Mechanic Collection (#8)

WW2 Home Guard Greetings Card
A WW2 greetings guard using the theme of Britain's Home Guard. The illustration shows wartime professions, including businessmen, mechanic, butcher and a land girl. Date: circa 1940s

Royal Aero Club Mechanic armbands, Daily Mail Circuit
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: Extremely rare mechanic armbands from The Daily Mail Circuit of Britain Competition, circa 1911

WW2 British Soldier Kit And Lancers
A pair of WW2 illustrations from a children's ABC book. The left image shows a fully kitted British Army soldier, while the right picture portrays a British Lancer mechanic

Poster, Hurtu, Motor Cars and Bicycles, Paris
Poster, Hurtu, Motor Cars and Bicycles, Avenue de la Grande Armee, Paris, Noyel, Mechanic, Grande Rue Gannat. Date: circa 1900

Paris Madrid Race 1903 Transport Motoring Motor
paris, madrid, race, 1903, transport, motoring, motor, racing, accidents, may, body, mechanic, riding, mloraine, barrow, lies, dead, beside, tree, two, crashed, hitting, dog, first, stage, accident

SEVERO & MECHANIC DIE
Brazilian Severo sinks his fortune in what he believes to be a foolproof dirigible : alas, it isn't, and he and his mechanic die when it crashes in the avenue de Maine, Paris. Date: May 1902

An Old Mechanic
Niyazi Gürgen

African American soldiers drill with Rifles & Bayonet's 1917 (photo)
676857 African American soldiers drill with Rifles & Bayonet's 1917 (photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); (add.info.: African American soldiers drill with Rifles & Bayonet's)

Truck workshop in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Raul Cacho Oses

Women are trained as engine mechanics in thorough Douglas training... Long Beach, Calif. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Women are trained as engine mechanics in thorough Douglas training methods, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif

American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Douglas Aircraft... Long Beach, Calif
American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Douglas Aircraft Company, give important help in producing dependable planes for their men at the front, Long Beach, Calif

Colored mechanic, motor maintenance section, Ft. Knox, Ky. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Colored mechanic, motor maintenance section, Ft. Knox, Ky

B-25 bomber planes at the North American Aviation, Incorporated... Kansas City, Kansas, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
B-25 bomber planes at the North American Aviation, Incorporated being hauled along an outdoor assembly line with an " International" tractor, Kansas City, Kansas

One of Americas new warships of the air, a mighty YB-17 bomber... Langley Field, Va. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
One of Americas new warships of the air, a mighty YB-17 bomber, is pulled up at a bombardment squadron hangar, Langley Field, Va. It is all set to taxi out to a runway and take off

Mechanical operator on boiler parts, Combustion Engineering Co. Chattanooga, Tenn. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Mechanical operator on boiler parts, Combustion Engineering Co. Chattanooga, Tenn

Maintenance man at the Combustion Engineering Co. working at the largest... Chattanooga, Tenn. 1942
Maintenance man at the Combustion Engineering Co. working at the largest cold steel hydraulic press in the world, Chattanooga, Tenn. This press can shape steel plates several inches in thickness

Maintenance mechanic in largest coal press... Combustion Engineering Co. Chattanooga, Tenn. 1942
Maintenance mechanic in largest coal press in world, Combustion Engineering Co. Chattanooga, Tenn

Servicing [an] A-20 bomber, Langley Field, Va. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Servicing [an] A-20 bomber, Langley Field, Va

Sailor mechanic fueling a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Sailor mechanic fueling a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the service... Milwaukee, Wis. 1943
Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the service [US armed services] any day, Heil and Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Agnes used to work in a dep[artmen]t store

