Niagara Falls, New York. Elaine Colgan's bureau in Mrs. Hannegan's boardinghouse. In the mirror she can be seen reading a letter from home to her roommate, Alice. Girls live two and three in a room; pay eight dollars a week board. Receiving and writing letters is their favorite pastime

Niagara Falls, New York. Elaine Colgan and her roommate, Alice, workers at the Bell Aircraft plant, share a room in Mrs. Hannegan's boardinghouse

Niagara Falls, New York. Nan Hannegan, a nineteen-year old chemical operator at the Niacet chemical company, and a friend writing letters Creator(s): Collins, Marjory, 1912-1985, photographer Date Created/Published: 1943 May. Medium:; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller. Reproductio

Niagara Falls, New York. Nan Hannegan, nineteen-year old chemical operator at the Niacet Chemical Company, and a friend writing letters Creator(s): Collins, Marjory, 1912-1985, photographer Date Created/Published: 1943 May. Medium:; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller. Reproduction

Niagara Falls, New York. One of the war workers living at Mrs. Hannegan's boardinghouse entertaining a friend

Niagara Falls, New York. Mrs. Hannegan (right) runs a boardinghouse for girls who work in war plants. Her daughter Nan, nineteen, a chemical operator in the Niacet Chemical Company, and another girl writing letters Creator(s): Collins, Marjory, 1912-1985, photographer Date Created/Published: 1943 Ma

Niagara Falls, New York. Nan Hannegan, a nineteen-year-old chemical operator at the Niacet chemical company, earning thirty-nine dollars a week, corresponds with about twenty-six servicemen. She is engaged to an Army man

Niagara Falls, New York. Entertaining guests on Nan Hannegan's birthday at Mrs. Hannegan's boardinghouse for girl war workers

Niagara Falls, New York. Nan Hannegan drying her hair. A chemical operator in a war plant, she must keep her head covered all day, and finds her hair needs washing frequently