heilandcompany
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War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mrs. Angeline Kwint, age 45, an ex-housewife, checking the tires of trailers. Her husband and son are in the U.S. Army (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Helen Ryan, age 41 (with cap), widow and used to work in a show factory, Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the service any day, brother in the army. [She] used to be a clerk in a dep[artmen]t from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the service any day, Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Agnes used to work in a dep[artmen]t store. Checking of gasoline hose of gasoline trailers before being turned over the Air Force (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
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Lucile Mazurek, age 29, ex-housewife, husband going into the service, working on black-out lamps to be used on the gasoline trailers in the Air Force, Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisc. (LOC)
- Ernest Descals said:
- Jkadavoor (Jee) said:
War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mrs. Angeline Kwint, age 45, an ex-housewife, checking the tires of trailers. Her husband and son are in the U.S. Army (LOC)
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THE TIRE WORLD - KUWAIT said:
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Deserted Glove said:
The tires look like they are worn down to the cords already! Whats with that?
Enola O'Connell, age 32, widow and mother of one child. Ex-housewife, now [she is the] only woman welder at Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin (LOC)
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fixedgear said:
Wow. A widow at 32, a mother and she's the only woman welder at Heil.
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Marshall Astor - Food Fetishist said:
According to Wikipedia there was a "Wendy the Welder" descriptor/archetype, but like Wikipedia tends to do, there's no supporting information.
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notrglater said:
I met Wendy when she was volunteering on board the SS Jeremiah O'Brien back in the 80s she signed a postcard version of he poster for my niece. There were more welders than riveters in WWII.