[Women grinding barrels of automatic 45s, in Colt's Paten Fire Arms Plant, Hartford, Conn.] – Antique Wall Art
![[Women grinding barrels of automatic 45s, in Colt's Paten Fire Arms Plant, Hartford, Conn.], [between 1914 and 1918] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/bb/bb3ac8a74971-L.webp)
(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 grinding barrels of automatic 45s, in Colt's Paten Fire Arms Plant, Hartford, Conn.]
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Women grinding barrels of automatic .45 pistols at the Colt's Patent Fire Arms plant in Hartford, Connecticut, are the focus of this U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, made sometime between 1914 and 1918. Colt was a major maker of the Model 1911 automatic pistol, and as the war drew men into military service, factories like this one turned to women to fill production jobs. The picture records that shift in the workforce along with the precise metalwork that finishing a firearm's barrel required. Signal Corps images from these years were often used to document war industries on the home front.
| Created / published | [between 1914 and 1918] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | U.S. Army Signal Corps photo. No. 9081. |
| Subjects | Women--Employment--Connecticut--Hartford--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Women--Connecticut--Hartford. World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Connecticut--Hartford. Arms & armament--Connecticut--Hartford--1910-1920. Machinery--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,295 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-187539 |
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