Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Hands Used in Various Jobs to earn their owners a living are pictured by a cameraman in the offices, laboratories and factory of the General Electric plant in Schenectady, N. Y. (1) The hands and polished fingernails of the office stenographers and typists spent many hours acquiring the skill necessary to punch the keys errorlessly, effortlessly and smoothly. (2) A drill press is readied by these hands which perform the operation almost automatically. (3) The draftsman prepares detailed drawings of the design made by the engineer. (4) The switch which controls electric power in a manufacturing operation is closed. (5) A sales engineer records an estimate for a customer. (6) A carpenter planes a wood section. (7) The quick experienced hands of a technician working in the laboratory.
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
Hands Used in Various Jobs to earn their owners a living are pictured by a cameraman in the offices, laboratories and factory of the General Electric plant in Schenectady, N. Y. (1) The hands and polished fingernails of the office stenographers and typists spent many hours acquiring the skill necessary to punch the keys errorlessly, effortlessly and smoothly. (2) A drill press is readied by these hands which perform the operation almost automatically. (3) The draftsman prepares detailed drawings of the design made by the engineer. (4) The switch which controls electric power in a manufacturing operation is closed. (5) A sales engineer records an estimate for a customer. (6) A carpenter planes a wood section. (7) The quick experienced hands of a technician working in the laboratory.
Wide World Photos, Inc. · [ca. March 1947]
CC0 — Public Domain
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