War Effort Collection (page 9)

Shipyards at Alexandria, Virginia, c. 1919 (b/w photo)
5053980 Shipyards at Alexandria, Virginia, c.1919 (b/w photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection

The Filling Factory, Hereford, 1918 (w/c and crayon)
WFA80827 The Filling Factory, Hereford, 1918 (w/c and crayon) by Ginner, Charles (1878-1952); 38.1x45.7 cm; Wolseley Fine Arts, London, UK; (add.info.: by Charles Ginner)

They do what they have to do, poster for the Loan for National Defence (litho)
XIR182166 They do what they have to do, poster for the Loan for National Defence (litho) by Adler, Jules (1865-1952); Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: they too)

National Saving Movement, c. 1916 (poster)
7293525 National Saving Movement, c.1916 (poster) by English School, (20th century); (add.info.: History. England. First World war)

Steel and concrete go into place rapidly as a new steel... Columbia Steel Co. Geneva, Utah, 1942
Steel and concrete go into place rapidly as a new steel mill takes form, Columbia Steel Co. Geneva, Utah. The new plant will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war

Constructing a building on the site of a new steel mill... Columbia Steel Co. Geneva, Utah, 1942
Constructing a building on the site of a new steel mill which will soon turn out steel for the war needs, Columbia Steel Co. Geneva, Utah

Old lead mines here have been reopened, Creede, Colo. 1942. Creator: Andreas Feininger
Old lead mines here have been reopened, Creede, Colo. Creede for many years was " a ghost town, " but has resumed the activities that made it an important lead producing center years ago

United Nations Fight for Freedom: Boy Scout in front of Capitol, 1943. Creator: John Rous
United Nations Fight for Freedom: Boy Scout in front of Capitol. They help out by delivering posters to help the war effort

United Nations Fight for Freedom... 1943. Creator: John Rous
United Nations Fight for Freedom : colored, white and Chinese Boy Scouts in front of Capitol, They help out by delivering poster to help the war effort

Boys trained in the fundamentals of navigation may become technicians... Los Angeles, Calif
Boys trained in the fundamentals of navigation may become technicians in the armed service, Los Angeles, Calif. Thomas Graham, a member of the Victory Corps at Polytechnic High School

Learning how to determine latitude by using a sextant... Polytechnic High School, LA, Calif. 1942
Learning how to determine latitude by using a sextant is Senta Osoling, student at Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles, Calif

Students at Washington High School at class, training... to the war effort, Los Angeles, Calif
Students at Washington High School at class, training for specific contributions to the war effort, Los Angeles, Calif. Ralph Angar, instructor

Busy stacks give evidence of all-out war production... Owens-Corning Fiberglass Co, Akron, Ohio
Busy stacks give evidence of all-out war production effort at a plant of Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation, Akron, Ohio

Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the service... Milwaukee, Wis. 1943
Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the service [US armed services] any day, Heil and Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Agnes used to work in a dep[artmen]t store

A rivet is her fighting weapon... Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
A rivet is her fighting weapon. Oyida Peaks, daughter of a Navy lieutenant, one of many women taking NYA training to become mechanics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Women from all fields have joined the production army, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Women from all fields have joined the production army, Corpus Christi, Texas. Miss Grace Weaver, a civil service worker at the Naval Air Base, and a school teacher before the war

Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis, senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis, senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Dept. of the Naval Air Base, talking with one of the men, Corpus Christi, Texas

Section of the batch house at a plant... Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation, Toledo, Ohio, 1942
Section of the batch house at a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Toledo, Ohio. In the bins are stored the raw materials for the batch from which fiberglass materials vital to the war

Bowen and Olsen, a riveter and her supervisor, in the... Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
Bowen and Olsen, a riveter and her supervisor, in the Assembly and Repair Dept. at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

A lathe operator machining parts for... Consolidated Aircraft Corp. plant, Fort Worth, Texas, 1942
A lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Mrs. Doris Duke, who is 26 and a mother of one child, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Mrs. Doris Duke, who is 26 and a mother of one child, Corpus Christi, Texas. Mrs. Duke is a civil service worker in the Assembly and Repair dept

Women are contributing their skills to the nations needs by keeping... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
Women are contributing their skills to the nations needs by keeping our countrys planes in top-notch fighting condition, Corpus Christi, Texas. Wife of a disabled World War I veteran, Mrs

Helen Bray, who left school to become a mech... Consolidated Aircraft Corp, Fort Worth, Texas
Helen Bray, who left school to become a mechanic at a western aircraft plant, is making an emplanage section on a new Consolidated transport, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

Bowen, a riveter, and Olsen, her supervisor, in the Assembly... Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas
Bowen, a riveter, and Olsen, her supervisor, in the Assembly and Repair Dept. at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Learning to work a cutting machine, these two NYA employees... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Learning to work a cutting machine, these two NYA employees receive training to fit them for important work, Corpus Christi, Texas

