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[Making flags for military use in the Quartermaster Corps Depot, Philadelphia, Penn.] – Vintage Print

[Making flags for military use in the Quartermaster Corps Depot, Philadelphia, Penn.], 1942 May. — historic photograph
[Making flags for military use in the Quartermaster Corps Depot, Philadelphia, Penn.], 1942 May.. Historic photograph from the Philadelphia 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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[Making flags for military use in the Quartermaster Corps Depot, Philadelphia, Penn.]

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Women sewing flags at the Quartermaster Corps Depot in Philadelphia make up the heart of this May 1942 photograph, taken by Howard Liberman for the Office of War Information. The depot was one of the Army's supply centers as the United States ramped up for World War II, and flags were among the many textile goods it produced for military use. The subjects include African American women, a detail that reflects the wartime expansion of civilian and industrial jobs to Black workers, many of whom had been shut out of such work before the war. The picture gives a close look at the sewing work and the people doing it at a moment of rapid change.

Created / published1942 May.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1940-1950.
NotesPhotographed by Howard Liberman. Office for Emergency Management-Office of War Information Collection. No. D-4297.
SubjectsUnited States.--Army.--Quartermaster Corps.--Depot Quartermaster's Office--People--1940-1950. African Americans--Women--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1940-1950. African Americans--Employment--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1940-1950. Flags--American--1940-1950. Sewing--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,163 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-166553

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