Simplified sewing methods now being taught to thousandes of American women through stores, pattern companies, and radio show how to assemble a pattern as Cynthia is doing. As they did in the last war, thousands of women are asking for sewing instructions. Streamlined methods make sewing quick and ea

Simplified sewing methods now being taught to thousandes of American women through stores, pattern companies, and radio show how to assemble a pattern as Cynthia is doing. As they did in the last war, thousands of women are asking for sewing instructions. Streamlined methods make sewing quick and ea

With the grade and dexterity of a master dressmaker, this attractive young woman fabricates "pup" tents for the expanding war army at the Langdon Tent & Awning Company.

Many sewing machines require regular oiling. If yours is one of these, treat it accordingly. Read your instruction book or call the repair man if the machine develops any serious trouble, and you'll preserve its efficiency for the duration

Mennonite farmer's wife dressmaking Pennsylvania 1942

Young defense woman. This young woman, trained in a National Youth Administration (NYA) work center, is contributing to defense as the result of skill acquired on the government project. Scene from Women in Defense, Office of War Information (OWI) motion picture which Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt wrote th

Catching that stitch in time, Mrs. Viola Schlaegel of the American Women's Volunteer Service unit at Glendale, California does a good turn for Corporal Hugh B. Helm of Lexington, Kentucky. Members of the American Women's Volunteer Service "Button Brigade" meet at least twice weekly at the Army Air F

Italian-American garment worker in the N.M. dress shop 8d11694v

Women in defense. Women employees checking in for the second shift at the Schaeffer Tent and Awning Company, Denver, Colorado. These women are employed in the manufacture of eight-man pyramidial tents to house the expanding defense army in the field Related Names: United States. Office for Emergency