Original Title/Caption: “From the aged and the youth, from the white and the Negro come the skills which will make America impregnable. A veteran employee in a [sic] eastern navy yard instructs a machinist apprentice in the operation of an important machine.”
Description: In this black and white photograph, a young African American man and an older white man wearing glasses work together at a large machine. Both appear to be deep in concentration upon their work. This photograph was taken in May 1942.
Source: “From the aged and the youth, from the white and the Negro come the skills which will make America impregnable. A veteran employee in a [sic] eastern navy yard instructs a machinist apprentice in the operation of an important machine.” Photograph, 1942. From the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum Photos of World War II Public Domain Collection. http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/images/photodb/23-0299a.gif (accessed March 26, 2007).
Historical discussion: In the climate war and extreme labor shortages, retired workers returned to work. Ultimately, the war forced employers to alter not only the physical landscape of many factories but also their employment practices and policies.
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