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Order Number	00051011
Title	Female war worker
Studio	Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, California.
Collection ID	Housing Authority Collection
Location/Accession	GPC_b30_f4; A-005-594 4x5
Date	Circa 1940
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	A female war worker poses with the airplane she is helping build. The photographer's caption reads: "Rosie the Riverter was a popular song during WWII. She really did work on the planes and other high priority items. Women who had never worked at any job,or any job like this, became anxious to help their husbands, brothers and sons get home sooner." She is a resident at Rodger Young Village.
Subject	Airplane factories--California--Los Angeles. Women employees--California--Los Angeles. African Americans--California--Los Angeles. World War, 1939-1945. War work.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Housing Authority Photo Collection