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

Riveting team working on the cockpit shell of a B-25 i.e. C-47 bomber at the plant of North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood i.e. Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

New B-25 bombers lined up for final inspection and tests at the flying field of an aircraft plant, North American Aviation, Inc., Calif. It performs at the 25,000-foot ceiling

A mill operator in North American Aviation's huge machine shop turns out another of the thousands of parts for modern combat planes. All scrap metal is sent to salvage plant

Dennis McCarthy, public relations artist, at work on a bond drive poster which will go on display throughout the factory and will be reproduced also in plant publications

El Monte Federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred homes, each with three quarters of an acre land, all occupied. Average family income, eight hundred dollars per annum

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred homes, all occupied, each with three quarters of an acre land. Average family income, eight hundred dollars per annum

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred homes, all occupied, each with three quarters of an acre land. Average family income, eight hundred dollars per annum

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred homes, all occupied, each with three quarters of an acre land. Average family income eight hundred dollars per annum

On the final assembly line at North American Aviation, men and women work together adjusting the controls of P-51 Mustang fighters for the United States Army Air Forces

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