Title

War production workers at the Vilter [Manufacturing] Company making M5..., Milwaukee, Wis. , 1943. Creator: Howard Hollem.

Caption

War production workers at the Vilter [Manufacturing] Company making M5 and M7 guns for the U.S. Army, Milwaukee, Wis. Ex-stage orchestra musician, checking an M7 gun with gage, after turning out on a gun lathe. Her two brothers and husband are in the service.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A78_497

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153,5Mb (2,8Mb) / 27,3in x 21,8in / 8192 x 6549 (300dpi)

Keywords

female women woman people interior library work employment job cap music arts industry manufacturing worker country musician trade occupation clothes weapon weapons gun guns headdress color industrial dress war location Armed Forces century checking profession inside employee clothing company concept APPAREL 1940s Wisconsin headgear apron Army Library of Congress warfare blue-collar worker head-dress Forties United States of America Colour World War II World War two Milwaukee United States Army WWII Indoors weaponry world war 2 20th century gunsmith US Army workers American America USA decade Second World War TGN war production women at work WW2 working photograph united states 2nd World War M5 Congressional Library U.S. Army Milwaukee county Heritage Art clothing & dress fashion & clothing Farm Security Administration FSA Office of War Information OWI still image war industry Transparencies Color. gmgpc Howard Hollem Hollem Howard Howard R Hollem Hollem Howard R. Howard R. Hollem M7 Vilter Manufacturing Company