Women welding up a hatch, Portland, Oregon – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Women welding up a hatch, Portland, Oregon
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Women welding a hatch at the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation in Portland is the subject of this 1943 photograph, one of many images the U.S. Maritime Commission made to document wartime production on the West Coast. Oregon Shipbuilding, located on the Willamette River, built Liberty ships during the war, and as men were drafted into the armed forces, companies like it hired women to fill skilled jobs such as welding. The picture belongs to the Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information collection, which preserved a wide view of American home-front life in those years.
| Created / published | 1943 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1940-1950. |
| Notes | From: U.S. Maritime Commission. Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation. No. 3180. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection. |
| Subjects | Welding--Oregon--Portland--1940-1950. Women--Employment--Oregon--Portland--1940-1950. World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Oregon--Portland. World War, 1939-1945--Women--Oregon--Portland. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,140 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-169313 |
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