File:WomanFactory1940s.jpg

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Turret lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

Date

October 1942

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This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division
under the digital ID fsac.1a34951.
This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

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Author

Howard R. Hollem (–1949)
Description	American photographer FSA / OWI
Date of birth/death		1949
Authority file	: Q12020452 VIAF: 4213807 ISNI: 0000000042525383 LCCN: n97045463 NAID: 10575664 Koninklijke: 412863278 WorldCat

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English: Lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, USA (1942).

Other languages:

Asturianu: Muyer trabayando nuna fábrica de Texas, Estaos Xuníos, (1940).

Čeština: Soustružnice obrábí součástky pro dopravní letadla v Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, USA (1942)

Cymraeg: Dynes yn gweithio mewn ffatri yn Nhalaith Tecsas, UDA (1940).

Deutsch: Arbeiterin fertigt Flugzeugteile an einer Drehbank in einer Fabrik der Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, Fort Worth, USA (1942).

English: Lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, USA (1942).

Español: Mujer en un fábrica de Texas, Estados Unidos (1940).

Esperanto: laboristino fabrikas partojn de aviadilo dum 1942 en Fort Worth, Teksaso, Usono

Français : Ouvrière-tourneuse usinant des pièces pour avions de transport à l'usine de la Consolidated Aircraft Corporation (Fort Worth, États-Unis, 1942).

Galego: Muller nunha fábrica de Texas, Estados Unidos, (1940).

Italiano: Donna in una fabbrica del Texas, USA, (1940).

Magyar: Női esztergályos egy texasi gyárban, 1942-ben

Norsk nynorsk: Ein kvinneleg fabrikkarbeidar i Texas i 1940.

Polski: Operatorka tokarki wyrabia części do samolotów transportowych w fabryce Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, w Fort Worth w USA (rok 1942)

Português: Uma Americana opera um Torno mecânico numa fábrica no Texas em 1940. A escassez de mão de obra criada pela Segunda Guerra Mundial fez com que mulheres fossem chamadas pra trabalhos até então mais comuns entre os homens.

Română: Femeie operând un strung la o uzină de avioane de transport a companiei Consolidated Aircraft Corporation din Fort Worth, Texas, 1942.

Slovenščina: Teksaška delavka na stružnici (leta 1940)

Svenska: Kvinnlig fabriksarbetare i Texas 1940.

Tagalog: Isang operador ng turno na nagmamakina ng mga parte para sa mga eroplanong pantransportasyon sa pagawaan ng Consolidated Aircraft Corporation sa Fort Worth, USA (1942).

Türkçe: ABD Teksas'da Kadın Fabrikası (1940)

Русский: Токарь, подгоняющий части транспортных самолетов на заводе корпорации Consolidated Aircraft, Форт Ворт, США (1942)

日本語：飛行機組立工場で働く女性工員（アメリカ合衆国テキサス州、1942年）

中文： 1940年代在美国德克萨斯州沃斯堡的联合飞机制造公司工厂工作的女性工人

This image was selected as picture of the day on Vietnamese Wikipedia.

Licensing

This image is a work of an employee of the United States Farm Security Administration or Office of War Information domestic photographic units, taken as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States. See Copyright.

	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	10:51, 4 September 2013	7,296 × 5,656 (17.68 MB)	Ariadacapo	Reverted to version as of 10:30, 21 July 2006 (higher resolution built from original TIFF)
	12:42, 24 July 2006	4,000 × 3,082 (5.54 MB)	Abu badali~commonswiki
	10:30, 21 July 2006	7,296 × 5,656 (17.68 MB)	Tintazul	no compression JPEG (100% quality) made from the available TIFF; slide marks cropped out
	05:23, 16 February 2005	957 × 742 (132 KB)	119~commonswiki

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