Rosie

How fantastic are these photographs? I found all of them through The Library of Congress flickr photostream.The original images are color transparencies ranging in size from 35 mm. to 4x5 inches. They complement the better-known black and white FSA/OWI photographs that were made during the same period. I love seeing color images from this time period. I somehow feel more connected to these folks. If you look around in this album you'll find that the photographers recorded the names of these women and what they were doing before working as mechanics and engineers and how old they were. Very inspiring. It's just too bad that most women weren't given the chance to continue working in these fields after the war.

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