Woman test cell technician, Chevrolet plant
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Description
View of a woman test cell technician at the Chevrolet factory, testing a radial aircraft engine. Label on back: "Women today are doing their share side by side with the men who build engines for Uncle Sam's mighty bombers and cargo planes. As the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors keeps abreast of increasing production schedules, women have earned an important share of the credit for doing a top-flight production job. In one Chevrolet plant producing Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines, this girl is a test cell technician, helping ready this big radial engine for its test cell run." Stamped on back: "General Motors Photographic. Refer to this number when ordering prints." Handwritten on back: "Women workers."
Details
- Creator:
- GM Photographic
- Resource ID:
- na040260
- Subject:
- Women aircraft industry employees
- Airplanes--Motors--Testing
- General Motors Corporation. Chevrolet Motor Division
- 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, 90:7
- Negative Number:
- 50407-15
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.