Aircraft industry--Maryland--Baltimore--Employees; Glenn L. Martin Company; World War, 1939-1945--African Americans;
Photograph of two aircraft workers assembling the landing gear of a medium bomber at the Glenn L. Martin Company segregated plant in the Canton section of Baltimore, Maryland. These African American mechanics were the products of the government's...
Airplane factories--Employees--Maryland--Baltimore;Glenn L. Martin Company;African American men
Photograph of three African American aircraft workers assembling the pilot's compartment of a bomber plane at the Glenn L. Martin Company segregated plant on Oldham Street in the Canton section of Baltimore, Maryland. These young African American...
Parachutes; Sewing; Airplane factories--Maryland--Baltimore; African American women employees--Maryland--Baltimore; World War, 1939-1945
Photograph of women workers sewing silk into parachutes for the United States armed forces during World War II at the aircraft factory of an Eastern navy yard in Baltimore, Maryland. The plant was most likely that of either the Glenn L. Martin...
United States Employment Service; War posters, American; Women; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster created from a 1942 color photograph taken by Alfred T. Palmer (1906-1993) showing an attractive young married woman (note prominently displayed wedding ring) working on the bombardier nose section of a B-17F U.S. Navy bomber at the...
Fund raising; Patriotism; Savings bonds--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Air pilots, Military--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster made from a painting by Georges Schreiber (1904-1977) that shows a young man dressed in the uniform of an American pilot as he straps himself into the cockpit of his airplane, with the words "Keep him flying!" emblazoned across the...
Fund raising; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Santa Fe Region; Patriotism; Savings bonds--United States; Savings stamps--United States; United States Indian School (Santa Fe, N.M.); War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United...
Three separate color posters on one sheet that were created by Native American students during World War II. Printed above the posters is a caption that provides background on the efforts of student artists across the country and, in particular, of...
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects;
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects;
World War, 1939-1945--War Work--Maryland;
Printed copy of address titled "Maryland's Contribution to the War Effort." The address was given by Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord at the Maryland Historical Society on January 11, 1943. In the address, Reckord describes the state's wartime...
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects; Rationing;
War Ration Book no. 3, containing unused ration stamps. The front cover includes a serial number (958025), spaces where the recipient could write in his or her personal information and signature, an area to be filled in by the local ration board,...
World War, 1939-1945; Award presentations; General Motors Corporation. Eastern Aircraft Division;
Program for the presentation of the Army-Navy "E" Award for Excellence in War Production to the Eastern Aircraft Division of General Motors Corporation in Baltimore on February 8, 1945. Included in the program is a summary of the history and...
