Alfred Palmer
Women aircraft workers finishing transparent bomber noses for fighter and reconnaissance planes at Douglas Aircraft Co. Plant in Long Beach, Calif.

Women aircraft workers finishing transparent bomber noses for fighter and reconnaissance planes at Douglas Aircraft Co. Plant in Long Beach, Calif.

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Women aircraft workers finishing transparent bomber noses for fighter and reconnaissance planes at Douglas Aircraft Co. Plant in Long Beach, Calif.
ArtistAmerican, 1906 - 1993
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Women aircraft workers finishing transparent bomber noses for fighter and reconnaissance planes at Douglas Aircraft Co. Plant in Long Beach, Calif.
Date1942
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 9 9/16 in. (19.4 × 24.3 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)
Frame (outer): 16 3/8 × 20 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (41.7 × 51.8 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Will Michels in honor of his sister, Genevieve Namerow
Object number2006.711
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceWill Michels, Houston; given to MFAH, 2006.
Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Various pencil marks on verso:
"W.WII. Defense Plants." "Return (w/arrows re: Howard Flynn)" "Production - Planes - Parts" "...illegible p. 203..."
Marked on verso five stamps:
" Please Credit "
"4760"
" This is a U.S. Government / photograph and MAY NOT BE USED / FOR ANY ADVERTISING PURPOSE / WITHOUT SPECIFIC CLEARANCE AND / PERMISSION"

"CREDIT..(worn) BE APPRECIATED / Office of War Information, Photographic Section, Washington , D.C. "

"Publication Division / Office of War Information / Received Gratis From / Source __________ / Date 11-12-42 (in red pencil)"

"ORIGINAL PRINT / Must be returned to / Office of War Information / Picture Division Library / 224 West 57th Street / New York, N.Y. "

Typed white paper label pasted upper right: " THIS PIX MUST BE RETURNED TO / MR HOWARD FLYNN: PICTURE SECTION / 8th FLOOR, ROOM 802"

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