Woman aircraft worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif. Shown checking electrical assemblies (LOC)

so contrastive.
so beautiful.

I didn't know photos from 1942 can preserve color as nice as this.

The hairstyle is just nice

Great texture

The Pen is capped, she's faking it

She's not faking it. Look at a more detailed photo. There's an exposed lead on the tip of the "pen."

I LOVE this fabric!

And by the way, the color's not surprising....Kodachrome's been around since the mid-30's.

It is because slide films are de best technology ever!

I suspect that this is not a pen. It is probably a continuity tester of some type, looking for wiring problems

40's "updo" done with rollers

While it may be posed, it appears she is tracing threads on a coupling.

shoulder pads

Remember back in the day when a war stimulated an economy instead of killing it! If robots existed then she would be begging like the rest of us

Inspector, my eye. That's a model!

She's Beautiful...

Somebaody has had fun with a cow

Ears are not pierced

Given that she is in Burbank, I'm surprised she is wearing long sleeves in June. I wonder if the room was air-conditioned for the equipment?

very good and cute portrait!!!

but no working human would be dressed like her!!!! FAKED PHOTO??

Pearl button

it IS Extraordinary !

you sure she's not applying lipstick? :)

She was probably wearing her best for the event of being photographed for posterity. Who'd want to be photographed in factory overalls?

Kodachrome Type B.

..and we are being told high-definition is the next best thing...someone got there first...

the felt tiped marker was invented in1952

Yeah, this isn't a pen.
While this photo may have been a publicity stunt, it's pretty authentic.

If you knew you were going to be photographed, you'd dress up, too. These were different times, people took pride in how they looked.

Add your note here.

il fascino di allora...

Lovely dress!

haha

hjh

Lick this

love her freckles and the light on her face...

n
ni
nic
nice
nice s
nice sh
nice sho
nice shot
nice shot <3 it

I love this photo =)

Add your note here.

Hi, baby!

זה הפתק שלי

amo esta foto me inspira a decir las mujeres podemos‼

Beautiful

not a pen. if you look at it in original size, you can see it's a glare that makes it appear to be a pen cap

girl

Add your note here. mom

lived in burbank it was nice then, not so much any more, too many people that don't love america any more...

Women have come a long way since then.

Cool Photo

妇产科

Woman aircraft worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif. Shown checking electrical assemblies (LOC) by The Library of Congress.

Bransby, David,, photographer.

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

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34456

Call Number: LC-USW36-273

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getthebubbles says:

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?
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

straylight6 says:

Wow, amazing photo.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

KristieLB says:

That's really gorgeous!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

sean.seanie says:

Great shot, the details are amazing.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

free2beesmees says:

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.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

★VegaChastain★ says:

I would LOVE to have that arm patch!!!! :>)
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

jellyjams says:

My Pops worked for Lockheed Aircraft in Burbank, CA. Vega was off and on a small part of Lockheed Aircraft during WWII.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Buttersweet says:

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.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

queenbkt says:

I love that she still looks glamorous. I couldn't do it.

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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

ellswörthr says:

Beautiful...
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

adam photographic says:

Love the tone and color!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

PhineasX says:

This is titled "Hollywood's Loss" over on Shorpy. Can't disagree.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

corsec67 says:

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.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Walljet says:

Wundervoll!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

carpeliam says:

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.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

fineartdavid says:

@getthebubbles

How about "emancipation" or "suffrage".

Neither are really right, but it's that kind of feeling.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Piper_H says:

She is gorgeous.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

The Library of Congress says:

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
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

serendipity.rachael says:

These are amazing and inspiring! What a collection!!!

I love how he women had class and style, and weren't afraid to work hard !
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Jim Rees says:

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.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Milou says:

She is beautiful. I wonder where she is now and if she knows we are all admiring her.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Slimeface says:

Style, grace and beauty with amazing lighting....
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Dan Lester says:

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.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

rose_peacock says:

I could see Gena Davis playing her in a movie...
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

RR Anderson says:

mama!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

strph says:

Beautiful!

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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

greyMedium says:

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.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

lawatt says:

so fantastic to have all these images available -- i can see myself spending hours going through them all!

thank you!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

kenorland says:

You guys!!! This is so awesome.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

trv.eaglesun says:

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.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

lawatt says:

this is a scanned transparency, not a print, so much less likely to fade...
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

ACFred says:

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/2201429 168/
And the Commons Upgrade set:
www.flickr.com/photos/alec_fredericks/sets/72 157603732346...
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Shannon Dagher says:

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! :)

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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

maminga says:

"thus shows how far the consumer grade DSLR's have to go before even nearing the resolution of film."

