Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of women workers is a ship factory, ca.1942. Four rows of identical metallic desk lamps sits on a table tot eh right of center while a woman behind the table seems to insert a wire into the base of a lamp. To the left, rows of metallic disks and cup-shaped objects that appear to be lighting fixture components sit on a longer table. A woman to the left holds a disk in her hand while a woman to her left holds some sort of tool in her hand. All of the women wear darkly colored sweaters with pinstriped aprons. A sign on the brick wall states a message of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the words "SPEED-MORE SPEED". The poster also reads, "SHIPS FOR VICTORY" on top while an eagle emblem in the center of the sign is labeled "U.S. MARITIME COMMISSION".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
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