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Kodachrome Photos From 1942/43!

      These are some completely amazing 4x5 Kodachrome transparencies by Alfred Palmer for the Office of War Information from 1942/43. They are a documentation of the WWII war effort in the US. Clearly they're staged and with a view to propaganda, but they are a fascinating hyper-real slice of the US in the early 40's.
      What is really astounding is to think that these images are 70 years old. They look better today than they probably did when they were taken because there is so much information buried in each one. There's no grain and the colours are simply astounding! There's even photos shot in very low light that came out breathtaking.

Notice No One Bothers To Wear Protective Gear. Enjoy! :)
Kodachrome Photos From 1942/43
May 1942. Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron

Kodachrome Photos From 1942/43
October 1942. "Testing electric wiring at Douglas
Aircraft Company. Long Beach, California."

Kodachrome Photos From 1942/43
October 1942. Engine installers at Douglas
Aircraft in Long Beach, California

Kodachrome Photos From 1942/43
October 1942. Experimental staff at the North American Aviation
plant in Ingle- wood, Calif., observing wind tunnel tests on a
model of the B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber

Kodachrome Photos From 1942/43
April 1943. Schoolchildren in San Augustine County, Texas

Kodachrome Photos From 1942/43
February 1943. Working on the horizontal stabilizer of a
"Vengeance" dive bomber at the Consolidated -
Vultee plant in Nashville

Kodachrome Photos From 1942/43
Long Beach, California. October 1942. "Annette del
Sur publicizing salvage campaign in yard of
Douglas Aircraft Company."

Kodachrome Photos From 1942/43
October 1942. Workers installing fixtures and assemblies
in the tail section of a B-17F bomber at the Douglas
Aircraft Company plant in Long Beach, California.



Kodachrome Photos From 1942/43
October 1942. "Lieutenant 'Mike' Hunter, Army test pilot
assigned to Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California"

Kodachrome Photos From 1942/43
October 1942. Inglewood, California. North American Aviation
drill operator in the control surface department assembling
horizontal stabilizer section of an airplane.

Kodachrome Photos From 1942/43
October 1942. Assembling switchboxes on the firewalls of
B-25 bombers at North American Aviation's
Inglewood, California, factory.

Kodachrome Photos From 1942/43
October 1942. Inglewood, California. "Young woman
employee of North American Aviation working over the
landing gear mechanism of a P-51 fighter plane"

Kodachrome Photos From 1942/43
October 1942. Kansas City, Kansas. "B-25 bomber plane
at North American Aviation being hauled along
an outdoor assembly line"

Kodachrome Photos From 1942/43
June 1942. Engine inspector for North
American Aviation at Long Beach, California.

Kodachrome Photos From 1942/43
June 1942. Inglewood, California. "Punching rivet holes in a
frame member for a B-25 bomber at North American Aviation."

Kodachrome Photos From 1942/43
942. Inglewood, California. Riveting team working on the
cockpit shell of a C-47 heavy transport at North American
Aviation "The versatile C-47 performs many important tasks
for the Army. It ferries men and cargo across the oceans
and mountains, tows gliders and brings paratroopers and
their equipment to scenes of action."

Kodachrome Photos From 1942/43
June 1942. Crane operator at Tennessee Valley
Authority's Douglas Dam



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