munitionsfactory

Some boxes here appear to be labeled "International Arms and Fuse Co., Bloomfield, NJ." Women worked at that plant in 1918, according to "The World of Ruth Draper: A Portrait of an Actress" by Dorothy Warren. books.google.com/books?id=7gy0bsbQ0JkC&pg=PA33&dq...

Other possible locations/companies are: * American Ammunition Company, 25 Broad Street, New York, which built a factory in Paulsboro, NJ in 1917. * American Ordnance Company, Bridgeport, CT * Derby, CT, home of the Driggs-Seabury Gun and Ammunition Company * Driggs-Seabury Ordnance Corporation, with a plant in Sharon, PA, and which also owned the Savage Arms Co. which had a plant in Utica, NY * Linderman Steel and Machine, Co, with plants in Muskegon, Michigan and Woodstock, Ontario. Apparently both plants were involved in the manufacture of naval ordnance in 1918 (according to Moody's Manual, linked below) See, for example, Poor's Manual of Industrials, Volume 7, 1916 books.google.com/books?id=LzxJAQAAMAAJ and Moody's Manual of Railroads and Corporation Securities, 1918 books.google.com/books?id=hmk3AQAAMAAJ

Interesting to see women factory workers in the late 1910's. Any idea what the product is?

This sequence of photos seems to be in a munitions plant. See The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., September 30, 1918, Page 3 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92051227/1918-09-30/ed-... for a large advertisement for women to work in a munitions plant in Bridgeport, CT. And a related article in The [New York] Sun., October 06, 1918, Section 4 Magazine Section, Page 9 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1918-10-06/ed-...

Great series.

swanq Thank you.

In the news in early 1918 was a concern about working conditions for women in munitions plants. Some states instituted 8-hour workdays and did not permit nights shifts for women. The appointment of women with some medical training to positions of oversight also began. See, for example, The [New York] Sun., June 02, 1918, Section 5 Magazine Section, Page 4 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1918-06-02/ed-... "Health for Women Munitions Workers Woman Supervisor Named by Ordnance Department Tells of Pressing Need and How Much May Be Accomplished Adequate Rest and Quiet Add Much to Factory Output"

Note the man oiling the machinery; the 'Oiler', his job was to keep all machinery lubricated.