Title

The water stretching machine of an eastern parachute manufacturer..., Manchester, Conn., 1942. Creator: William Rittase.

Caption

The water stretching machine of an eastern parachute manufacturer stretches shroud lines so as to make them more adaptable to the finished product, Manchester, Conn.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A79_236

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Rights managed

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149,9Mb (2,8Mb) / 27,4in x 21,2in / 8221 x 6373 (300dpi)

Keywords

female women woman people interior library work job industry manufacturing country parachute trade occupation color industrial machine machinery war location century textiles profession inside fabric cloth silk textile company concept manufacturer 1940s Library of Congress Manchester Connecticut Forties United States of America Colour World War II World War two WWII Indoors world war 2 20th century American America USA decade Second World War TGN women at work WW2 working photograph united states 2nd World War Congressional Library Heritage Art Farm Security Administration FSA Office of War Information OWI still image Transparencies Color. gmgpc Cheney Brothers parachute industry silk industry William Rittase Rittase William Rittase William M