Some cool precision China cutting images:
Precision
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My favorite orientation of the track… the knife edge. This is performed by having the tip of the wing be perpendicular to the surface of the water. Seeing the planes shift into this position in the blink of an eye was intense!
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The utmost precision is required of these operators who are China cutting and drilling parachute packs in an eastern factory, Manchester, Conn. Their work is under constant close supervision. Pioneer Parchute Company (LOC)
Image by The Library of Congress
Rittase, William M.,, 1894-1968,, photographer.
The utmost precision is required of these operators who are China cutting and drilling parachute packs in an eastern factory, Manchester, Conn. Their work is under constant close supervision. Pioneer Parchute Company
1942 Aug.
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
Pioneer Parachute Company
Parachute industry
World War, 1939-1945
United States–Connecticut–Manchester
Format: Transparencies–Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Collection 12002-52 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35383
Call Number: LC-USW36-279
Precision
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