Rifle barrels being straightened. Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill, August 23, 1918. “Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer Series: Photographs of American Military Activities ” Image description: Two men standing...
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Rifle barrels being straightened. Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill, August 23, 1918. “Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer Series: Photographs of American Military Activities ” Image description: Two men standing...
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Rifle barrels being straightened. Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill, August 23, 1918. 

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series: Photographs of American Military Activities

Image description: Two men standing in a workroom amid racks and racks of rifle barrels. The men are each holding up a rifle barrel to look through it. The barrel is held in an umbrella-shaped contraption which is probably turned to straighten the barrel. 

Image description: A large light workroom with many racks of rifle barrels in it. Several men look through rifle barrels. 

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A local Afghani child in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan, holds up a leaflet warning them not to pick up unexploded ordinances in their area during Operation Enduring Freedom, 12/17/2001“Series: Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files, 1982...
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A local Afghani child in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan, holds up a leaflet warning them not to pick up unexploded ordinances in their area during Operation Enduring Freedom, 12/17/2001

Series: Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files, 1982 - 2007

Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1921 - 2008

Image description: A child holds up a leaflet in front of their face so all we see is their eyes and the gray and red hood of their jacket. The leaflet has a red border and gray and white images of a skull and crossbones and various types of ordnance. Text in Dari and Pashto reads, “For your own safety, it is worth staying away from ammunition.” and “Danger! Unexploded ordnance can kill people. Help us protect your safety.”

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phillyarchives: “ Women in the Ordnance Corps, 1945 The number of women in the American workforce increased exponentially after the United States entered World War II on December 8, 1941. Women filled critical wartime industry positions left vacant...
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Women in the Ordnance Corps, 1945

The number of women in the American workforce increased exponentially after the United States entered World War II on December 8, 1941. Women filled critical wartime industry positions left vacant by men fighting in Europe and the Pacific. Pictured here are civilian and military employees working in the small arms plant of the Curtis Bay Ordnance Depot, Curtis Bay, Maryland. The women in this photograph operated machinery that affixed .50 caliber bullets to easily transportable ammunition “belts,” which were used during World War II to feed heavy automatic weapons. Women who took up these types of manufacturing jobs – think “Rosie the Riveter” - were essential to the war effort, as they produced critical ammunition and supplies that helped ensure an Allied victory.

Interested to learn more about Curtis Bay Ordnance Depot, and the activities of the Ordnance Corps during World War II? Check out our online catalog at: archives.gov/research/catalog and make an appointment to view our holdings at the National Archives at Philadelphia by calling (215) 305-2044 or emailing us at Philadelphia.archives.gov.

Today’s post was written by Samuel Limneos, Archives Technician at the National Archives at Philadelphia.

Citation

3SC 18-024-576-4 Curtis Bay Ordnance Depot. Small Arms Plant. 13 Dec. 1945; Photographs; Box 1; Management Improvement Files 1952-1953, Curtis Bay Storage Facility; Record Group 156: Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance; National Archives at Philadelphia. (Record Entry ID: PH-6022) (Series NAID: 638784).

“Balloon Gun”, 2/24/1916“ Series: Photographs, 1908 - 1962. Record Group 156: Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797 - 1988 ” This photograph depicts a PDR Balloon Gun at the Watertown Arsenal, outside of Boston, Massachusetts. The...
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“Balloon Gun”, 2/24/1916

Series: Photographs, 1908 - 1962. Record Group 156: Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797 - 1988

This photograph depicts a PDR Balloon Gun at the Watertown Arsenal, outside of Boston, Massachusetts.  The arsenal was established in 1816, by the United States Army for the receipt, storage, and issuance of ordnance. In 1995 all Army activity ceased and the remainder of the site was converted to civilian use and now houses a shopping mall and office park. More on the Watertown Arsenal via the National Archives at Boston on Facebook

Find more photos from the Watertown Arsenal in the National Archives Catalog

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