Text from image: "The Washington Monument is built of stone contributed by all the nations of the earth to honor the founder of this republic. From Arlington, across the river, where sleep the men who died for freedom, it looks like a giant spike...
Machines are whirring, conveyor systems and assembly lines are moving the Rouge plant of the Ford Motor Company at Dearborn, MI and each shift brings thousands of workmen in the plant. Pictured are workmen entering and leaving the plant on a bridge...
Long Beach CA- As this swift and deadly attack bomber rolled off production lines of Douglas Aircraft Companys blackout plant here, the first for 1942, Douglas employees tagged it: With New Years greetings to Emperor Hirohito from 130,000,000...
Bombers for the British are rolling off the production lines of the Lockheed Aircraft factory, Burbank in steadily increasing numbers, as is evidenced by this line up of famous Lockheed Hudsons, on which mechanics are making final adjustments for...
Santa Monica CA- Along brilliantly lit assembly lines of Douglas Aircraft Companys plant here, night crews are rushing production of DB-7B attackers bombers, recently acclaimed as night fighters in the defense of blacked out Britain. Equipped with...
"A momentary burst of lights unequalled in the annals of photography turns night into day for this history making picture marking the centennial of the world famous Horseshoe Curve of the Pennsylvania Railroad, an engineering marvel to this day and...
A momentary burst of lights unequalled in the annals of photography turns night into day for this history making picture marking the centennial of the world famous Horseshoe Curve of the Pennsylvania Railroad, an engineering marvel to this day and...
Willow Run MI- Where less than a year ago workmen were still removing bomber machinery, a pair of 2000 foot long Kaiser-Frazer body trim lines now complete 45 bodies an hour each. The gigantic Kaiser-Frazer automobile lat is now equipped with two...
For the first time in almost four years, new passenger cars emerged from Studebaker assembly lines, today. The company had been ready to produce automobiles for 13 weeks, but a labor dispute in the plant of a major parts supplier held up...
Whether your trip is 100 miles or 3000, the matchless comfort and luxury of the Lockheed Constellation speed the minutes as the four huge engines speed the miles. Interior fittings in the Constellation cabin, styled by the fames industrial designer...
A Lincoln Zephyr powered by a V-12 engine (left) was joined by two newly introduced Mercury cars (note banner on wall) at this Spokane, WA dealership in the fall of 1938. The new Mercury, powered by a V-8 engine, was introduced by Ford Motor...
Designed for a sustained cruising speed of 100 miles per hour, the new rear engine Torpedo has the rakish lines of a fast plane combined with light weight and safety features developed in champions that wont 14 out of 16 events at the Indianapolis...
Santa Ana CA- Home videotex is now available in Southern California. Times Mirror Videotex Services, GATEWAY allows subscribers to do such things as shipping, banking and gain access to a wide variety of information services. The service is...
Launching America's largest liner "SS America" at Newport News, VA. The United States Lines $17,000,000 luxury liner, for transatlantic service, has accomodations for over 1,200 passengers, 30,000 tonnage, 723 ft. in length.
In anticipation of the trend toward increasingly heavy air cargoes, United Air Lines launched the nations first high speed all cargo air service from New York to Chicago early this year. United officials predict that flying freight cards such as...