Woman aircraft worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif. Shown checking electrical assemblies (LOC)
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Woman aircraft worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif. Shown checking electrical assemblies
1942 June
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
Vega Aircraft Corporation
Airplane industry
Women--Employment
World War, 1939-1945
United States--California--Burbank
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-66 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34456
Call Number: LC-USW36-273
Source: Flickr Commons
Views: 2176711
Woman aircraft worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif. Shown checking electrical assemblies
1942 June
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
Vega Aircraft Corporation
Airplane industry
Women--Employment
World War, 1939-1945
United States--California--Burbank
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-66 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34456
Call Number: LC-USW36-273
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Owner: The Library of CongressSource: Flickr Commons
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getthebubbles
this is a wonderful shot! and the colors- were they restored? I was trying to think of a tag that said something like "beginning of women's liberation movement" but more concise- ideas?
straylight6
Wow, amazing photo.
KristieLB
That's really gorgeous!
sean.seanie
Great shot, the details are amazing.
free2beesmees
Excellent photo! Love the colors. It blows my mind how this photo survived with great colors! I enjoy the color match of her lipstick and the pen in her hand. I also like the history..how people dressed back then and actually "dolled" up for work like this woman in the 40's.
★VegaChastain★
I would LOVE to have that arm patch!!!! :>)
jellyjams
My Pops worked for Lockheed Aircraft in Burbank, CA. Vega was off and on a small part of Lockheed Aircraft during WWII.
buttersweet
classic american beauty. i have to wonder if she dressed like that every day. lipstick and pefectly pressed dress in all that grease - i doubt it. the color is outstanding.
queenbkt
I love that she still looks glamorous. I couldn't do it. -- Seen on your photo stream. (?)
ellswörthr
Beautiful...
funny word
Love the tone and color!
PhineasX
This is titled "Hollywood's Loss" over on Shorpy. Can't disagree.
corsec67
I like the contrast between the (lipstick, hairstyle, and blouse) and the (gloves and work she is doing). Aside from her gloves, it looks like she should be doing some kind of office work, definitely not checking wire harnesses. This is a very cool trip back into history.
Walljet
Wundervoll!
carpeliam
it's so interesting to see that she's wearing lipstick, blush, eyeshadow.. a nice blouse, her hair is well done... the only thing setting her apart from a stepford wife is the pair of gloves, the arm patch, and her profession. so different from today, where women in technical positions aren't expected to look any different from the men in technical positions. then again, i think the dress code on both sides of the sexes has been loosened for these types of things... much more concerned now about safety than appearance.
fineartdavid
@getthebubbles How about "emancipation" or "suffrage". Neither are really right, but it's that kind of feeling.
Piper_H
She is gorgeous.
The Library of Congress
Glad you are enjoying the photos! Regarding the color for these early examples of Kodachrome color transparencies, in digitizing them we tried to reproduce the originals as faithfully as possible. For the full story on how we digitized the FSA Color photographs, go to http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/fsacdig.html
descriptive bottle
These are amazing and inspiring! What a collection!!! I love how he women had class and style, and weren't afraid to work hard !
Jim Rees
Kodachrome uses external dye couplers that are added at the time of processing. All other color films use dye couplers integrated with the emulsion. This makes the Kodachrome process much more complicated but the image is far more stable. This slide will still look good long after we're all dead.
*Milou*
She is beautiful. I wonder where she is now and if she knows we are all admiring her.
Slimeface
Style, grace and beauty with amazing lighting....
Dan Lester
The reason for the fine color, undoubtedly with no restoration, has been explained. Also consider that LC will have kept the slides in proper storage conditions, which many home slides and phots are not stored in. Remember that this was during WWII, when a great deal of the factory and other work was done by "Rosie the Riveter" and her friends. If you don't know that poster image, google it (or yahoo it). Women did indeed do all sorts of "factory work" and men's work that they'd never done before, as all the men were off fighting and dying. Also consider that it is 99 percent sure that this was NOT a candid, but a posed shot of a selected woman who was told to dress more formally, wear makeup, and so forth. Women's Lib? Probably not. It was a wartime necessity, and afterwards a great many of them went back to usual "women's work" at home. Think of June Cleaver, who, if there were any back story, may well have been riveting wings of P-38s a few years earlier, but in the 50s was cooking dinner in heels and hose.
rose_peacock
I could see Gena Davis playing her in a movie...
RR Anderson
mama!
strph
Beautiful! -- Seen on your photo stream. (?)
greyMedium
Wow, these archives truly show the detail that medium and large format film can capture, utilizing a Sinar 54H digital back to capture thus shows how far the consumer grade DSLR's have to go before even nearing the resolution of film.
lawatt
so fantastic to have all these images available -- i can see myself spending hours going through them all! thank you!
kenorland
You guys!!! This is so awesome.
trv.eaglesun
Description from Library of Congress says no enhancement at all..... just scanned as is. This is hard to believe, because many professional photos as old as this, if they are in color, have already faded.
lawatt
this is a scanned transparency, not a print, so much less likely to fade...
