Women Workers Assembling Air Ducts for B-24 Bombers, Willow Run Bomber Plant, circa 1943

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Artifact Overview

Women represented approximately one-third of the workers at Ford Motor Company's Willow Run plant, where they did everything from clerical work in the offices to riveting and welding on the assembly line. During World War II, women joined the workforce in record numbers to take on essential jobs traditionally held by men who had joined the armed forces.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1943

Creator Notes

Photograph by Sol Libsohn for Standard Oil Company of N.J., New York, New York

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

00.1334.268

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.75 in
Width: 7.75 in

Women Workers Assembling Air Ducts for B-24 Bombers, Willow Run Bomber Plant, circa 1943