Posted on 08/29/2012 5:08:42 PM PDT by smokingfrog
Just photos and captions.
Woman aircraft worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif. Shown checking electrical assemblies
1942 June
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I think now, people are too busy or too lazy to buy ingredients and cook. It’s not a good development.
I've been working in machine shops for over 30 years. Seeing those machines in "new" condition is fascinating! And the tooling is so crude by today's standards. "You can walk with a wooden leg. You can chew with false teeth. But you can't see with a glass eye. Wear your safety glasses!"
“American industry unleashed. The Germans and Japanese had no idea what they were up against.”
True. I am always disappointed when they have shows about how amazing the German, and even the Japanese technology was, and how we almost lost. The actual fact is that for every “secret weapon” they had, we had five, and ours worked. Even something as mundane to us as our “Big Boy” locomotives were miracle machines to the Germans — they didn’t believe their own spies.
They are almost all thin, and they have their original breasts. Amazing to see.
Also, some of them look SO OLD. There is a 26 year old who I thought was 40, and a 32 year old who I thought was at least 45.
Some very attractive women in those shots. Very pensive as well.
I’m in complete agreement with you on that.
I “see” your point.
Oct. 1942
Worker putting finishing touches on the bombardier nose section of a B-17F navy bomber, Long Beach, Calif.
Kind of refreshing that they aren’t all surgically “enhanced”.
Even Rarer Photos: ANYONE working now
Everybody had a job to do.The men were in uniform,the women were in the factories.Contrast that with today where 90% of the population sees themselves as victims of something or other and two thirds of the country claims to have some sort of disability.
They never had a chance.
Fred: "Yeah, Barney. I know what you mean."
Barney: "Let's go behind the garage where we can't see them."
1960s Winston Cigarette commercial.
B17 is not a Navy bomber..its Army..the few that were used by the Navy would be PB1’s
B17 is not a Navy bomber..its Army..the few that were used by the Navy would be PB1’s
B17 is not a Navy bomber..its Army..the few that were used by the Navy would be PB1’s
My mom, fresh out of high school, riveted bombers in Tarrytown, NY while her boyfriend, future husband, and later my dad was helping to shoot Japs out of the skies of China with the 14th Army Air Force.
VA VA VOOM!
No kidding. Even the plain janes look good.
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