Women in Industry photographs, 1917
Permanent ID:
10711Date:
circa 1917Image Description:
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."
Inscription:
Girl workers in piano factory (Verso (photograph #1))Girl using Electric Welder Courtesy of Ed G. Budd and Co. (Verso (photograph #2))