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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. After eight weeks of training he will go into civil service. Should he be inducted or enlist in the armed service, he will be valuable to mechanized units of the Army or Navy
1942 August | 1 transparency | Hollem, Howard R.
LC-USW36-46 <P&P> [P&P] | LC-DIG-fsac-1a34866 (digital file from original transparency) -
Answering the nation's 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, Texas. Both are employed under Civil Service in the Assembly and repair department. Mrs. Davis' training will enable her to take the place of her husband should he be called ...
1942 August | 1 transparency | Hollem, Howard R.
LC-USW36-47 <P&P> [P&P] | LC-DIG-fsac-1a34867 (digital file from original transparency) -
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
1942 August | 1 transparency | Hollem, Howard R.
LC-USW36-48 <P&P> [P&P] | LC-DIG-fsac-1a34868 (digital file from original transparency) -
Jesse Rhodes Waller, A.O.M., third class, tries out a 30-calibre machine gun he has just installed in a Navy plane, Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas
1942 August | 1 transparency | Hollem, Howard R.
LC-USW36-50 <P&P> [P&P] | LC-DIG-fsac-1a34869 (digital file from original transparency) -
Sailor at the Naval Air Base wears the new type protective clothing and gas mask designed for use in chemical warfare, Corpus Christi, Texas. These uniforms are lighter than the old type
1942 August | 1 transparency | Hollem, Howard R.
LC-USW36-51 <P&P> [P&P] | LC-DIG-fsac-1a34870 (digital file from original transparency) -
Working inside the nose of a PBY, Elmer J. Pace is learning the construction of Navy planes, Corpus Christi, Texas. As an NYA trainee at the Naval Air Base, he gets practical experience. After about eight weeks, he will go into civil service as a sheet metal worker
1942 August | 1 transparency | Hollem, Howard R.
LC-USW36-52 <P&P> [P&P] | LC-DIG-fsac-1a34871 (digital file from original transparency) -
Learning to work a cutting machine, these two NYA employees receive training to fit them for important work, Corpus Christi, Texas. After eight weeks they will be eligible for civil service jobs at the Naval Air Base
1942 August | 1 transparency | Hollem, Howard R.
LC-USW36-53 <P&P> [P&P] | LC-DIG-fsac-1a34872 (digital file from original transparency) -
Mrs. Doris Duke, who is 26 and a mother of one child, Corpus Christi, Texas. Mrs. Duke is a civil service worker in the A[ssembly] and R[epair] dept. at the Navy Air Base (shot - reconditioning spark plugs)
1942 August | 1 transparency | Hollem, Howard R.
LC-USW36-54 <P&P> [P&P] | LC-DIG-fsac-1a34873 (digital file from original transparency) -
Women are contributing their skills to the nation's needs by keeping our country's planes in top-notch fighting condition, Corpus Christi, Texas. Wife of a disabled World War I veteran, 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
1942 August | 1 transparency | Hollem, Howard R.
LC-USW36-55 <P&P> [P&P] | LC-DIG-fsac-1a34874 (digital file from original transparency) -
Formerly a sociology major at the University of Southern California, Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis (right) now "keeps 'em flyin'" at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. She is a supervisor under civil service in the Assembly and Repair Department. It is her job to maintain morale among the women by helping them solve housing and other personal problems. With her is Jo Ann ...
1942 August | 1 transparency | Hollem, Howard R.
LC-USW36-56 <P&P> [P&P] | LC-DIG-fsac-1a34875 (digital file from original transparency) -
Jesse Rhodes Waller, A.O.M., third class, tries out a 30-calibre machine gun he has just installed on a Navy plane, Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas
1942 August | 1 transparency | Hollem, Howard R.
LC-USW36-57 <P&P> [P&P] | LC-DIG-fsac-1a34876 (digital file from original transparency) -
With a woman's 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. Now she is a cowler under civil service
1942 August | 1 transparency | Hollem, Howard R.
LC-USW36-59 <P&P> [P&P] | LC-DIG-fsac-1a34877 (digital file from original transparency) -
Feeding an SNC advanced training plane its essential supply of gasoline is done by sailor mechanics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Standing on the wing is Floyd Helphrey who came from Iowa to join the Navy early in the year. At right is W. Gardner of Illinois who used to be a crane operator
1942 August | 1 transparency | Hollem, Howard R.
LC-USW36-63 <P&P> [P&P] | LC-DIG-fsac-1a34878 (digital file from original transparency) -
Assembly and Repairs Dept. mechanic Mary Josephine Farley works on a Wright Whirlwind motor, Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas
1942 August | 1 transparency | Hollem, Howard R.
LC-USW36-65 <P&P> [P&P] | LC-DIG-fsac-1a34879 (digital file from original transparency) -
"Women in white" doctor Navy planes (motors) at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Mildred Webb, an NYA trainee at the base, is learning to operate a cutting machine in the Assembly and Repair Department. After about eight weeks as an apprentice she will be eligible for a civil service job in the capacity for which she has been trained
1942 August | 1 transparency | Hollem, Howard R.
LC-USW36-68 <P&P> [P&P] | LC-DIG-fsac-1a34880 (digital file from original transparency) -
Cadet L. Deitz at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas
1942 August | 1 transparency | Hollem, Howard R.
LC-USW36-69 <P&P> [P&P] | LC-DIG-fsac-1a34881 (digital file from original transparency) -
Av. Cadet Thanas at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas
1942 August | 1 transparency | Hollem, Howard R.
LC-USW36-70 <P&P> [P&P] | LC-DIG-fsac-1a34882 (digital file from original transparency) -
Bowen and Olsen, a riveter and her supervisor, in the Assembly and Repair Dept. at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas
1942 August | 1 transparency | Hollem, Howard R.
LC-USW36-71 <P&P> [P&P] | LC-DIG-fsac-1a34883 (digital file from original transparency) -
Lorena Craig is a cowler under civil service at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas
1942 August | 1 transparency | Hollem, Howard R.
LC-USW36-73 <P&P> [P&P] | LC-DIG-fsac-1a34884 (digital file from original transparency) -
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
1942 August | 1 transparency | Hollem, Howard R.
LC-USW36-75 <P&P> [P&P] | LC-DIG-fsac-1a34885 (digital file from original transparency)