ACFred
I have an ongoing project (brand new, of course), started in an effort to help restore the color to these images, but also try to maintain the integrity and charm of the original. Here is the adjusted photo: www.flickr.com/photos/alec_fredericks/2201429168/ And the Commons Upgrade set: www.flickr.com/photos/alec_fredericks/sets/72157603732346...
Shannon Dagher
AMAZING...this looks so "current." Like it could have been shot yesterday. Fantastic that we have shots like these for posterity. :) SO GLAD YOU'VE JOINED FLICKR! :) -- Seen in your 1930s-40s in Color set. (?)
Girl b - Barbara Taylor
This is such a fascinating project! I work as a digitisation technician for a Design Archive, so I am excited to see how the LOC has used Flickr to get the images 'out there'. And I'm straight to that link to read more about the project! I also don't think that woman really dressed like that for work, in fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the whole thing was staged and she was really a model! I mean, in the 40's, the only woman who looked like that at a manual job was Joan Crawford in the movies, right?? It would be interesting to hear from women from that time to see what they say...
le cercle
Wow! this is such a great picture. It really shows the demands on women to both be beautiful and laborious at the same time.
Florin Cee
Superb image, and what clarity. Even for work, the women would get all dolled up back then..amazing..she's beautiful.
simaruba
The colors!!!
AlinaShots
YAY!! I finally know that the past had colors too!
Maly B.
yeah, they have been available, but it is very nice to have them in such a public and open place.
scheiro
That a wonderful shot!!!! The woman is so beautiful. The atmosphere scene gives really strong feeling.
koremanoblogg
Very nice
majorphoto
Ektachrome was developed in 1935 and Kodacolor in 1942 - my parents have Kodachrome slide transparancies from the 50s that are as saturated as the day they were processed
dennis gray
Beautiful color, but more so shows the mettle and adaptability of the American people
Edward on Flickr
Like ACFred above, I've also had a go at re-processing this photo, starting with the 141MB TIFF image from the Library of Congress:
I'm not suggesting all these old photos should be "enhanced" until they look like they were taken yesterday, but it is interesting to have a look at them after processing nonetheless. And that being said, there's certainly room to improve the JPEG encoding of these images even without touching the colour-balance - just compare the large version of this image to the large version of mine to see the extra detail that's there. I've uploaded the full 7788x6384 pixel image there if you want a look - it's about 7MB.
lenz art
i agree that she looks beautiful, and out of place yet perfectly comfortable in her surroundings. A whole different era, I've probably never looked this good going to work and I work in a nice clean office. -- Seen on your photo stream. (?)
adnartm
This is also war propaganda. Posters such as this were used to motivate the public and keep the moralle at a higher level. I guess this was the first kind of "subversive" advertising, only with a noble purpose.
robb montgomery
If it is a Kodachrome, likely is, it is not at all unusual that the color are this saturated and flesh tones so lifelike. A hallmark of the grainless compostion of this photographer's favorite emulsion. Also, if it kodachrome then this is a studio shot - definintly couldn't eb documentary candid news photo. Why? Other than all the obvious art direction and styling cues for of the model and hair and dress, Kodachrome is extremely slow-speed film meaning there has to be a light/strobe kit involved in the making of this image. And a tripod for the camera .. and. I love the LOC for this.
The Library of Congress
You're right; it's Kodachrome sheet film. This good conversation made us wonder if other photos in the b&w FSA/OWI collection could offer additional clues to the context. Found one more portrait of this woman with a caption that mentions "Hollywood missed a good bet when they overlooked this attractive aircraft worker.” (The b&w negatives are low resolution since scanned in the 1990s to capture the whole collection of 170,000 b&w negatives.)
das_gute_a
Just an innocent question: Is it incidental that these pictures appear to be truly patriotic (all of them but one?) while the caucuses are on their way? Beyond all doubt they are fantastic to look at. But why does it appeal to me, that they are - in the choice that has been made - also 'republican'? I absolutely wish I was wrong.
lacausey2000
I don't think the choices have anything to do with political parties. Franklin Roosevelt, the president at the time the photos were taken, was a Democrat.
gustadora
Wow, this photo looks as though it was taken recently and a model was highly stylized for the shoot. Stunning color and tone.
tofu_minx
seeing this photo really gave me context into what they did... the attire makeup and complexion of these women seem as if they were more fit for the office... but yet they volunteered for these more heavy and dangerous jobs... perhaps to help their loved ones fighting overseas..
tofu_minx
Miss Hazel
this creates a feeling; brings history to a real level. makes you feel as though this is someone you knew, someone you cared about. history in color. amazing.
