
Emunath IsraelSure looks different nowadays. The photo below is from Thanksgiving 2010. The Hebrew over the door in the recent picture says Emunath Israel: faith of Israel. The two tablets are the ten commandments. The Hebrew in the old picture is Talmud Torah: learning of Torah. The synagogue is immediately to the west of the Chelsea Hotel.
How do you have a sign ready for that?I don't understand how you already have a sign like that painted and ready for the event? Was it common knowledge that there was going to be "a" D-Day and people just didn't know when it was going to happen? Or did they commission this sign and get it painted within a few hours for use that day?
(Panoramas, Howard Hollem, NYC, WW2)](https://www.shorpy.com/files/images/8d36262a-triptych.thumbnail.jpg "Special Services: 1944")
- Fill It With Ethyl: 1943
- ... a filling station." Sears gasoline -- who knew? Photo by Howard Hollem for the Office of War Information. View full size.
... is a little fuzzy.
More Photog Reflections! Howard Hollem seems to be using a twin-lens reflex, looking down like that. ... Posted by Dave - 10/01/2013 - 7:30pm -
![June 1943. Louisville, Kentucky. "Virginia Lively used to be a beauty operator. Today she works at a filling station." Sears gasoline -- who knew? Photo by Howard Hollem for the Office of War Information. View full size.
"Virginia Lively"Now that's a perfect name for an Alt Country band!
Gas Price Wars- Sears WonWhen I was going to Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton in 1970, there was a gasoline price war going on with some stations on U.S. 1 south of the campus. I was astonished to find gas at 19¢ a gallon at the Sears Automotive Center for a couple of weeks.
I don't know what brand of gas it actually was, or if the pumps were branded as Sears, but my Corvair ran fine on whatever it was. At that time, I remember regular going for 35¢ a gallon as a normal price, because my Corvair held 14 gallons of gas and $5 would fill it up from the fumes level.
I remember a couple of guys in the dorm and I discussing whether we could store gas in drums; we were poor college students and knew we'd never see gas that cheap again-- though we never dreamed what we'd one day be paying!!!
Sweetheart Jewelry Looks like either USAAF, or Naval Aviator wings on her bracelet.
DetailsThe detail in this are great - love the change maker around her waist. You probably didn't need paper money to fill up then. In the mid-60s my friends and I would each contribute a quarter to add gas to Mom's car and that would last us MORE than an evening of driving around. I am trying to remember when Ethyl stopped being used. I remember it, but my timing is a little fuzzy.
More Photog Reflections!Howard Hollem seems to be using a twin-lens reflex, looking down like that. Sears gets a plug because Hollem posed the car diagonally for a better composition than an actual fill-er-up.
Sears GasSears has fooled with gasoline sales for decades, usually in metropolitan areas only. As a low-margin/high-turn item, it served to get vehicles into their auto service departments.....The change-maker on her belt brings back lots of teenage memories.
I Believe ...... this is the Sears store that used to be at Ninth and Broadway.
'42 Ford convertibleNice, and pretty rare then (and today). Believe it or not, lenses (and LED inserts) are still made for this car, due to Ford's use of these same taillights into 1948, and their popularity today as hotrods.
Her sweetheart may have been in the ArmyVirginia May (or Mary) Lively was born on 20 September 1921 in Hardin County, Kentucky. Her parents were Sylvester Squire Lively (1901-1969) and Lillie May Triplett (1899-1983).
Virginia married Hugh Vernon Mills (1911-1973). I was not able to find a wedding date. They had one daughter, who may still be living. Hugh enlisted in the US Army in October 1943 and remained in the service until January 1949. He died in Los Angeles County, California in 1973. He was born in California.
Virginia died in Venice, Florida on 18 November 2001.
In the 1940 US census she is enumerated with her parents in Louisville. Her occupation was beauty shop operator.
A little OT...but a handy mnemonic for remembering which kind of alcohol is drinkable is "Ethel can't drink Methyl."
Something's missingWhere's the gas cap? In 1942 gas caps were not attached to the car. When an attendant filled the tank he or she either put it on top of the car, on top of the pump or held in his or her hand. I don't see it. Surely she didn't put it in her pocket. Maybe on the raised part of the pump island behind her?
[Or, even though this is her actual job, she could be just posing for the photo, not actually pumping gas. -tterrace]
Gas capThere was a shelf between the rear of the car the bumper. Great place to place the gas cap while pumping! As for Ethyl (Tetraethyllead) or TEL was phased out starting in the US in the mid-1970s because of its neurotoxicity and its damaging effect on catalytic converters. It is still used as an additive in some grades of aviation gasoline and automotive racing fuels.
Gas capIn the days before the invention of the plastic cord gadget, attendants almost universally placed the cap on the flat area atop the pump on the side over the rest for the nozzle. That put the cap right in front of the attendant's eyes when he racked the nozzle.
Given the angle of the shot, it could well be there just out of sight to the camera.
(The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Gas Stations, Howard Hollem, Louisville)](https://www.shorpy.com/files/images/SHORPY_8d31626u.thumbnail.jpg "Fill It With Ethyl: 1943")
- Arc Story: 1942
- ... hostile shores. Higgins Industries, New Orleans." Photo by Howard Hollem, Office of War Information. View full size.
