Men and women working at many rows of Assembly line methods in a post-war Burroughs factory. Key pads and some gears are visible on most of the machines on the line.
Created:
1946
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
An assembly room full of workers building unidentified components and instruments for aircraft. A large clock reading 3:47 can be seen in the center foreground of the image. Plymouth facility, Department 138.
Created:
1952
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Several women with their backs to the camera, stand at large tilted boards wire the harnesses. The woman in foreground is binding wires together following a schematic on paper pinned to the work surface. The other women are engaged in similar work.
Created:
1957?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Workers assembling F4000 electronic sorters at the Plymouth, Michigan, plant. Eleven men are shown working on five sorters. A man in the foreground is using an oscilloscope to check circuits.
Created:
1959
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Exterior of Burroughs Machine Co. with hundreds of employees standing in front of the building and on lower rooftop. A few people have climbed trees and a light pole in front of the facility.
Created:
1906
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Two women in dresses, jackets, and hats pose by machines with belts and pulleys connected to the ceiling of the factory. One woman is standing in foreground, one in middle-ground. The diagonal line formed by repetition of belts connecting large and small wheels create a visually dynamic photograph.
Created:
1910?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Eight employees doing various tasks. The automatic assembly line protrudes from the right into the center of the room. A handwritten sign hanging in the background reads: "Did you turn off your Switch????"
Created:
1964
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A man places a completed gryosyn in a crate with eleven other gyrosyns. Two additional gyrosyns can be seen to his right. Testing work stations and equipment can be seen in the background.
Created:
1952
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.