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- The two front doors
- You are correct Dave.
- I was just there
- New to me
- Football-shaped thing
- Working all the live long day
- How do you stop slackers?
- It's [not] a Diamond T
- A Red Brown Truck
- Not Too Long a Long Walk
- What Tribe? Huh?
- Cheap labor
- No Mel Brooks fans?!?
- The real "Gandy"
- @louJudson
- Somethings not right
- Straining or laughing?
- Heavy!
- I don't like the look of that supervisor
- What tribe? Which rail location?
- How many do they need?
- Pursed lips
- Another lost street trade?
- Where Is The Carpet bag?
- Another great composition
- The Un-Coaler
- The Last Bickford's
- Re: And literally just around the corner
- Straight from Central Casting
- And literally just around the corner
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Laverne & Shirley: 1942
Grinder operators at Republic Drill & Tool, Chicago. August 1942. View full size. Photograph by Ann Rosener for the Office of War Information.
Safety Glasses
I hope those are safety glasses they are wearing? I cringe when I see people working without them,especially since they heave saved my eyes more than once.
Re:Why is Woody Allen dressed in drag?
Because that's Mia Farrow on the left!
Why is Woody Allen dressed in drag?
And what's he doing in a factory?
Great picture of two of the soldiers of the production front.
Think This is a Propaganda Photo?
Love those uniforms!!! I think that's the cleanest, nicest metal shop I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot of them.
[All of the OWI pictures were "propaganda photos." If you mean staged or fake, the answer is no. Ann Rosener, who specialized in science and tech- nology photography, took dozens of pictures at Republic Drill & Tool. - Dave]
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