This photo was taken at the Douglas Aircraft plant on 3855 Lakewood Blvd in Long Beach in 1942 after it had been converted to a war factory. What we’re seeing here is women checking long rows of Plexiglas noses destined for Douglas A-20 attack bombers. The overhead lights reflected in the Plexiglas make for striking photo, don’t they?
Women at work on the assembly line at Douglas Aircraft plant, Long Beach, California, 1942
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Wouldn’t include any Italian, German, or Japanese nationals. The Italians didn’t come off the enemy aliens list until late that year.
O worked there in the late 60s, Gemini I think.