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

In North American's modern machine shop, another aircraft part is finished on a huge turret lathe, North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif.

In the sub-assembly department, this woman employee assembles parts for North American B-25 bombers and P-51 Mustang fighters. Engine control rods

In the material preparation department, this woman employee uses a router to drill holes in a dozen sheets of metal at once with a master template

El Monte federal subsistence housing. 100 homes all occupied. Each with nearly an acre. Average yearly income eight hundred dollars. California.

Mexican quarter of Los Angeles, California. Average rental is eight dollars. Some houses have plumbing. See card 1799-C for detailed information

Christmas ceremonies at base of the "General Grant Tree" (The nation's Christmas tree), located in Kings Canyon, General Grant Park, California

One of North American's women employees operates a pneumatic numbering machine in the sheet metal department. All items are given index numbers

Every payday, checks are passed out to employees at their work. This prevents employees standing in long lines after work for their paychecks

Thousands of North American employees gather on the flight ramp during their lunch hour to see a special performance of the planes they built

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