Women working in ordnance plants in World War I: making fibre powder containers for 3" Stokes gun - women crimping top on fibre containers at W.C. Ritchie & Co., Chicago, Ill.

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Title


Women working in ordnance plants in World War I: making fibre powder containers for 3" Stokes gun - women crimping top on fibre containers at W.C. Ritchie & Co., Chicago, Ill.

Subject

Photograph shows two women sitting at a long bench, crimping the tops onto fibre powder containers for a 3" Stokes gun, at the W.C. Ritchie & Co. facility in Chicago, Illinois, during World War I.

Description

1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; sheet 12.6 x 17.7 cm, on mount 20.2 x 26.6 cm.

Creator

Unknown

Source

U.S. Army Signal Corps, [between 1914 and 1918]

Publisher

U.S. Army Signal Corps, Library of Congress

Date

1914-1918

Contributor

 Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Rights

 No known restrictions on publication.

Format

JPEG (310kb)

Language

English

Type

Jpeg

Identifier

Call Number: LOT 4008 [item] [P&P]

Coverage

Women--Employment--Illinois--Chicago--1910-1920. Ordnance industry--Illinois--Chicago--1910-1920. Arms & armament--Illinois--Chicago--1910-1920. War work--Illinois--Chicago--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Women--Illinois--Chicago. World War, 1914-1918--Equipment & supplies--Illinois--Chicago. World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--Illinois--Chicago