Woman worker using burring tool at Chevrolet factory
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Description
View of a woman using a burring tool to remove excess stock from aircraft parts at the Chevrolet plant. Label on back: "Performing many operations formerly assigned to men, women are helping to solve the manpower shortage in the production of aircraft engines. This girl is removing excess stock with a burring tool from parts which flow from her work bench for assembly in Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines produced in ever-mounting volume by Chevrolet for bombers and cargo planes. By dividing operations into simple components, Chevrolet has been able to utilize many female workers in the plants producting aircraft engines." Stamped on back: "General Motors Photographic." Handwritten on back: "Women workers."
Details
- Creator:
- GM Photographic
- Resource ID:
- na040172
- Subject:
- Women aircraft industry employees
- Deburring
- Airplanes--Motors
- General Motors Corporation. Chevrolet Motor Division
- Automotive Council for War Production--Archives
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1942-1945
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- MS84/Automotive Council for War Production, Women workers, 90:4
- Negative Number:
- 504018
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

