Stella and Helen Dych punching timeclock, Packard Motor Car Company
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View of Stella Dych and her daughter, Helen, punching a time clock at the Packard Motor Car Company factory. Label on back: "Packard News Service. For release on or after Sunday, Oct. 11. Mother and daughter team as war workers. Detroit, Oct. 11. Women have long been playing a major role in Packard war production, as witness Mrs. Stella Dych and her daughter Helen (above). Mrs. Dych, now a war worker in the department shipping parts for Packard-built Rolls-Royce aircraft engines, will celebrate her 24th year with the company in January. Helen started with Packard 14 years ago as an office elevator operator. Now she heads the company's post office department." Handwritten on back: "Women workers."