Women war workers, (1942?). Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Women war workers

Mary Louise Stepan, 21, used to be a waitress... Consolidated Aircraft Corp
Mary Louise Stepan, 21, used to be a waitress. She has a brother in the air corps. She is working on transport parts in the hand mill, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

Mrs. Virginia Davis, a riveter in the assembly and repair department of the Naval air base... 1942
Mrs. Virginia Davis, a riveter in the assembly and repair department of the Naval air base, supervises Chas. Potter, a NYA trainee from Michigan, Corpus Christi, Texas

Transfusion donor bottles, Baxter Lab. Glenview, Ill. 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Transfusion donor bottles, Baxter Lab. Glenview, Ill. Formerly a sculptress and designer of tiles, Dorothy Cole converted her basement into a workshop to tin plate needles for valves for blood

Answering the nations need for womanpower, Mrs. Virginia Davis made arrangement for the 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Answering the nations need for womanpower, Mrs. Virginia Davis made arrangement for the care of her two children during the day and joined her husband at work in the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi

Production of B-24 bombers and C-87 transports, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas. Cabbie Coleman, former housewife, works at western aircraft plant

Two Navy wives, Eva Herzberg and Elve Burnham... Glenview, Ill. 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Two Navy wives, Eva Herzberg and Elve Burnham, entered war work after their husbands joined the service, Glenview, Ill. They assemble bands for blood transfusion bottles at Baxter Laboratories. Mrs

Drilling on a Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Drilling on a Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Air... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942
Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Installing oxygen flask racks above the flight... Consolidated Aircraft... Fort Worth, Texas, 1942
Installing oxygen flask racks above the flight deck of a C-87 transport at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Beulah Faith, 20, used to be sales clerk... Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Beulah Faith, 20, used to be sales clerk in department store, reaming tools for transport on lathe machine, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

Working inside fuselage of a Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942
Working inside fuselage of a Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

Mrs. Cora Ann Bowen (left) works as a cowler at the Naval Air Base... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
Mrs. Cora Ann Bowen (left) works as a cowler at the Naval Air Base; Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis is a senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department, Corpus Christi, Texas

Working in the Assembly and Repair Dept. of the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Working in the Assembly and Repair Dept. of the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a former office worker, does with precision and patriotic zeal. Mrs

Riveter at work on Consolidated bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Riveter at work on Consolidated bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer... Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1943
War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Elizabeth Little, age 30, the mother of two children, spraying small parts

Assembling Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Assembling Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

NYA employees receiving training in the Assem... U.S. Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
NYA employees receiving training in the Assembly and Repair Dept. U.S. Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Frances Eggleston, aged 23, came from Oklahoma... Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, TX, 1942
Frances Eggleston, aged 23, came from Oklahoma, used to do office work. Removing paper from pilots window(?), Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Fort Worth, Texas

Lathe operator machining parts... Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, TX, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Pearl Harbor widows have gone into war work to carry on the fight... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
Pearl Harbor widows have gone into war work to carry on the fight with a personal vengeance, Corpus Christi, Texas. Mrs. Virginia Young (right)

Oyida Peaks riveting as part of her NYA training... Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Oyida Peaks riveting as part of her NYA training to become a mechanic in the Assembly and Repair Department at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

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"Unwavering Unity: The Power of the War Effort" In times of great turmoil, a nation's strength lies in its collective determination. This vintage World War II poster featuring a fedora and an Army helmet symbolizes the fusion of civilian and military efforts, as ordinary citizens donned their hats to support the cause. Down Lambeth Way, amidst the bustling streets, Lambeth Walk proudly purchases a Spitfire aircraft—a testament to their unwavering commitment towards defending freedom. Their contribution echoes throughout history as communities rallied together during wartime. The Recruitment Campaign "Teamwork Builds Ships, " published in 1917, showcases a vibrant lithograph that encapsulates the spirit of unity. It reminds us that every individual plays an integral role in constructing vessels that sail through treacherous waters. On Friday 2nd July 1915, at Carclew House in Cornwall, brave men joined the DCLI recruiting march. Their dedication exemplifies how patriotism transcends boundaries and inspires individuals from all walks of life to stand tall for their country. Amidst chaos and destruction during World War II, GWR staff transformed a humble parcel van into an ambulance—symbolizing compassion amid adversity. These unsung heroes loaded stretchers with care and hope while serving on the front lines. Vintage posters depicting bombs falling remind us of the sacrifices made by countless souls who faced unimaginable horrors with unwavering bravery. Each explosion serves as a stark reminder of our duty to protect what we hold dear. A poignant World War I poster portrays innocence shattered by conflict—a little girl sitting on her father's lap while a boy plays nearby. It evokes emotions that fuel our resolve never to let war rob future generations of peace and happiness again. As fighter pilots climbed into their airplanes during World War II, they embodied courage soaring above clouds filled with uncertainty. Their indomitable spirit continues to inspire us today—to face challenges head-on without fear.