From October 17, 2010 Shorpy "20,000 Volts:1942" Search it for picture.
Photo taken July 1942 in Melrose Park, Illinois.
"Production of aircraft engines, Buick plant. Foreman F.I. Bowman shows Marietta Morgan how to operate this bomb-test machine used to test reconditioned spark plugs. A young Negro girl, Marietta had been a clerk at a meat market. Her lack of industrial experience, however, has been no handicap for her present war job in a large Midwest airplane plant. She's rapidly becoming a skilled and efficient machine operator."
This plant is still there, but now makes engines for International Harvester. A person commented that they live in a subdivision a half-mile away built for war-time workers at the factory.
This is a very interesting photo and caption. I doubt that it could be printed today in that context. It does bring to light many aspects of the war effort.
More to Come. --Cooter
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