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[Vince Lagrotteria looking at Karin Fester, who is modeling a bathing suit, in the cafeteria of the Pratt & Whitney machine tool plant in West Hartford, Conn.] – Vintage Print

[Vince Lagrotteria looking at Karin Fester, who is modeling a bathing suit, in the cafeteria of the Pratt & Whitney machine tool plant in West Hartford, Conn.] — historic photograph
[Vince Lagrotteria looking at Karin Fester, who is modeling a bathing suit, in the cafeteria of the Pratt & Whitney machine tool plant in West Hartford, Conn.]. Historic photograph from the Hartford 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 [Vince Lagrotteria looking at Karin Fester, who is modeling a bathing suit, in the cafeteria of the Pratt & Whitney machine tool plant in West Hartford, Conn.] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Vince Lagrotteria looking at Karin Fester, who is modeling a bathing suit, in the cafeteria of the Pratt & Whitney machine tool plant in West Hartford, Conn.]

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In this 1967 photograph, Vince Lagrotteria watches Karin Fester model a bathing suit in the cafeteria of the Pratt & Whitney machine tool plant in West Hartford, Conn. The plant's lunchroom, where workers ate between shifts, becomes an improvised runway, and the picture's catalog subjects point to sexism in the workplace. Pratt & Whitney was one of Hartford's largest employers, and its plants shaped the region's economy for much of the twentieth century.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1967
SubjectsLagrotteria, Vince. Fester, Karin. Pratt & Whitney Company--People--Connecticut--Hartford--1960-1970. Sexism--Connecticut--Hartford--1960-1970. Cafeterias--Connecticut--Hartford--1960-1970.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,194 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-191367

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