P03702.065 Accession Number: P03702.065

Description

A wartime brochure showing some of the many tasks performed by women at Beaufort plants around the country, which includes checking aircraft parts, riveting a tail plane, assembling a rear fuselage, operating a drill press, electrical assembly on the engine bulkhead, and a laboratory assistant.

Details

Accession Number
P03702.065
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: b&w
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
c 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor C McDowall
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession P03702.065

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