Woman factory worker using a metal tool at a workbench – Vintage Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Woman factory worker using a metal tool at a workbench, preserved in this historic image. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Woman factory worker using a metal tool at a workbench
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Hands and tools hold the attention here: a woman in work clothes bends over a workbench, shaping metal with a hand tool, her focus fixed on the piece in front of her. Her presence speaks to the wartime shift when women moved into aircraft plants in large numbers, often taking over skilled tasks that had been done by men who had gone to fight. Images like this one were widely circulated to show the home front contributing to the war effort, and they now document the labor behind the planes that were built during those years. Look closely at the tool and the workbench to see the everyday precision of aircraft manufacturing.
| Original scan | 9,012 × 7,275 px · prints to 30 × 24 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 1a34873u doris duke (air) |
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