Los Angeles County, California Historic photos, documents, and people

Inside the fuselage of a North American P-51 fighter, this woman employee assembles an electrical switch box

Punching rivet holes in a frame member for a B-25 bomber, the plant of North American Aviation, Inc., Calif.

A landing gear ready for assembly on a North American B-25 is rolled into place on the final assembly line

An A-20 bomber being riveted by a woman worker at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant at Long Beach, Calif.

A soldier and a woman in a park, with the Old Russell Senate Office Building behind them, Washington, D.C.

Housing. Los Angeles. Within five minutes walk of City Hall. Rent eight dollars to twelve dollars monthly

A North American P-51 fighter receives final inspection on the flight ramp before its first test flight

In North American's plastic department, a woman employee drills a part while it is held firmly on a jig

In North American's foundry, kirksite is poured into a mould to be used in press to shape plane parts

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