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An exploding rat, developed by British secret agents during WWII. Rat carcasses like this would be filled with plastic explosives and planted in the boiler rooms of German factories. Factory workers would find the dead rats and shovel them into the fire, thereby triggering a major explosion.
Source: mudwerks
January 1941. "Street scene in Ambridge, Pennsylvania." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Source: mudwerks
October 1942. "The careful hands of women are trained in precise aircraft engine installation duties at Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif." Kodachrome by Alfred Palmer, Office of War Information. View full size.
Source: shorpy.com
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Making crayons
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Andy Warhol & Edie, The Velvet Years Andy Warhol’s Factory 1965
© Stephen Shore
Source: pleasurephoto.wordpress.com
An assembly worker taking a noontime rest at the Long Beach, CA, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company." Taken in October 1942 by Alfred Palmer for the Office of War Information.
...a VW spokesperson speaking to the AP about the incident, said that the robot grabbed the worker and crushed him against a metal plate...
it begins
Source: Ars Technica
WW1 ... women operators
artist - George Andrew Reid
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Shrewsbury Sentinel factory children’s party (by LlGC ~ NLW)
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1942... landing gear assembly for a B-25 bomber (by x-ray delta one)
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... building armored cars - Cleveland (by x-ray delta one)
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Rosie's At It Again (by paul.malon)
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