Ernest W Adams
Almost all these photos are posed. The clothing is wrong for the job (and too clean). Still, the women might have been real workers, not models. It seems patriotic because it was part of war effort propaganda, but neither party has a monopoly on that. The nation pulled together and pitched in during WWII in a way that it has never done since. Unfortunately most of these women were summarily fired after the war so as to make their jobs available for the returning men. Still, it gave them a taste of independence that changed America.
Mike Cash (has moved to SmugMug)
Is that even a pen or pencil or some sort of marker anyway? Looks to be some sort of electrical testing device, which would make sense given the context.
juliacsmith
Hello, We blogged about this initiative on Idealist.org last week. I hope it is all right that we used this photo to illustrate the entry. Please let me know if the attribution looks all right or if you would prefer I remove it: www.idealist.org/en/blogs/3/1235 Thanks so much, Julia Smith julia at idealist dot org
countertext
The women in these pictures were almost certainly not models, and I'm surprised that some commenters would suggest that they were. My grandmother worked in an aircraft plant while my grandfather was at Oak Ridge unknowingly helping to build The Bomb. She tested parts until she volunteered to ferry fighters to England - which is to say she got flying lessons in order to deliver P-51 Mustangs across the Atlantic. My grandmother was as beautiful as these ladies. I wish she had been the subject of one of these shots. I'll speculate that these particular ladies were asked to wear nice clothes (in some cases) for "picture day".
From Afghanistan With Loveّ
wonderful.. would there be room for more tags, i would have added "workforce"
madly steam
my tag would have been armband.
~Terrie K ~
Wonderful picture that captures the era. Color and detail are fabulous. I tried to add a tag Kodachrome but there is a 75 limit. -- Seen in your 1930s-40s in Color set. (?)
hkubay
Wow, talk about being overdressed for the job! (from this time perspective)
zesty watch
Even working, ladies were so beautifully dressed. The photographs are awesome, and you you make them still alive is very precious. Thanks for this.
hot_tea
Wow. This is incredible.
Drewdarge
Such heavy gloves must have meant considerable risk at this date . could they be insulative and she is working on live wiring?
mad plumerian
I was in the Air Force for 13 years and work in a plant similar to this one. As her armband says Vega Aircraft Inspector her job may not be a dirty one.. Her job was probably to inspect newly made wire harness for the avionics systems or bomb bay systems.. Today they are called Quality Control and they rarely get dirty unless they have to crawl into a tight space somewhere on the aircraft itself.. The tool in her hand is a Pen Light used for inspecting the connectors in the wire harness and the gloves were for handling those connectors because they have notches in them for tools to grab on too.. Some of these notches can be very sharp and give you metal splinters i know because i used to get them all the time.. Here are some pics of 1930's-1940's Pen Lites: www.flashlightmuseum.com/flashlights/MI00046.jpg -and- www.flashlightmuseum.com/collectors/craig_smart2.jpg These are not live wires she is sitting at a work bench see the shelves to the left! ;=) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Oh beautiful picture thanks for sharing. Why is the Shorpy version much cleaner then this one?
mpunfun
This photograph matches the pictures I have in my mind from stories my mom told me about the war, WWII, the big one. There was something inherently glamorous about that era -- hard as things were -- we were united as a country -- the women were beautiful and the men were brave. I would almost have to be dead now to have lived through that era (instead of being born in it), but sometimes, when I look at these photos and listen to the big band music reminiscent of the times, I almost would trade my life for hers. She had a gleam in her eye when she spoke about those times.... the sacrifices were a privilege, not a burden. This photo captures that sentiment precisely.
breakable dog
great, thanks for uploading theses. I wish they still made kodachrome in 4x5- not that annyone would process it.
David G Photography
Nice dress contrasts well with the dirty glove. gives the impression that this is a staged shot for war propaganda. Of course, if it was staged, the the lighting would have been better and her hair would not be blending into the background...
Mike+Tiffy
makes me think of how our standards of female beauty have changed.
lewdoss
Have you seen the other pictures? I doubt they were models although the pictures may have been staged (so what if they were!) To Rosie the riveter and all of the true Ladies of that generation: Thank you all the hard work you did and for the sacrifices you all made I wish the current generation was as selfless as yours is. These pictures are just fantastic!
haimediagroup
Going to work to 'soder' stuff in bright red lipstick and a dressy blouse. It may be staged, but the glamour of this visual image makes me want to dress up for work today.
Julesong
My brohter-in-law's mother was an actual riveter! Her name isn't Rosie, though. :)
mad plumerian
It's not a soldering gun it's a flashlight.. See my comments above! ;=)
Artist?
