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Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. An employee of a U.S. Department of Agriculture timber salvage sawmill which employs women for most of the work. Lumbering used to be stictly a man's world. Old time lumber men will gape with wonder at the ease with which these women do their small sawmill jobs
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Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. An employee of a U.S. Department of Agriculture timber salvage sawmill which employs women for most of the work. Lumbering used to be stictly a man's world. Old time lumber men will gape with wonder at the ease with which these women do their small sawmill jobs
Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by a U.S. Department of Agriculture timber salvage sawmill. Barbara Webber, twenty-one year old edger, finds her job harder physically than working in a laundry, but she likes it better because it isn't so tedious and nerve-racking
Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by U.S. Department of Agriculture timber salvage sawmill. Mrs. Dorothy De Greenia, slip woman, doesn't find her job hard after years of housework. Mrs. De Greenia's husband, Raymond, is a sawyer at Turkey Pond. They have a son in the United States Army somewhere in Australia
A group of women standing next to each other. Office of War Information Photograph
A black and white photo of a woman holding a cup. Office of War Information Photograph
Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. A U.S. Department of Agriculture timber salvage sawmill, which employs women for most of the work. The main saw cutting rough boards from the logs is operated by Raymond Lathrop, sawyer, right, assisted by Raymond De Greenia, roller. Mr. De Greenia's wife, Dorothy, and also his brother and sister-in-law work here
A couple of men working on a piece of wood. Office of War Information Photograph
Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by a U.S. Department of Agriculture timber salvage sawmill
Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by a United State Department of Agriculture timber salvage sawmill. "The pit," where cut and trimmed lumber is sorted in piles according to size. In the background is part of the mill, and the sawdust pile
Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. An employee of a U.S. Department of Agriculture timber salvage sawmill which employs women for most of the work. Lumbering used to be stictly a man's world. Old time lumber men will gape with wonder at the ease with which these women do their small sawmill jobs
Summary
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Temp. note: owibatch5
Film copy on SIS roll 18, frame 1889.
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new hampshire
merrimack county
turkey pond
safety film negatives
lot 758
john collier
photo
women
old time lumber men
sawmill jobs
agriculture timber
sawmill
lumbering
man world
office of war information
farm security administration
united states history
home front
wwii
world war 2
library of congress
Date
01/01/1943
Location
merrimack county
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html