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Women in Industry photographs, 1917

Various photographs of female factory workers from the Philadelphia War Photograph Committee collection documenting World War I participation on the Philadelphia home front.

(1) is photograph of women workers in a piano factory.

(2) is photograph of a woman using an electri...

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Main Author: Philadelphia War Photograph Committee (Creator)
Collection:Philadelphia War Photograph Committee collection (#V03)
Date:1917
Box Number:Box 2
Folder Number:Folder Women in Industry (Misc)
Format: Electronic
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Photographs
Copyright:Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org)
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/10711
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Summary: Various photographs of female factory workers from the Philadelphia War Photograph Committee collection documenting World War I participation on the Philadelphia home front.

(1) is photograph of women workers in a piano factory.

(2) is photograph of a woman using an electric welder.

(3) is photograph of female students at the auto mechanical school of the Spring Garden Institute. From original image caption: "Class learning complete handling of the construction and driving of auto vehicles. There is an ever increasing demand for women motor mechanics."

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