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[Two American women, employed as shipyard worker on the U.S. Pacific Coast, returning to their homes in a bus, after working all night] – Antique Wall Art

[Two American women, employed as shipyard worker on the U.S. Pacific Coast, returning to their homes in a bus, after working all night], [between 1940 and 1945] — historic photograph
[Two American women, employed as shipyard worker on the U.S. Pacific Coast, returning to their homes in a bus, after working all night], [between 1940 and 1945]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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This rare historic photograph captures [Two American women, employed as shipyard worker on the U.S. Pacific Coast, returning to their homes in a bus, after working all night] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Two women in work clothes ride a bus home after an all-night shift at a shipyard on the U.S. Pacific Coast. With so many men called into military service during the war, shipyards along the coast recruited women for skilled production jobs, such as welding and riveting, that had largely been closed to them before. The Office of War Information distributed photographs like this one to show the home front at work, and the Portrait of America series presented such scenes as evidence of women's new place in industry. The weary, matter-of-fact look of the riders is worth noticing, since it reflects the long hours behind the wartime effort.

Created / published[between 1940 and 1945]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1940-1950.
NotesPortrait of America, no. 39. No. 20768-FO. U.S. Office of War Information photo. Portrait of America Collection.
SubjectsWorld War, 1939-1945--Women. Women--Employment--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,264 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-181891

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