Hot Pockets! Mr. ... Posted by Dave - 05/26/2014 - 5:44pm -
- Wipe Feet: 1942
- ... under civil service." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem. View full size.
Lorena Craig Amazingly sharp photo for 1942. ... Posted by Ken - 08/30/2012 - 11:59am -
![August 1942. "With a woman's determination, Lorena Craig takes over a man-size job in Corpus Christi, Texas. Before she came to work at the Naval Air Base she was a department store girl. Now she is a cowler under civil service." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Howard Hollem. View full size.
Lorena CraigAmazingly sharp photo for 1942.
Graeme Thomas
York, England
[It's a Kodachrome transparency made on 5x4 inch sheet film. What we would call "high definition" today. - Dave]
Lorena CraigThere is some quality that I can't define in this woman's appearance which just grabs me. It's obviously a posed setting and I take that into account but there is just something about this shot......!
BK
Canberra
Australia
Lorena CraigI just realised what it is that attracts me to this photo, and I am sure it was deliberate:-
1) The lady's clothing is oversize, no doubt to induce a feeling of pathos towards the person.
Look at the sleeves of her shirt....much too large and folded back, which makes her arms look thinner.
2) The hose trails off to the left and she is leaning that way, emphasising the appearance of her having to really haul on that damn thing to get up the ladder to where-ever she is going.
3) Yet her expression is completely neutral; she is neither smiling nor grimacing. She is determined to get the job done and that comes through in the set of her face.
Beautifully posed.
Whoever set this up was an expert.
BK
Canberra
Australia
(The Gallery, Kodachromes, Factories, Howard Hollem)](https://www.shorpy.com/files/images/1a34877u_opt-1.thumbnail.jpg "Wipe Feet: 1942")
- I Feel Fine: 1944
- ... Shepherd." Also: The "Basic Seven" food groups. Photo by Howard Hollem for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Hats and ... Posted by Dave - 06/22/2014 - 7:38am -
![June 1944. "Brooklyn, New York. Home nursing class held at the community house of the Church of the Good Shepherd." Also: The "Basic Seven" food groups. Photo by Howard Hollem for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Hats and VeilsMade her sick.
The ladies of the Bad Hat BrigadeShown performing their annual re-enactment of the death of Little Nell.
Hats!One would think that a hat is an important part of caring for a sick child........ The one with the veil must be especially powerful. This picture is about ten years before my childhood. Women were still wearing hats in the 1950s but for fewer occasions. The nurses still looked like this one though.
Coincidence?This girl bears a striking resemblance to Katie Nolan, played by Dorothy McGuire, in 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'. The time's about right, and the location is spot-on ... but just coincidence, surely.
[You sure you don't mean Peggy Ann Garner as Francie? -tterrace]
Maybe I need a spell in the Community House ... Thanks for the correction, tterrace ... that is precisely what I meant to write ... too engrossed in memories of that film. Peggy Ann, indeed.
Shall we play doctor?She seems to be enjoying all the attention. That was a time when little girls did not mind the company of elderly people. Don't you think being old wasn't such a nuisance back then? Grandmas looked like grandmas, not like their granddaughters!
(The Gallery, Howard Hollem, Kids, Medicine, NYC)](https://www.shorpy.com/files/images/SHORPY-8d35892u.thumbnail.jpg "I Feel Fine: 1944")
- The Wings of War: 1942
- ... and fluorescent lighting systems in the country." Photo by Howard Hollem for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Numbers? ... Posted by Dave - 04/02/2019 - 11:39am -
![October 1942. The Consolidated Aircraft Corp. plant in Fort Worth, Texas. "Production. Halfway down the final line of a Western aircraft plant at which B-24 bombers and C-87 transports are made. This new transport, an adaptation of the B-24 bomber, is known as the C-87 and carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production. It is built in a plant equipped with one of the best air conditioning and fluorescent lighting systems in the country." Photo by Howard Hollem for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Numbers?What's with the "QR codes" on all the noses except #31?
[They were scratched off the negative by war censors. - Dave]
That was my first guess. They do look like QR codes...
Office platformsWow, a whole two story office platform booth for each airplane? And file drawers full of paperwork... That's pretty amazing. Also seeing the partial aircraft with half wings is not what I'd expect to see in such a factory. I'd like to see more of this plant!
Top SecretIt appears that something (a number?) has been scratched out or retouched on the first, third and fourth plane's noses, but is partly visible on the second (31?). An odd thing to be secretive about if you're showing the entire assembly process.
Wow! Really?The C-87?!? I'm befuddled. And I thought I knew every US aircraft of WWII. The lesson is: Never think you know enough.
C-87I seem to remember that Earnest K Gann wrote that while they looked much the same, the B-24 was a fine plane, but the C-87 was a cow ... wildly underpowered for its rated payload.
(The Gallery, Aviation, Factories, Howard Hollem, WW2)](https://www.shorpy.com/files/images/SHORPY-8b04814u1.thumbnail.jpg "The Wings of War: 1942")
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