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The Red Socks: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 01/31/2008 - 10:40pm.
October 1942. Yet another still from the Technicolor pajama party that was the American aircraft industry in World War II: "Women at work on bomber, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer for the Office of War Information.
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Douglas Aircraft
Submitted by nite flyer on Sun, 06/01/2008 - 10:13am.
No. 12 is the department; the others are employee number.
Baggies
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 02/22/2008 - 4:40pm.
It appears that incredibly wide-legged jeans have been here before! Iimagine that the numbers were some kind of employee ID?
Numbers
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sat, 02/02/2008 - 3:22pm.
That woman is gorgeous! Anyone have any idea what the numbers on their pins signify?
[Employee ID tags. - Dave]
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