A rivet is her fighting weapon... Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
A rivet is her fighting weapon. Oyida Peaks, daughter of a Navy lieutenant, one of many women taking NYA training to become mechanics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Bowen and Olsen, a riveter and her supervisor, in the... Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
Bowen and Olsen, a riveter and her supervisor, in the Assembly and Repair Dept. at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Starting a propeller at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Starting a propeller at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Women are contributing their skills to the nations needs by keeping... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
Women are contributing their skills to the nations needs by keeping our countrys planes in top-notch fighting condition, Corpus Christi, Texas. Wife of a disabled World War I veteran, Mrs

Helen Bray, who left school to become a mech... Consolidated Aircraft Corp, Fort Worth, Texas
Helen Bray, who left school to become a mechanic at a western aircraft plant, is making an emplanage section on a new Consolidated transport, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

Bowen, a riveter, and Olsen, her supervisor, in the Assembly... Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas
Bowen, a riveter, and Olsen, her supervisor, in the Assembly and Repair Dept. at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Learning to work a cutting machine, these two NYA employees... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Learning to work a cutting machine, these two NYA employees receive training to fit them for important work, Corpus Christi, Texas

Mrs. Virginia Davis, a riveter in the assembly and repair department of the Naval air base... 1942
Mrs. Virginia Davis, a riveter in the assembly and repair department of the Naval air base, supervises Chas. Potter, a NYA trainee from Michigan, Corpus Christi, Texas

Answering the nations need for womanpower, Mrs. Virginia Davis made arrangement for the 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Answering the nations need for womanpower, Mrs. Virginia Davis made arrangement for the care of her two children during the day and joined her husband at work in the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi

Drilling on a Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Drilling on a Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

A sailor mechanic refueling a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
A sailor mechanic refueling a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

A hydraulic mechanic greasing the landing gear of a transport... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
A hydraulic mechanic greasing the landing gear of a transport, before the plane leaves the last station on the assembly line at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Working inside fuselage of a Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942
Working inside fuselage of a Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

Mrs. Cora Ann Bowen (left) works as a cowler at the Naval Air Base... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
Mrs. Cora Ann Bowen (left) works as a cowler at the Naval Air Base; Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis is a senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department, Corpus Christi, Texas

Working in the Assembly and Repair Dept. of the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Working in the Assembly and Repair Dept. of the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Working on a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Working on a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Getting a nose door ready to put on a C-87... Consolidated Aircraft Corp... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942
Getting a nose door ready to put on a C-87 transport plane at the end of the assembly line at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Riveter at work on Consolidated bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Riveter at work on Consolidated bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

This sailor mechanic is inspecting a PBY plane at the Naval Air Base in Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
This sailor mechanic is inspecting a PBY plane at the Naval Air Base in Corpus Christi, Texas. The ship had been reconditioned by the Civil Service employees at the Assembly

Its an intricate operation - installing a 30-calibre machine gun... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Its an intricate operation - installing a 30-calibre machine gun in a Navy PBY plane, but not too tricky for Jesse Rhodes Waller, Corpus Christi, Texas

Frances Eggleston, aged 23, came from Oklahoma... Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, TX, 1942
Frances Eggleston, aged 23, came from Oklahoma, used to do office work. Removing paper from pilots window(?), Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

Oyida Peaks riveting as part of her NYA training... Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Oyida Peaks riveting as part of her NYA training to become a mechanic in the Assembly and Repair Department at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Lorena Craig is a cowler under civil service at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Lorena Craig is a cowler under civil service at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Servicing an A-20 bomber, Langley Field, Va. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Servicing an A-20 bomber, Langley Field, Va

Women in white doctor Navy planes (motors) at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Women in white doctor Navy planes (motors) at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Mildred Webb, an NYA trainee at the base

Feeding an SNC advanced training plane its essential supply of gas... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
Feeding an SNC advanced training plane its essential supply of gasoline is done by sailor mechanics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

With a womans determination, Lorena Craig takes over a man-size job, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
With a womans determination, Lorena Craig takes over a man-size job, Corpus Christi, Texas. Before she came to work at the Naval air base she was a department store girl

Installing an engine at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Installing an engine at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

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