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"Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville"
In this rare color photograph taken for the Office of War Information, a "real life" Rosie drills on the side of a dive bomber plane. Nearly three million women worked in defense industries during World War II, including thousands of African [...]
Tags: Rosie the Riveter, World War II
Item Type: Photograph
Historical Era: Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
"Workers leaving Pennsylvania shipyards, Beaumont, Texas"
Beaumont, Texas, like many U.S. cities, became a boomtown during World War II, as new residents flooded in to take jobs at the city's shipyards and petroleum production facilities. Between 1940 and 1943, population rose by 35% and the city suffered [...]
Tags: Race Riots, World War II
Item Type: Photograph
Historical Era: Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)