I totally agree, which is why I am still a die-hard slide film user, even though I have a very hard time finding film these days.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

strawberrydream says:

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...
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

le cercle says:

Wow! this is such a great picture. It really shows the demands on women to both be beautiful and laborious at the same time.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

FlorinC says:

Superb image, and what clarity. Even for work, the women would get all dolled up back then..amazing..she's beautiful.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

simaruba says:

The colors!!!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

AlinaShots says:

YAY!! I finally know that the past had colors too!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Maly B. says:

yeah, they have been available, but it is very nice to have them in such a public and open place.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

scheiro says:

That a wonderful shot!!!! The woman is so beautiful. The atmosphere scene gives really strong feeling.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

koremanoblogg says:

Very nice
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

majorphoto says:

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
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

dennis gray says:

Beautiful color, but more so shows the mettle and adaptability of the American people
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Edward on Flickr says:

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.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

kmevans says:

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.

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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Ala care este says:

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.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

robbmonty says:

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.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

The Library of Congress says:

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.)
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

das_gute_a says:

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.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

lacausey2000 says:

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.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

mospirit says:

Wow, this photo looks as though it was taken recently and a model was highly stylized for the shoot. Stunning color and tone.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

tofu_minx says:

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..
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

tofu_minx says:

mospirit and yes i agree... she looks more like a model...
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Miss Hazel says:

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.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Ernest W Adams says:

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.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

maminga says:

You can clearly see the tip if you look at the full-sized photo.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

mike cash says:

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.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

juliacsmith says:

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
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

countertext says:

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".
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

From Afghanistan With Loveّ says:

wonderful.. would there be room for more tags, i would have added "workforce"
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

maminga says:

Yes, Mike I think that it right. She is performing tests. I can't for the life of me think of what that is called though...but it's not a pen.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Creature Comforts says:

my tag would have been armband.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

~Terrie K ~ says:

Wonderful picture that captures the era. Color and detail are fabulous.
I tried to add a tag Kodachrome but there is a 75 limit.
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Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

scikitclerk says:

Wow, talk about being overdressed for the job! (from this time perspective)
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

m, as me, a.k.a. marie [deleted] says:

Even working, ladies were so beautifully dressed.
The photographs are awesome, and you you make them still alive is
very precious.
Thanks for this.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

hot_tea says:

Wow. This is incredible.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Drewdarge says:

Such heavy gloves must have meant considerable risk at this date . could they be insulative and she is working on live wiring?
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

mad plumerian says:

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_sma rt2.jpg

These are not live wires she is sitting at a work bench see the shelves to the left!
;=)
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Oh beautiful picture thanks for sharing.
Why is the Shorpy version much cleaner then this one?
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

mpunfun says:

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.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

patrujo says:

great, thanks for uploading theses. I wish they still made kodachrome in 4x5- not that annyone would process it.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

David G Photography says:

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...
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike+Tiffy says:

makes me think of how our standards of female beauty have changed.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

lewdoss says:

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!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

haimediagroup says:

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.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Julesong says:

My brohter-in-law's mother was an actual riveter! Her name isn't Rosie, though. :)
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

mad plumerian says:

It's not a soldering gun it's a flashlight..
See my comments above!
;=)
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Artist? says:

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.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

1hr photo says:

Said "makes me think of how our standards of female beauty have changed" Changed in what way? She's a beautiful woman, now or then...
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

historybuff33 says:

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.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

historybuff33 says:

The rolls of her hair are dressed over rats. It wasn't just curled with curlers and then pinned up.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Vieira says:

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.

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Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

stereoke! says:

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!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Beadmobile says:

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!

Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

expat6719 says:

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.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Adhara! says:

Extraordinary
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

duliebedu says:

great image for sure I wouldn't be surprised if it weren't a "propaganda" photo. The government does this routinely as part of the way it governs. Afterall what better way to sell the war effort, which it did so expertly during WWII. One tell tail sign is the lighting. Looks rather expert, doesn't it?
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Vieira says:

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.

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Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

ariel7515 says:

Excellent pic, in spite of being a fake.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

maminga says:

Why do people keep insisting that that's a marker pen!!?
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

orangecats says:

Talking about this image at the American Library Assn Conference 2008

Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

aleksandra waliszewska says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called nice&easy, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Tsu Dho Nimh says:

My aunt worked in an aircraft factory, and when she was not doing a "Rosie the Riveter" job, she dressed like this ... every day.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Fabrizio Savasta says:

wow.....very nice shot.......
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

ben oït says:

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?
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

♫ AL BaDaR♫ says:

That's really gorgeous

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توبيكات ماسنجر ملونه
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

crabigail* says:

She is incredibly gorgeous!! I love this shot! The light and colors are so perfect.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

vestervang [deleted] says:

interresting photos from the world of yesterday. So alike and yet so different from the world today!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

kc252 says:

she is gorgeous
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Asiunka says:

i really like how she is all dressed up like that for that sort of work!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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Woman aircraft worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif. Shown checking electrical assemblies (LOC)

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