rosie the riveting
i've been doing a little personal research on world war 2, and whilst charging valiantly uponst my audacious quest, a friend turned me on to the following resource of wwii photos.
they are part of a general archival photo blog named shorpy, and i must posit that this blog's images of female world war 2 factory workers make me all warm and fuzzy . join me in enjoying, won't you?
they are part of a general archival photo blog named shorpy, and i must posit that this blog's images of female world war 2 factory workers make me all warm and fuzzy . join me in enjoying, won't you?
posted by johnny dollar | 3:58 PM
4 Comments:
Man, they look fake. Like some magazine spread...
all's fair in love and war...
You forgot the original icon for Rosie the Riveter:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/i?pp/fsaall:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band(fsac+1a35371))+@field(COLLID+fsac)):displayType=1:m856sd=fsac:m856sf
The War Dept. knew they couldn't sell a black woman as a national icon, so they made her white. It was a sadly different time.
i guess it's safe to say that in the past 60+ years in america, some things have gotten better and some things have gotten worse.
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