My mother worked in a factory during World War II and she wore her hair in something called a snood while she worked. (Sort of a hair net) Yes, this is probably a posed shot. Many photos like this were used to encourage women to go to work in factories, that needed workers. A large percentage of men were fighting in the war. Enough history ranting. It is a great shot.
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historybuff33
This was a posed shot, yes, but don't assume that most women didn't dress this way, that she wasn't a real worker or that those aren't her real clothes. There are many candid shots of the period that show women just as well dressed; they simply had different standards of formality than we do. Not everyone who worked in a factory position wore a snood, and lots of women wore dressy snoods as a fashionable item. Considering the kind of work she is doing (inspection) her clothes, hair and makeup are quite reasonable. Most women at that time would find it unthinkable to go out without at least lipstick, unless they were working in a really grubby job. They wanted to work, not give up their femininity.
historybuff33
The rolls of her hair are dressed over rats. It wasn't just curled with curlers and then pinned up.
Vieira
You don't just go and enter an aircraft factory with a camera and shoot. The photographer certainly had limited mobility and time to do his work, and certainly the workers were aware. Now, can you picture a woman not dressing up for a photo-shoot she knows when it will take place? Me neither. -- Seen in your 1930s-40s in Color set. (?)
PrettyOkay
this photograph is beyond perfect. the complimentary wires to her arm band, her hair and the red instrument she's got in her hand. the black hair. gorgeous. that dress!
Beadmobile
My grandmother was a welder for North American Aviation in Southern California....an artist did a couple of pencil drawings of her working - she worked there around 1943. If you click on this picture, next to it are her pay stubs and her termination letter....when the boys came home, they wanted their jobs back!
expat6719
A true pioneer representative of all those extraordinary (and mostly forgotten) American women who helped win the great war, and eventually transformed the social world !! What an inspiring and delightful photo.
Adhara!
Extraordinary
Vieira
Of course it is propaganda - it's a rather glamorized war worker. What I strongly disagree is your tell tale. The lighting looks crude even for the time. Photographers have despised harsh lighting since they abandoned the pinhole. The light comes from slightly camera right up, not softened at all. It's the basic portable on-camera flash of photojournalism of the time. What may give you the impression that it looks good is that Mr. Jack Delano managed to get a good angle on her head so the light looks a little bit more natural. -- Seen in my recent comments. (?)
sweltering toad
Excellent pic, in spite of being a fake.
Spenser.Cat
Talking about this image at the American Library Assn Conference 2008
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aleksandra waliszewska
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called nice&easy, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Tsu Dho Nimh
My aunt worked in an aircraft factory, and when she was not doing a "Rosie the Riveter" job, she dressed like this ... every day.
understood arch
wow.....very nice shot.......
ben oït
anybody knows who's this david bransby, can't be a one shot photographeras suggested by the flickR tag, where can we see other pictures from him?
♫ AL BaDaR♫
That's really gorgeous توبيكات ماسنجر توبيكات ماسنجر ملونه
crabigail*
She is incredibly gorgeous!! I love this shot! The light and colors are so perfect.
jumbled chess
interresting photos from the world of yesterday. So alike and yet so different from the world today!
LadyJay616
she is gorgeous
Asiunka
i really like how she is all dressed up like that for that sort of work!
Blue Celt
Belle photo !
SisterSafetyPin
She's gorgeous. If nothing else she gave that to us!
Peggy Archer
I'll agree that she probably changed into the dress and put on the lipstick just for the picture - women working on factory floors weren't all dolled up every day - it's not safe or practical when one is doing manual labor.
.Mohammad Taheri
such amazing vintage photographs
marthinotf
Es una bella foto .... !! perfecta para su tiempo ... Saludos cordiales
msokal
Great find!.
9dedos
pic is good, and interesting also... but do people need to put so many annoying tags on it?
Nebula Galaxia
thats one of my most faves of all time :-)
terrific lake
Great shot
cremona daniel
belle photo
Kals Pics
excellent composition fantastic shot and of course she looks great
Ricardo Barbieri
Oi! Sou administrador de um grupo chamado Man @ work e nós adoraríamos ter isto adicionado ao grupo! please consider share this amazing pic in [email protected] group. thank you
W.L.M.II
my thanks to the detectives and eagle eyes who made the image a mess of boxes and tags.
Mr. David W. Runyan II
there are so many rectangular notes, that i can't see the photo.
morghis
great photo!
manaf
please remove the tags! i love this though.
cauanlana
Wow!
talented record
incantevole scatto, i mie complimenti !! Per l'accasione ti auguro un Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo Andry
Cati Domingues
she's beatiful,)
Mr. David W. Runyan II
how do you get rid of all those friggin note rectangles? i can't see the flippin picture
Edward on Flickr
It's really not that hard to see the photo without the rectangles - click the "ALL SIZES" button at the top and you're there. Thanks to the note that covers the entire photo, it's difficult to make the note rectangles disappear from this page, but in my browser moving the mouse pointer slowly off the right edge of the photo does the trick.
