NATIONAL DEFENSE VOCATIONAL TRAINING:

An Inventory of Photographs at the Minnesota Historical Society

Sound and Visual Collection

OVERVIEW


	Title:	National defense vocational training.
	Dates:	circa 1940.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Views of Minnesota men and women taking aptitude tests and training and working in various occupations: welding, machine shop, sheet metal, engine repair, airplane mechanics.
	Quantity:	139 photoprints: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
	Location:	I.51: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. National defense vocational training. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Processing Information:

Processed by: Nancy Erickson, March 1992.

Catalog ID number: 990016645380104294

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


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I.51.1	Chester A. Swanson timing Dorothy Mandel in an aptitude test for defense training, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.2	Chester A. Swanson testing Doris Reynolds at National Defense Vocational Training Center, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.3	Doris Reynolds taking aptitude test at National Defense Vocational Training Center, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.4	Aptitude test being given for defense training, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.5	Lewis Bergh giving Eleanor Nelson an aptitude test for defense training, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.6	Lewis Bergh giving Dorothy Sporer an aptitude test for defense training, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.7	Man training woman in welding as part of national defense program, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.8	Man training woman in welding as part of national defense program, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.9	Albert Vasenius training as part of national defense program, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.10	Bernice Skeate being trained as part of machine shop defense training, St. Cloud, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.11	Woman being trained as part of machine shop defense training, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.12	Pearl Martineau in national defense training program, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.13	Two women at machine shop, in training as part of national defense program, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.14	Machine shop defense training, Montevideo, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.15	Machine shop defense training, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.16	Refresher course at machine shop as part of defense training, St. Paul, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.17	Machine shop defense training, Montevideo, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.18	Men training at machine shop as part of defense training, Montevideo, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.19	Men training at machine shop as part of defense training, Dawson, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.20	Machine shop training as part of defense training, Marshall, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.21	Man working at machine as part of defense training, Marshall, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.22	Bernard Linn working at machine as part of defense training, St. Cloud, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.23	Melvin Brandland? working at machine shop as part of defense training, Willmar, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.24	Wendell Bjork working with awl on sheet-metal at machine shop as part of defense training, Willmar, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.25	Roy Hanson using milling machine as part of defense training, Rochester, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.26	Men in machine shop as part of defense training, Rochester, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.27	Man using the shaper machine as part of defense training, Rochester, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.28	Paul Wukelich in machine shop as part of defense training, Virginia, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.29	John Ornsand working at shaper machine as part of defense training, Eveleth, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.30	William DePaul working at machine as part of defense training, Eveleth, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.31	Group of men in working at machines as part of national defense vocational training, Eveleth, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.32	Robert Wolfe training on machine as part of national defense program, Mantorville, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.33	Diodato Vannucci in training as part of national defense program, Virginia, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.34	Ernest Keehr working on machine as part of national defense program, St.Cloud, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.35	Man cutting sheet metal as part of national defense program, St.Cloud, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.36	Men training as part of national defense program, St.Cloud, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.37	Dewey Hitchen welding, part of national defense program, Hibbing, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.38	Men working at work bench, part of national defense program, St. Cloud, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.39	Men being trained as part of national defense program, Albert Lea, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.40	Man demonstrating machine as part of national defense program, Rochester, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.41	Leslie Oikari working at machine as part of national defense program, Hibbing, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.42	Ray Rajaczuski working at machine as part of national defense program, Little Falls, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.43	Leonard Rau and Theodore Dibblee training as part of national defense program, St. Cloud, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.44	Gust Fredrich training on machine as part of national defense program, Little Falls, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.45	Leonard Grier working on machine as part of national defense program, Hibbing, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.46	Luther Wilson and Kent Haswell working on machine as part of national defense program, Chisholm, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.47	Men being trained as part of national defense program, Hibbing, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.48	Man using a sledgehammer, national defense program, Hibbing, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.49	Man demonstrating machine as part of national defense program, Moorhead, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 8 in.
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I.51.50	Men working on machine as part of national defense program, Eveleth, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.51	Men in training as part of national defense program, Virginia, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.52	Man in training as part of national defense program, Moorhead, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.53	Dick Young and Minor Stephens training on machine as part of national defense program, Moorhead, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.54	Walter H. Flick and George Schroder working on machine as part of national defense program, Little Falls, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.55	Core making as part of national defense program, Hibbing, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.56	Louis Tetourneau working on machine as part of national defense program, Hibbing, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.57	Men working in pattern shop as part of national defense program, Virginia, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.58	Woman in training as part of national defense program, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.59	Men in training as part of national defense program, Hibbing, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.60	Working with sheet-metal as part of national defense program, Hibbing, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.61	Training at Minneapolis airport as part of national defense program, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.62	Men working on St. Paul air port vehicle as part of national defense program, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.63	Governor Harold Stassen talking to a worker; part of national defense program, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.64	Display for National Defense Vocational Training Employment and Public Schools, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.65	Ground crew training at St. Paul airport as part of national defense program, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.66	Walter Farr welding as part of national defense program, Hibbing, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.67	Lavon Bender welding as part of national defense program, St. Cloud, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.68	Norby Austing welding as part of national defense program, St. Cloud, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.69	Welding as part of national defense program, St. Cloud, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.70	