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Two assembly line workers at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company enjoy a well-earned lunch period, Long Beach, Calif. Nacelle parts of a heavy bomber form the background (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 6 older comments, and then…
• Dasha Bondareva said:

  This workers looks so stylish!

• Simon Fleming said:

  These look like fashion shots. The red vest with the pin keeps coming up. Maybe a "Rosey the Riveter" style shoot?

• Hai Media Group said:

  Inspiring!

• MsMarian said:

  My mom worked at Douglas. I have pictures of her in her grey zip-up pantsuit (much like what garage mechanics wear). The pictures show on this site have to be ones for promoting as they did not dress like this for work, that is for sure!

• Coordinated Trade said:

  how did you restore the color ?

Girl worker at lunch also absorbing California sunshine, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 43 older comments, and then…
• John Melskens said:

  I love these old photos - such wonderfull colors.

• notsambass said:

  Yes a really talented photographer on a mission. The government really had to sell women in the workplace hard during the war. Photos that showed that women could work hard at mens jobs and still be ladies were important in entice more women to enter the workforce and getting men to accept the necessity.

• Alina Dolinschi said:

  I LOVE these pictures!! I have never seen the past like this before.. THANK you so much for this album!

• retsej said:

  She's showing a fair bit of leg for those days! raunchy!

• lizwarner said:

  I probably wouldn't be making this comment if I weren't saving a bunch of photos to print for a very young female person -- but if that's a modern vs historic title, it needs to be changed. This worker is not a girl. She's a woman. (And yes, I love these photos. This collection is a treasure.)

Jas. Maturo (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Jim Rees said:

  One of the top "pocket billiardists" in the country, according to a November 30, 1919 story in the New York Times.

• Richard Norton said:

  I added him to Wikipedia a while ago: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Maturo