Search results 1 - 7 of 7 for the tag War Work
Before “Rosie the Riveter”
Women riveters pose for the camera at the Navy Yard in Puget Sound, Washington. Taken on May 29, 1919, a generation before the more famous World War II image of...
Long distance calls
This photograph shows a telephone switchboard where overseas phone calls were handled during World War II. Many women patriotically joined the industrial workforce to...
Productive worker
American workers made a staggering contribution to victory during World War II. They built 5,777 merchant ships, 1,556 naval vessels, 299,293 aircraft, 88,410 tanks,...
Question of equal pay
Thomas Johnstone, representative of the United Automobile, Aircraft, Agriculture Implement Workers of America, wrote this letter to the National War Labor Board...
Working on the railroad
As more male workers joined the armed forces during World War I, women like these railroad employees, were encouraged to enter occupations that had traditionally been...
“It's Our Fight Too!”
The U.S. Government published posters like this one to motivate women to work in defense jobs.
“Sabotage is Treason”
This poster was created by the War Production Board in the Office for Emergency Management during World War II. The Board regulated wartime production and allocation...
Search results 1 - 7 of 7 for the tag War Work