Doris Burton checking inventory in Parts Department, Homer Toms Motor Car Company
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Description
View of Doris Burton, taking inventory of parts, at the Homer Toms Motor Car Company, a Pontiac dealership. Label on back: "When mechanics praise the Parts Department that's news! And it happens every day at the Homer Toms Motor Car Company, Pontiac dealers of Cincinnati, where petite Mrs. Doris Burton has taken over the parts passing. She took over the job when her husband, Harold M. Burton, Service Manager, joined the Marines. 'She's okay' say the Toms' mechanics -- corresponding to the distinguished Service Cross for parts managers." Stamped on back: "General Motors Photographic. Refer to this number when ordering prints." Handwritten on back: "Women workers."
Details
- Creator:
- GM Photographic
- Resource ID:
- na040186
- Subject:
- Women automobile industry workers
- Automobiles--Parts
- Automotive Council for War Production--Archives
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1942-1945
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 10 x 8 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- MS84/Automotive Council for War Production, Women workers, 90:4
- Negative Number:
- 649651
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.