XRH1721639: Men and women make efficient operating teams on riveting and other jobs at the Douglas Aircraft plant, Long Beach, Calif. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber October 1942, Palmer, Alfred T. (1906-93) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934821: African American worker at an electric phosphate smelting furnace used to make elemental phosphorus for the World War II munitions. 1930's Tennessee Valley public works development provided needed industrial capacity for the 1940's war effort. Photo taken in TVA chemical plant near Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 1942, Palmer, Alfred T. (1906-93) / Bridgeman Images