66116(44) | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
Photo ID:
66116(44)
Date:
August 1942
Description:
Original caption reads: "'The old gent and me' form the only two-man Labor-Management War Production Drive Committee in the United States. Jake Sparling, right, 60-year-old head of the two-man shop of the Sparling Pulley Mfg. Co. at Bay City, Mich., and his helper, 79-year-old ex-lumberjack, Percy Fogelsonger were cited by Donald Nelson and named to head the list of 1,300 plants enrolled in the War Production Drive. They work 15 hours each day, 7 days a week, and prduced 18,000 steel flanges for war equipment in 18 months."
Phys. Desc:
Still Photograph
Repository:
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
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Rights:
To the best of our knowledge, this image is in the public domain and can be used without further permission.