Title

A rivet is her fighting weapon..., Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem.

Caption

A rivet is her fighting weapon. Oyida Peaks, daughter of a Navy lieutenant, one of many women taking NYA training to become mechanics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. After eight weeks apprenticeship she will be qualified as a civil service worker in the Assembly and Repair Department.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A78_425

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151,0Mb (2,7Mb) / 21,3in x 27,5in / 6397 x 8252 (300dpi)

Keywords

female women woman people library work employment job technology engineering engineer worker country occupation tools tool color factory machine machinery military war location century profession wartime concept mechanic Navy 1940s Library of Congress gender warfare Factory Worker Forties United States of America Colour aeronautics World War II World War two naval warfare United States Navy WWII world war 2 20th century air base riveter US Navy workers American America USA decade Second World War war effort women at war women at work WW2 working photograph portrait united states 2nd World War Naval Air Station Congressional Library Heritage Art Farm Security Administration FSA Office of War Information OWI still image Transparencies Color. gmgpc Howard Hollem Hollem Howard Howard R Hollem Hollem Howard R. Howard R. Hollem naval air base Naval Air Station Corpus Christi riveting machine