1942 workers crowd scene (off Shorpy)

[Mike1973]

Just clocked this stunning photo on the excellent Shorpy.com blog...

http://www.shorpy.com/node/2490?size=_original

I could (and probably will) look at it for hours, theres so much detail...

 

[Jay]

Wow. Thank you for sharing. I love pictures like these. With enough color,clarity and detail, the past seems less like far-away time and place, instead showing that there's just people, doing their jobs everyday, and it wasn't really all that different.

 

[dhermann1]

I downloaded the image to my desktop, so I could blow it up as much as I wanted.
My first assumption was that this is a Southern California factory, mainly because of the clothes. Then I noticed what looks a lot like a P-39 in the upper right hand corner. Anyone else see it?
Edit: The caption says Liberator Bomber factory in Texas. I still wonder what the plane in the upper right corner is.

 

[Mike1973]

Then I noticed what looks a lot like a P-39 in the upper right hand corner. Anyone else see it?

I'm sure that's an early P-51...

 

[dhermann1]

Same picture, not cropped, lower resolution:
http://www.owensarchive.com/world-w...the-consolidated-aircraft-corp/prod_7969.html
Yeah, on second look it looks like an early P-51.