Toivo Juola using welding tools as part of national defense program, Eveleth, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.71	Berton Anderson welding as part of national defense program, Chisholm, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.72	Welding as part of national defense program, Detroit Lakes, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.73	Welding as part of national defense program, Willmar, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.74	Carl Lundgreen welding as part of national defense program, Virginia, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.75	Herald Craite at work as part of national defense program, Virginia, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.76	Man observing welding as part of national defense program, Willmar, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.77	Two men welding as part of national defense program, Willmar, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.78	Bernard Shaw welding as part of national defense program, New Ulm, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.79	Earl Shaw welding as part of national defense program, St. Cloud, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.80	Man welding as part of national defense program, Detroit Lakes, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.81	Man welding as part of national defense program, Detroit Lakes, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.82	Welding as part of national defense program, Rochester, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.83	Training in welding as part of national defense program, Alexandria, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.84	Man welding as part of national defense program, Rochester, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.85	Man welding as part of national defense program, Little Falls, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.86	Carl Anderson welding as part of national defense program, Little Falls, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.87	John Snidar welding as part of national defense program, Eveleth, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.88	Mark Mesich welding as part of national defense program, Virginia, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.89	Anthony Bastianelli welding as part of national defense program, Eveleth, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.90	Robert Doyle welding as part of national defense program, Grand Rapids, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.91	Man welding as part of national defense program, Chisholm, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.92	Man welding as part of national defense program, Willmar, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.93	Two men welding as part of national defense program, Willmar, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.94	Welding at Eagle Roller Mill as part of national defense program, New Ulm, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.95	Welding as part of national defense program, Detroit Lakes, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.96	Welding as part of national defense program, Bemidji, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.97	Man welding as part of national defense program, New Ulm, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.98	Welding, national defense program, Alexandria, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.99	Women being trained in woodworking as part of national defense program, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.100	Training in granite work as part of national defense program, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.101	George Stevenson doing granite work as part of national defense program, St. Cloud, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.102	Drilling templates as part of national defense program, St. Cloud, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.103	Drilling templates as part of national defense program, Willmar, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.104	Man training woman in drilling templates as part of national defense program, St. Cloud, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.105	Marcella Vogel being trained in drilling templates by Verne Olsen as part of national defense program, St. Cloud, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.106	Walter Forensko and Axel C. Kangas in wood working shop, national defense program, Hibbing, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.107	Women being trained in sheet metal work, national defense program, St. Cloud, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.108	Woman being trained in sheet metal work, national defense program, St. Cloud, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.109	Lenore Fischer doing sheet metal work, national defense program, St. Cloud, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.110	Two men checking a piece of sheet metal work, national defense program, Rochester, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.111	Two men looking at a piece of sheet metal work, national defense program, Willmar, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.112	Two men drilling a piece of sheet metal, national defense program, Willmar, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.113	Arthur Atkinson shaping a piece of sheet metal, national defense program, Rochester, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.114	Woman being trained in electrical wiring, national defense program, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.115	Floyd Rogers measuring board as part of national defense program, New Ulm, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.116	Fred Abity working at machine as part of national defense program, St. Cloud, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.117	Silas Schwartz working at machine as part of national defense program, Little Falls, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.118	Men training as part of national defense program, Virginia, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.119	Electric shop, men at work as part of national defense program, Hibbing, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.120	Engine repairing as part of national defense program, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.121	Engine repair as part of national defense program, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.122	Two men checking work in engine repair department as part of national defense program, St. Paul, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.123	Lauri Maki and Stanley Jones repairing engines as part of national defense program, Virginia, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.124	Engine repair as part of national defense program, Virginia, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.125	Carl Lindy and John Matala doing engine repair work, as part of national defense program, Virginia, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.126	Engine repair work, as part of national defense program, Virginia, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.127	Carl Sjodin at work as part of national defense program, Hibbing, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.128	Men laying deck on ship as part of national defense program, Hibbing, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.129	Airport and airplane mechanic training as part of national defense program, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.130	Airport and airplane mechanic training as part of national defense program, St. Paul, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.131	Group of men in airport and airplane mechanic training, national defense program, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.132	Men working on airplane, mechanic training, national defense program, St. Paul, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 10 x 8 in.
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I.51.133	Airplane and airport mechanic training, national defense program, Minneapolis, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.134	Classroom training for airport and airplane mechanics, national defense program, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.135	Airport and airplane mechanic training, as part of national defense program, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.136	Men in training as mechanics at airport as part of national defense program, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.137	Man working on airplane, as part of national defense program, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.138	United States Coast Guard hangar used for airplane mechanic training as part of national defense program, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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I.51.139	Man starting airplane as part of national defense program, circa 1940. 1 photograph: black and white; 8 x 10 in.
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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:: Vocational education -- Photographs.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Education and the war -- Photographs.; World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Photographs.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Photographs.

Document Types:: Photographs.

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NATIONAL DEFENSE VOCATIONAL TRAINING:

OVERVIEW

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

CATALOG HEADINGS