Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by a U.S. Department of Agriculture timber salvage sawmill. Mrs. Violet Storey, "take away," lifting one end of a rough board to swing it from the conveyor to the balance where Barbara Webber, right, will take it and put it through the edger. By this system of conveyors and balances, lifting and carrying is kept at a minimum

Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by a U.S. Department of Agriculture timber salvage sawmill. Norma Webber, pit woman, throwing a board on its pile. Boards are heavy but the mill is laid out with a conveyor system so that lifting and carrying is kept at a minimum

Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by a U.S. Department of Agriculture timber salvage sawmill. As a conveyor carries the trimmed boards down past the pit, Norma Webber and Ruth De Rochs, "pit women," take the board off when it is opposite the pile designated for boards of its size

Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by a U.S. Department of Agriculture timber salvage sawmill. As a board comes away from the edges, Mrs. Lucy DeGreen, right, taking away from the edges and putting them on a conveyor to be sawed into two foot lengths for scrap, while Mrs. Daisy Perkins rolls the edged board over the conveyor in the rear, where the ends are trimmed

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Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by a U.S. Department of Agriculture timber salvage sawmill. Mrs. Violet Storey, "take away," lifting one end of a rough board to swing it from the conveyor to the balance where Barbara Webber, right, will take it and put it through the edger. By this system of conveyors and balances, lifting and carrying is kept at a minimum

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Summary

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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Date

01/01/1943

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Contributors

Collier, John, 1913-1992, photographer

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Location

merrimack county

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Source

Library of Congress

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http://www.loc.gov/

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

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