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English: Turret lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
Deutsch: Arbeiterin fertigt Flugzeugteile an einer Drehbank in einer Fabrik der Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, Fort Worth, USA.
Español: Operaria labra piezas para aviones en un torno revólver en una fábrica de Consolidated Aircraft Corporation en Fort Worth, Texas, Estados Unidos.
Français : Ouvrière-tourneuse usinant des pièces d'avion de transport dans l'usine de la compagnie Consolidated Aircraft, à Fort Worth, dans le Texas, aux USA.
‪Norsk (bokmål)‬: Blåsnipparbeider, kvinne lager maskindeler i en flyfabrikk i Texas 1942.
Română: În timpul războiului, femeile au lucrat în uzinele din toate ţările implicate în război.
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Date

October, 1942
Author

Hollem, Howard R
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Picture of the day This image was selected as a picture of the day for November 13, 2006. It was captioned as followed:
English: Lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, USA (1942).
Asturianu: Muyer trabayando nuna fábrica de Texas, Estaos Xuníos, (1940).
Česky: Soustružnice obrábí součástky pro dopravní letadla v Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, USA (1942)
Cymraeg: Dynes yn gweithio mewn ffatri yn Nhalaith Tecsas, UDA (1940).
Deutsch: Arbeiterin fertigt Flugzeugteile an einer Drehbank in einer Fabrik der Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, Fort Worth, USA (1942).
English: Lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, USA (1942).
Esperanto: laboristino fabrikas partojn de aviadilo dum 1942 en Fort Worth, Teksaso, Usono
Español: Mujer en un fábrica de Texas, Estados Unidos, (1940).
Français : Ouvrière-tourneuse usinant des pièces pour avions de transport à l'usine de la Consolidated Aircraft Corporation (Fort Worth, États-Unis, 1942).
Galego: Muller nunha fábrica de Texas, Estados Unidos, (1940).
Magyar: Női esztergályos egy texasi gyárban, 1942-ben
Italiano: Donna in una fabbrica del Texas, USA, (1940).
日本語: 飛行機組立工場で働く女性工員（アメリカ合衆国テキサス州、1942年）
‪Norsk (nynorsk)‬: Ein kvinneleg fabrikkarbeidar i Texas i 1940.
Polski: Operatorka tokarki wyrabia części do samolotów transportowych w fabryce Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, w Fort Worth w USA (rok 1942)
Português: Uma Americana opera um Torno mecânico numa fábrica no Texas em 1940. A escassez de mão de obra criada pela Segunda Guerra Mundial fez com que mulheres fossem chamadas pra trabalhos até então mais comuns entre os homens.
Română: Femeie operând un strung la o uzină de avioane de transport a companiei Consolidated Aircraft Corporation din Fort Worth, Texas, 1942.
Русский: Токарь, подгоняющий части транспортных самолетов на заводе корпорации Consolidated Aircraft, Форт Ворт, США (1942)
Slovenščina: Teksaška delavka na stružnici (leta 1940)
Svenska: Kvinnlig fabriksarbetare i Texas 1940.
Türkçe: ABD Teksas'da Kadın Fabrikası (1940)
‪中文(简体)‬: 1940年代在美国德克萨斯州沃斯堡的联合飞机制造公司工厂工作的女性工人

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