Factories

Men in a factory, probably in Kansas City, Missouri. All unidentified. From: Kansas City Chamber of Commerce.

Group of men in large building, probably in Kansas City, Missouri. It is probably a factory, in the 1930s. All people unidentified. From: Kansas City Chamber of Commerce.

Photo that is part of a series of black and white snapshots of France during World War I, probably taken by Eben Ayers, who was stationed there one year. Epernay. Union Champanoise plant selling wine all over the world.

A young Charles Ross (first row, left) is shown on the steps of the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Building in Kansas City, Missouri, with a group of unknown men. Charles Ross was probably a journalist at this time.

A crowd of employees and spectators from a New Jersey Bendix plant cheer and wave flags prior to ceremonies held during a tour of defense plants by a group of officers and enlisted men, led by Lt. Col. A. Robert Ginsburgh. Lt. Col. Ginsburgh is not in this photo.

Lt. Col. A. Robert Ginsburgh stands at the podium addressing workers at Lockheed Plant Number 1, Los Angeles, California, during a visit to airplane factories in Southern California, on Nov. 3, 1941, by a group of Air Corps officers from March Field, Riverside California, and Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Lt. Col. A. Robert Ginsburgh speaks to workers at Lockheed Plant Number 1, Los Angeles, California, during a visit to airplane factories in Southern California, on Nov. 3, l941, by a group of Air Corps officers from March Field, Riverside, and Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Photo of Henry J. Kaiser requesting the Reconstruction Finance Corporation write off $34,510,000 of the debt he owed the government for the Fontana, California steel plant. In return, he promised to raise $80,000,000 by private financing to double the steel-making capacity of the Fontana plant. He believed this would have had a material effect on relieving the existing steel shortage. From: Beth Gore.

President Benjamin F. Fairless of the United States Steel Corporation, told the Joint Economic Committee today that the corporation had not made a fair return on its sales or investment for the last 20 years. He blamed the recent price rise on the new employees pension system and the boost in Federal Social Security taxes. From: Beth Gore. From: Beth Gore

Lt. Col. A Robert Ginsburgh is shown eating lamb chops at a Tech H. S. Luncheon in Buffalo, New York, on Oct. 22, 1941, during a tour of defense plants by a group of officers from Washington, D. C.