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crescentsi
Very interesting - a well taken photograph that has an educative value :-) Simon
crescentsi
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called New Renaissance, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
cubiclegangsta
Hubba-hubba, that is one classy chassis! And the dame on the left ain't bad either! Just kidding, she's awesome.
jihadna
hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Lacrimosa
I agree with others here. Far too many pointless notes which (unusually) can't be hidden by clicking away from the photo. Could the poster please delete them? It's such a shame!
The Library of Congress
Lacrimosa: Have a look at the original here hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34456 to see without the notes obstructing your view.
panti77
wonderful shot
neighborly oven
brilliant!
keen meeting
es realmente una imagen hermosa! :)
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nicksartworld
molte bella
Soleil is me.
Congrats, an interesting image:) We have beautiful million images on flickr but your is the splendid; composition/treatment. Thank you to sharing. I like this so much.
SAIPUL BAHRI
Hallo
Debbie Hickey
great colour!
vaughtex (www.lavaphoto.co.uk)
oh my god. just amazing.
ntmilan
I like this pic and the girl too :D
ALANGRAPHY
nice ...
Just Dogs
Please KILL all the notes on the image, most of the comments are ignorant ranting and is VERY distracting from a very interesting image
Lady_Don :: ELITES::
You people put so damned many stupid, unnecessary notes all over the photo, we can't even see the photo! Stop that. That's what comments are for!
waiesei
awesome!
dadist_1919
The Vega Corporation was a subsidiary of Lockheed in Burbank CA. My mother, who'll turn 90 this year, worked as a riveter on the lines that were assemblying the transports, the Lodestar, among others. It's such a great shot and reminds me of the period features in Life Magazine about the War Effort at Home, though the color brings it alive and we have to thank the conservatorial expertise of the LOC. I'll have to show her this pic and see what her recollections are.
SeanGalbraith.com
Great photo. Too bad we can't see it without the note boxes getting in the way.
...MainelyPics...
To get rid of rectangles on the photo Just click on All Sizes Link with magnifying glass above the photo in upper left.The larger photo will help to see what she is holding in her hand better also. Also as this description says,the woman is Shown checking electrical assemblies which you can see clearly that what she is holding in her hand is a testing probe with small metal tip at end of it and alot of plastic around it so nobody gets shocked from electricity. Everything was larger back then but if you have ever seen a digital meter for testing today,you will see plastic handles with small metal tip at end and a wire coming out of the probe and goes into the meter. Either the wire or cable on the probe in this photo is hiding or it could have just a small light on end to tell if there is any current . Either way there is nothing fake about the photo,besides a nice looking woman that most likely dolled up beforehand because she knew she was going to be photographed. BTW I have a vintage 20's 30's era flapper woman in period clothing art piece done in thin leather sewed onto silk type cloth on my flickr page also at this address -> www.flickr.com/photos/picsofmaine/922968609/
summerdreams05
wow, cool shot...
luispf39
Fantastic shot and treatment
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amaaaazin i loved th eddite , well done ;) http://www.flickr.com/photos/a_hrefhttps03flagcountercommoreq94img_srchttps03flagcountercomcountq94bgfffffftxt000000bordercccccccolumns2maxflags12viewers0labels0_altfree_counters_border0a/3503677319/
curved boat
It is a wonderful image but I would disallow the use of tags from now on. What a mess!
stephmanuel1980
This has waaaay too many notes on it.
calm coil
nice
Peter D.Yeung
Great shot
wretched bucket
I've seen this once before, and it was instantly one of my favorite wartime photographs.
whole comparison
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called PHOTOS & IMAGES, and we'd love to have this added to the group! [http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/3536504009/]
ann13va113s
I am amazed at the preservation and detail in this, for the 1940's
overjoyed thumb
1942? Wowzer! :D
Beca87
stunning photo, anyone know who she is?
nostalgic holiday
Beautiful photo. Thanks government!
julz_☼
esta hermozaaa el mensaje de la foto los colores tooodo esta precioza‼
grandiose mountain
i adore this shot. its...perfect
urszula.przybylska
lol.very good idea
Dita Von Mav
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Committee of Artists, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Sourav RC
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Image And Imagination, and we'd love to have this added to the group! very good composition! Join Us! www.flickr.com/groups/image-and-imagination/
PittsburghRic
Cool.
speedbump72
gorgeous.
Still 33
Love it!
Josef...
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Art and Photography 18+ ADMIN INVITE , ONE COMMENT PLEASE, and we'd love to have this added to the group! -- Seen in Committee of Artists (?)
Edward Dullard Photography. Kilkenny, Ireland.
This is a Beautiful photo!! Seen in...
