Women in industry. Gas mask production.
Lacing head harnesses of gas masks after they have passed through all the stages of assembly and made ready for packaging, is the job of this young woman who works in a large Midwest vacuum cleaner factory which has been converted to war production. Note the lei of string she's wearing--the better to lace the masks with! Eureka Vacuum, Detroit, Michigan
- Date
- 1942-07
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- FSA/OWI
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- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 1,024 × 745 pixels
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