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Paterson, N. J. (?). 1942 (?). Emily Rabbat making parts for airplane engines on a horizontal milling machine at a Wright Aeronautical Corporation plant. She formerly worked in a silk mill...for Wright Aeronautical Corp. – Historic Reproduction

Paterson, N. J. (?). 1942 (?). Emily Rabbat making parts for airplane engines on a horizontal milling machine at a Wright Aeronautical Corporation plant. She formerly worked in a silk mill...for Wright Aeronautical Corp., [1942?] — historic photograph
Paterson, N. J. (?). 1942 (?). Emily Rabbat making parts for airplane engines on a horizontal milling machine at a Wright Aeronautical Corporation plant. She formerly worked in a silk mill...for Wright Aeronautical Corp., [1942?]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

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Paterson, N. J. (?). 1942 (?). Emily Rabbat making parts for airplane engines on a horizontal milling machine at a Wright Aeronautical Corporation plant. She formerly worked in a silk mill...for Wright Aeronautical Corp. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Paterson, N. J. (?). 1942 (?). Emily Rabbat making parts for airplane engines on a horizontal milling machine at a Wright Aeronautical Corporation plant. She formerly worked in a silk mill...for Wright Aeronautical Corp.

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Emily Rabbat works a horizontal milling machine, cutting parts for airplane engines at a Wright Aeronautical Corporation plant in Paterson, New Jersey. The record notes that she had previously worked in a silk mill, a common path for Paterson women, since the city had long been known as "Silk City" and its textile trade employed many of its residents. As men left for military service, wartime demand drew workers like her into aircraft factories, and this print belongs to a Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information collection that documented home-front labor. The date is given only as approximately 1942, so the exact moment is uncertain.

Created / published[1942?]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1940-1950.
NotesFarm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection.
SubjectsWorld War, 1939-1945--Women--New Jersey--Paterson. War work--New Jersey--Paterson--1940-1950. Airplane industry--New Jersey--Paterson--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,159 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-166410

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