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Woman @ Desk,
Harry Mellon Rhoads, photographer,
[between 1920 and 1930?].
Western History/Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library / Library of Congress

Production A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Checking part to blueprint. Here a pair of factory workers check the blueprint with a part which will go into the “Vengeance” dive bombers made at Vultee’s Nashville Division. The “Vengeance” (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force).
Alfred T. Palmer, photographer,
1943.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

Four Young Men Standing Around a Large Piece of Machinery in a Workshop.
Chicago Daily New, Inc.,
1928.
Chicago Historical Society / Library of Congress

Meeting of the Mechanics and Others of the City of Washington,
broadside,
Washington, D.C., 1852.
Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
American Quarterly [official journal site]
American Quarterly [editorial site]