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nBazmi
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Life Like This, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
esseressenza
Very nice!
Gemma Photography
very beautiful image, thanks for sharing a masterpiece and she looks like a bourgeoisie woman with the dignity of the first romantic ideals
marked baseball
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Nation Of Domination. (We Rule The Universe), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
parched coast
she quite looks like dita von teese.
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lilith de swan
quite impressive ... like the way she is dressed up and her facial expression ! awesome photo !
geo_milan
!!!!!!!!!! rocks EEEEE
TARIQ HAMEED SULEMANI
excellent shot I am admin of this group called Concordians. We would love it for you to share your pictorial moments with us.
Concordians
please tag you picture "concordians"
material letter
fantástica!!
julz_☼
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called pretty woman, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
summerdreams05
wow, this is a great portrait...
well done...
Alexandra Pineda
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Mujer-Woman-Femme, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
nachum ruvinov
All beautiful
kermittina [petitepeste!]
wow, amazing portrait!!!
Assh Tray
great work.
worried parcel
amazing!
jaciii (off&on)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Better than their Bests (Comment 1), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Bonancio
wow **
LickYourChops
Dressed up in a rather male job, colours are brilliant
Nuragic Man~Very busy.
Very fine work! Please Add your Photo to People, costumes & customs no limits, Join our world and invite new friends,Thanks
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Thanks.
mostafa197088
nice shot beautifull
morange_zan
fantastic!
drshrinker (catching up)
Awesome.
飘艺
Works great! !
JennyTheArtist
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Jenny's Favorites, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Ouvrier de l'image
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Ouvrier de l'image worker image Arbeiter Bilder, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
♣ bandages
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Art in the city, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
weathercock75
my god...what a feel
Dany Pocket
<3
Zoom Lens
She's beautiful and so's the shot.
Night Time Brothers
I love vintage work! Amazing...
talented record
stupenda !
Dushan B. Hadnadjev [ active ]
Excellent image! d. -- Seen on my Flickr home page. (?)
Toni L. Sobrino
i love hair style!
AlexBudinPhotographer
A woman at the work.. Very nice!
VerônicaB
wonderful shot!
sophisticated measure
Amazing good!
Petit Chaperon Rouge
great
Ibra.Him
une pure merveille cette photo !!!
funk_so_bravo
WoW Gr8 Picture .. Very Well Composed. My PhotoStream www.flickr.com/photos/hdpicturestudio/ We Invite you to join Our Group DSLR Lovers: www.flickr.com/groups/[email protected]/
redsugar
Just gorgeous.
fluffy steam
wow amazing, i love colors and comp...this woman remembers me on ''Pearl Harbor''
marietta cuxufleta (vendo mis trabajos, de verdad)
fantastic
Drew's Organic Photography
this is beautiful. the colors are ahmzing
teleobiettivo
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Laltra faccia dello specchio, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
floressence
great witness of that period!
xiXisHi
太美啦哇啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊爱爱爱
billowy car
i love it
fretful egg
amazing photo!!!!
AnnuskA - AnnA Theodora
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called 3000 V + 120 F [before joining tag 3000v120f !!!!!!!!], and we'd love to have this added to the group! just visiting an old fave! amazing image!
AnnuskA - AnnA Theodora
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called 6000 views + 240 faves, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Dante Salvador
Greath
Ruozhe Xue
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Visual Art, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
pixielikesflowers
beautiful
Phillip Hammond
@jdavis417: WWII brought out the female workforce in FULL. A young woman named Norma Jeane was an inspector of parachutes. In case you don't recognize that name, you may recognize her as Marilyn Monroe. This isn't a model, it's a real inspector.
UGOLINI David
superbe compo....
fraduhr
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called TEAL., and we'd love to have this added to the group!
merniemaid
this totally reminds me of my mom back in the day - she also worked at a car part factory. it blows my mind that even when working they had to look like they were attending a dinner party. I thought being a working mom now was tough!
natan13
hi all greetings of friendship to you all .... I want to find a band you can help me....?
architorture republik
great shot you have it here...
Elias Arcos Photo
esta muy bonita esta foto
ahhsoda
thtas cool
mukter
she good idea and also have patient to thing like these
Mohtaj
Wonderful picture ......
joos4ever
great shot!!
Kaki Batista
Bela foto.
nonstop support
brave woman and nice photography
nonstop support
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called love your mom, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
judo_dad1953
Great Portrait!!!
aphotoshooter
amazing... keep shooting.. cheers..!
cuhristeenuh
Beautiful colors
Samalynn SunnShyne
beautiful !!!!!!
ferhad2010
Great idea. Very effective
Pink_Sweet
Please add your beautiful portrait to ★Hendermith Club★
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Eugénie Chocolat
Increible !
