aircraft manufacturing

A scene from the 1970 film <n>Catch-22</n>.

<n>B-17 Flying Fortress</n> bombers in production at <n>Boeing Plant 2</n> in Seattle during WWII, 1944.

Photo by <n>Theo Wenner</n> for <n>M Le magazine du Monde</n>, with casting by <n>Rachel Chandler</n>.

Designer <n>Dieter Rams</n> in 2018 with his <n>Braun Audio System</n> and <n>Vitsoe 606</n> shelving. Photo by <n>Gary Hustwit</n>.

Artist and designer <n>Isamu Noguchi</n> working on his <n>Akari</n> paper lanterns, designed in 1951.

Aviator <n>Amelia Earhart</n> sitting on the nose of her plane, 1936.

Film director <n>Akira Kurosawa</n> in the editing room.

Portrait of artist <n>Pierre Soulages</n>. Photo by <n>Robin Block de Friberg</n> for <n>Perrotin</n> gallery.

<n>Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress</n> bombers on the assembly line at a <n>Boeing</n> plant in Seattle, 1943. Photo by the <n>U.S. Air Force</n>.

Cover illustration for <n>Galaxy Science Fiction</n>, December 1956.

<n>WRAF mechanics</n> work on an <n>Avro 504J</n> training aircraft in 1918.

<n>James Mayo</n>, a <n>USAAF</n> radio operator with the <n>303rd Bomb Group</n>, photographed in early 1945.

A portrait of Polish artist <n>Bronisław Zelek</n> (1935-2018).

Architects at work in the early days of the <n>Lemay Michaud</n> architecture firm.

An <n>American Military T-10 parachute</n>.

Digital illustration by artist <n>Simon Tosovsky</n>.

<n>Yves Saint Laurent</n> in 1957, before the debut of his first solo collection.

A <n>B-17F Flying Fortress</n> nears completion at <n>Boeing Plant 2</n> in Seattle, 1942. Photo by <n>Andreas Feininger</n>.

The British airship <n>R33</n> prepares for launch in its hangar at Barlow, Yorkshire, 1919.

Production of <n>B-17 Flying Fortress</n> bombers at <n>Boeing Plant 2</n> in Seattle, December 1942.

A <n>German Africa Corps soldier</n> in North Africa, 1942. Published in <n>Signal</n> magazine.

A portrait from the <n>Bleus de travail</n> series by photographer <n>Charles Fréger</n>.

A <n>WASP pilot</n> climbs into a <n>Vultee BT-13 Valiant</n> trainer, 1943. Photo by <n>Peter Stackpole</n>.

Industrial designer <n>Dieter Rams</n> with his team at <n>Braun</n>.

Architect <n>José Antonio Corrales</n> (1921-2010) at work in his studio.

<n>B-17 Flying Fortress</n> bombers under construction at <n>Boeing</n> Plant 2 during World War II.

<n>B-17F Flying Fortress</n> production at <n>Douglas Aircraft Company</n>, 1942. Photo by <n>Alfred T. Palmer</n>.

Fashion designer <n>Yves Saint Laurent</n> in his studio in 1977. Photo by <n>dpa/picture alliance</n>.

Draftsmen at the office of architect <n>Albert Kahn</n> in Michigan, 1942. Photo by <n>Federico Bucci</n>.

Private <n>Mary Spencer-Churchill</n> of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1941. Photo by <n>Hulton-Deutsch Collection</n>.

A young <n>Yves Saint Laurent</n> at his desk in 1955 while designing for the house of <n>Dior</n>.

Physicists <n>Tsung-Dao Lee</n> and <n>Chen Ning Yang</n> in 1957.

Film director <n>Akira Kurosawa</n> editing a film.