Buffalo, New York. Italian-American woman eating her lunch brought from home in the shop at the New York Car Wheel Company, makers of locomotive wheels for the railroads. This woman is a combination hooker (one who hooks things onto crane chains) and grinder Creator(s): Collins, Marjory, 1912-1985

Buffalo, New York. Italian-American woman wiping the grease off her hands with paper before eating her lunch which she brought from home in the shop of the New York Car Wheel Company where she is a combination hooker (one who hooks things onto crane chains) and grinder Creator(s): Collins, Marjory

Buffalo, New York. Italian-American woman grinding the end of a locomotive wheel at the New York Car Wheel Company, makers of wheels for the railroads Creator(s): Collins, Marjory, 1912-1985, photographer Date Created/Published: 1943 Apr. Medium:; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller

Buffalo, New York. Italian-American woman rolling wheels ready to be ground. She is a grinder and hooker (one who hooks things onto crane chains) at the New York Car Wheel Company, makers of locomotive wheels for the railroads Creator(s): Collins, Marjory, 1912-1985, photographer Date Created/Publis

Buffalo, New York. All "hookers" in the processing department of Republic Steel are women. Resting on a pile of billets, they are eating lunch on the job

Buffalo, New York. Italian-American woman operating a hand-controlled boring machine which makes holes through locomotive wheels at the New York Car Wheel Company, makers of locomotive wheels for the railroads Creator(s): Collins, Marjory, 1912-1985, photographer Date Created/Published: 1943 Apr. Me

Women employees eating lunches brought from home at Ross Heater, 8d16982v

Women employees eating lunches brought from home at Ross Heater, 8d16979v

Buffalo, New York. Symington-Gould, sand slinger operator at rest. Notice sand on her face