Lilu26
Wonderful shot !!! Wow!!!!
chatka2004
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called World Portrait 2020, and we'd love to have this added to the group! Very nice portrait Super Pretty !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [
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fantastic week
superb
maren-celest
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called especially, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
adam_sburg
So fascinating
Mohtaj
Wonderful picture ..... Great shot........
ramgopan
fantastic!!!
quickest sneeze
nice!!!!
Tashunka Witko (alias CP)
tecnicamente perfetta...complimenti
autumnpoem(out for a while)
oh wow! i so love it. i'm speechless.
italianoadoravel .BACK ,,,,,,,,,,,,
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Behind The Beauty P1 AW+FAV2 NO FAVED = BANNED Sweeper running, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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johanna .
amazing !!
fair pin
my grandmother worked in a factory in liverpool city during the war makeing stuff that went BANG etc
ajar property
i like it
distillerette
now this is a woman.
Vithor Costa
Interesting... I can say that this photo valorizes the women's work. COngrats for the shoot and the moment. if u can comment mine too. Thanks
Lú_
This photograph is featured in the Indicommons.org post Remembering Kodachrome.
judo_dad1953
Thank you for posting such a nice Portrait!
worldwidenetworker
Excellent!
Adrayan
My mom worked in factories, standing on her feet for 8 or 9 long hours, in a dairy packing ice cream until her hands gnarled and cramped from cold, in dry cleaners where the temperature reached 120 and the fumes quite possibly contributed to her Parkinson's Disease, and doing every other kind of labor imaginable, she wouldn't dream of leaving the house without her "face" on, and the same held true for my friends' moms. Only women who have always HAD a choice would assume that doing "men's work" was a right, a privilege or a political posture - for my mom and my friends' moms, it was an inescapable, bitterly accepted necessity. June Cleaver (and all her real-world sisters) had it pretty darned good, if you stood in my mom's shoes.
Götz Fendrich
Pretty woman in a hard time - is it in America?
Lilu26
She looks a little like marion cottillard from far away
ChaneyB
I wish there was some info on what ever became of this beauty!
eatable silver
Soldierhouse Rules: This episode finds Mavis trying to restring her harp after the earthquake of 42.
Wolfgang.W.
Thanks for sharing. We look forward to more pictures of you!! On The Job - Bei der Arbeit - En el trabajo
obtainable scissors
waw... all people should work looking like that....
Bernardo Gaetani
Nice photo! Is incredible to see one photo so old and like new...
Davinia_A
qué maravilla
Craigmarsh
wow, Stunning beauty. She got the proper look as it says. Great photography indeed.
Tro Choi
Congrats dude! I like this picture! Dylan Jeux gratuit
liwazi
That's really gorgeous! Always love earlier 20th style
1maryann1
i'm pretty sure this is my mother who worked for the OSS and went undercover into factories for inspections. the lady who said 'people don't dress like that' i can tell you in my mom's case, she looked like a million bucks 24/7. she didn't work at it, she just WAS gorgeous. dark hair , blue eyes and not an 'american beauty' 1st generation american UKRAINIAN beauty.
johnsbrana
This picture reminds me of my grandmother's description of working on the B-24 at Ford's Willow Run factory during the war.
rainbow6562011
A ten out of ten for the woman's beauty and tonality of the photo.
haroldseifert
impressive indeed!
Walt Jabsco
Great historical photograph ruined on flickr thanks to all the hideous notes applied
obtainable vase
Amazing photograph!
Blue Celt
Bien !
freezing station
très belle photo
kutterfoto
Perfect colors! Excellent composition! Good planning! I like the light and the idea! Very sharp in the right places! I hope that many will be able to see the picture! And your other beautiful photos! The picture is exceptionally worth seeing! Well done! Have a nice Sunday dear kind friend!
陶陶涵宇Kevintao
Good！！
Blue Celt
bien !
ahmed.khan748
Good
rachaelsphotography1
Epic
apolicn
Hola
ruisun804
Awesome
fatahamiri
Noce
mmaair6081
discovering the useless cool wire
bryangaydon
Wht is tht
Watt-k
Cool
ella-louise j
A proper working woman.
alcantom
Es moy bueeeee
lucioalvarado
nice job
curious building
great post. probadly rare image and historical photo.war image. agree with Walt.some stupid notes here.
chiemigau69
Awesome image. Very nice work :-)
mohamedshihab91
Pretty photo.
ksmukundan19
Electric hands
mohamed_sherif11191
how come it's incredible cuz that's extraordinarily work
phyllis.shalor
I love this!
Mihai-ela
I saw this beautiful photo in
Handicraft - Handwerk
mrtalina
looking so real.good
kaylie_yoon
An era, a minimized picture of that time, a beautifully captured woman concentrates herself on the thing we now do by pushing a button. Itˊs a period that we want to trace back to fill our curiosity.
