Women in Industry--Railroads [Philadelphia War Photograph Committee]

Photographs of female railroad workers from the Philadelphia War Photograph Committee collection documenting World War I participation on the Philadelphia home front.

(1) is photograph of a woman in glasses measuring the air pressure on a railroad car.

(2) is photograph of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Philadelphia War Photograph Committee (Creator)
Collection:Philadelphia War Photograph Committee collection (#V03)
Date:1917
Box Number:Box 2
Folder Number:Folder Women in Industry--Railroads
Format: Electronic
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Copyright:Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org)
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/11145
Summary: Photographs of female railroad workers from the Philadelphia War Photograph Committee collection documenting World War I participation on the Philadelphia home front.

(1) is photograph of a woman in glasses measuring the air pressure on a railroad car.

(2) is photograph of African-American women cleaning the engines of a train.