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York Pennsylvania People Photo Gallery
Images of People in York
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Bonus veterans.
Kid from York, Pennsylvania.
Horydczak, Theodor, ca. 1890-1971, photographer.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
ca. 1920-ca. 1950.
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Conversion.
Safe and lock company. Painting thirty-seven-millimeter gun mounts now produced in a factory which formerly made safes and locks for civilian use. York Safe and Lock Company, York, Pennsylvania.
Hollem, Howard R., photographer.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1942 Feb.
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Millimeter gun assembly
Millimeter guns for America's armed forces are assembled in a factory once devoted to manufacture of safes and locks. York Safe and Lock Company, York, Pennsylvania.
Hollem, Howard R., photographer.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1942 Feb.
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Gun mount assembly
This man and the factory he works in were both accustomed to a different kind of work in times of peace. A former silk weaver and loom repairman, this worker now assembles thirty-seven-millimeter gun mounts in a plant which made safe and locks before Pearl Harbor. York Safe and Lock Company, York, Pennsylvania.
Hollem, Howard R., photographer.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1942 Feb.
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Floor waxer plant
The owner of this small Eastern floor waxer plant (left) has planned for and almost completed conversion of his equipment to accomodate the defense production for which he has subcontracted. This five-spindle drill press, once used in manufacture of floor waxing machines, has been equipped with special chuck and drill for production of anti-aircraft guns. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania.
Hollem, Howard R., photographer.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1942 Feb.
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Eastern manufacturing firm
One of the few lathes bought by a small Eastern manufacturing firm. Unable to purchase much new machinery, the owner of the company installed and remodelled old equipment to produce war essentials under subcontract. First orders were delivered thirty days after contract, an amoazingly short time considering that conversion of machines took two weeks of it. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania.
Hollem, Howard R., photographer.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1942 Feb.
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Converting old equipment
These twenty-year-old lathes are producing equipment for Uncle Sam's armed forces twenty-two hours a day. Alive to the possibilities of converting old equipment to defense usage, the owner of this small Eastern factory bought and remodelled old equipment which is proving its mettle in 1942. Note overhead power-driven machinery. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania.
Hollem, Howard R., photographer.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1942 Feb.
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Weapon assembly
Assembling the weapons of democracy. In a factory which formerly manufactured safes and locks, today thirty-seven-millimeter guns and gun mounts are coming off the assembly line. York Safe and Lock Company, York, Pennsylvania.
Hollem, Howard R., photographer.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1942 Feb.
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Five-spindle drill press
Normally used in manufacture of floor waxers, as shown here, this five-spindle drill press is now used full-time on defense orders for which this small Eastern plant is under subcontract. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania.
Hollem, Howard R., photographer.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1942 Feb.
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Assembling weapons for Victory
to be used by the armed forces. Gerald Smith, twenty-eight, assembles thirty-seven-millimeter gun mounts in a factory which formerly made safes and locks. York Safe and Lock Company, York, Pennsylvania.
Hollem, Howard R., photographer.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1942 Feb.
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