AlexJazz1
cool
kur2006
Wow very beauty
krissygithaiga
a girl can do wat a boy cant do
dorseytina66
Girl power
mwillow71
It looks very fourties did you just retouch it with color?
silviosicignano
bella foto
gator.mkopf
my type of girl
Clive Varley
Great subject interesting record of the time. Like the colour
Chrisaundra
Love the contrast of the work attire and work performed
nicole.odaji
is that lip gloss
lanemcreynolds
the real u.s.a.
laruelea45
Trooop swag
Basem Kandah
How old is she now?
balogslavomir
krasne
CM3CM3
amazing
sood_arpit56
Nic pic
yoginpatel141
Nice
muradra31
Nice job
andyjimmy150
Cutest!!!
yadav.1019
nice..
sleighermaurice
Nice
arbabaliwangani98767
nice
huseyinasar1966
perfeckt
j.garay33
cool
albertimbo
salut
bipin472
nice
MrKirkland1
silky
Tnm692
Pretty cool! What's the year?
tidy berry
Too cute to work there
jay840801_26
nice pic
dariamazepova
Very cool
jt770520
一括妳還有布置
othmanibrahim56
hi avery body
ahhuhgi
انتن
veronica.gomez61
see girl power
e_bartolo
when Americans were still skinny
Blue Celt
Joli!
odane_yusuf
apa tu
arthurdaplin
Nice ! hello
john_shaw91
wow
taylordirtyharry
beautiful
p.poppitt
Do adore these pictures of women during the war years with the land girls working on the land in the UK.
salhamdoon
🎈🎈🎈
salhamdoon
Nice
shilabhadrapatnaik
Sincerity in heart & devotion in hand !
tengkuintannaziera
Hi
salihaghazal
womens are really hard working
andres_vegaa
Hello!
oyjones
I love this elegant yet very functional when needed!!!!
Randy villagra
muy lindo
Raphael de Kadt
Beautiful capture and composition ! :-) :-)
Vamsi K Mallidi
C
baumgartner.guytoune
belle photo
ariel baez
electr
gonzalezlopezdiegofernando
what is she going
brash move
Rosie the riveter
catbrusher
When you look at enough pictures of wartime workers you see two kinds of photos. One kind is posed for publicity/propaganda purposes; the workers (both men and women) spruce themselves up to look their best. After all, they're going to be in the papers or a magazine, where friends and family will see them, and they took pride in their appearance. The other kind are documentary pictures of the actual work. That's where you'll see Rosie the Riveter wearing safety goggles and a hair net. Both types of photos used real workers.
guyvacho
this photo reminds me of my Grandma. she worked at Lockheed Aircraft in Burbank on the production line during WWII. great shot.
ColorAddict.BA.
Great!!!
jackfre 2
Great!
ps781968
greatl
Blue Celt
joli!
roizroiz
great composition
@Tsakthecat
The twist u can't resist
muhammdibomuaffcc
احلا
semsemtito55
hi
brookllol
lol you
abdelmi
U#2
roizroiz
very nice
[email protected]
Nice
fatchin8
好。
fatchin8
行成日都修、呢樣同埋收你那樣囉，沒有停的，
solomem123
the old time.
edwinpirikisy26
cute
rr1736
Great Photograph
roizroiz
great shot
maceveleowell
I dont know what can I call this
leonce1988
Ir very good
serhatcelebi_84
Harika bir anlatım
taylorwalton72
wow love it
cactuspj
... arm band shows she's on the company's soccer team
milanutka
Belle photo :)
mohd.alajmi
اجمل
sabrinamesk
working
Doctor Kibble
Interesting capture.
Dawóòd A. Bárwàri
Hello
Dawóòd A. Bárwàri
Thank fellow me
shosho_shosho96
غثzفغيا قفدh rzهه،غعذذعقtف،يوسوس في،عفيعفس
thaothucvie_hd
hbo
shuja_sediqi1
Beautiful ...!
Andrei Singer
Looks ultra contemporary
azmeerkhan94
wright bro
nutritious bat
Great
Ibu Hamil Bahagia
very nice
twicetube1
Love WWII Working Betty's...
princeprobon222
Nice
rdbarnett2012
Amen brother
GerWi
super
Kombizz
nice one
er_lindberg
Nice!
Alfredo Santori ..... freelance photographer ...
molto valida ciao
Kalaena
Priceless glimpse into the past!
Siabala, Luis
Peter Dewhurst
My mother did the same work in UK during WW2 inspecting the electrical wiring for the Halifax bomb release.
Flickr
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Martin Stief
thats Captain Americas Girl, preparing some serious Hardware to Fight the Hydra! i Bet Cap ist right around the Corner.
incognito7nyc
✨🌟★❤✯♥♡✨ Very beautiful ✨♡♥✯❤★🌟✨
le cabri
Cool shot