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

Carefully trained women inspectors check and inspect cargo transport innerwings before they are assembled on the fuselage, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Another North American B-25 bomber rolls off the final assembly line to join other ships on the outdoor assembly line, North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif.

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred homes. All occupied, each with nearly an acre of ground. Average yearly income eight hundred dollars. California

A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Nacelle parts for a heavy bomber form the background

A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Nacelle parts for a heavy bomber form the background

In North American's tank department, a woman employee rivets a rib. Tanks like these with high test gasoline enable United Nations bombers to fly faster and farther

Captain B.R. Eckstein, Army Air Force's representative at North American climbs into a P-51 Mustang fighter for a final test before acceptance by the Army Air Force

Production control clerks check on the number of parts that are being delivered to the final assembly floor. The tricycle has proven very useful in aircraft plants

San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads. Forty homes, all occupied, each with nearly an acre of ground. Average income eight hundred dollars yearly. California

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