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Now It Can Be Told: 1942 | Shorpy :: History in HD |
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1:36 pm EDT, Jul 1, 2008 |
February 1942. Akron, Ohio. Another esoteric industrial process involving scary-looking thingamabobs essential to the war effort. Executive summary: Performing a painstakingly choreographed ballet of complicated tasks at precisely timed intervals, Joe Warworker here is doing his part to Speed Victory!
Now It Can Be Told: 1942 | Shorpy :: History in HD |
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End of the Rainbow: Cars! | Shorpy :: History in HD |
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10:43 pm EDT, Jun 30, 2008 |
1955. A rainbow over the campus of Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, seems to end on a row of classic 50s cars. The two-tone '53 Olds is nice, but I wish it wasn't obscuring the red-roofed Merc behind it. Shot by my brother, then a freshman there, on 35mm Kodachrome.
End of the Rainbow: Cars! | Shorpy :: History in HD |
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The Pike, Long Beach 1963 | Shorpy :: History in HD |
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5:08 pm EDT, Jun 29, 2008 |
The Pike at Long Beach, California, August 1963. An old-style amusement park with wooden roller coaster "The Cyclone," closed in 1979. View full size.
The Pike, Long Beach 1963 | Shorpy :: History in HD |
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Mating Operation: 1942 | Shorpy :: History in HD |
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7:55 pm EDT, Jun 27, 2008 |
February 1942. Firestone Rubber plant in Akron, Ohio. "Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. Before completion of the fourth and final welding operation in the manufacture of shatterproof oxygen cylinders for high altitude flying, all straps are subjected to physical tests to determine the strength of the weld. Occasional radiographic inspections are made to insure the quality of workmanship after the two halves of the cylinder are brought together in this atomic welding machine and made one unit. Here, the operator has just completed the union and is about to remove the whole cylinder." 4x5 nitrate negative by Alfred Palmer for the Office of War Information.
Mating Operation: 1942 | Shorpy :: History in HD |
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