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The Eighth Way: 1943
May 1943. "Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Welding in front of the shipways at night." Photo by Arthur Siegel for the Office of War Information. View full size.
SO DARK
This is a masterpiece of noir. The lighting, the scaffolds climbing into the gloom, the mysterious glyphs ... amazing.
Rosie isn't here
She riveted airplanes, not ships. Wendy the Welder, however ...
Rosie up to date
Very true, in WWII Rosie the Riveter wasn't riveting, she was welding. Between WWI and WWII ship construction shifted over from riveting to welding. But marketing didn't make the change, true, Rosie the Welder doesn't roll off the tongue like Rosie the Riveter.
Ship welding?
This image is a lot like watching sausage being made!
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