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Item
Title
EW-427
Date(s)
- 1943-05-04 (Creation)
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Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Alexander, Earl of Athlone, Governor-General of Canada and husband of HRH Princess Alice, speaks with workers at the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation. Washington State Trooper Olson is at rear. Women were taking an active role in nontraditional employment as thousands worked in the aircraft and shipbuilding industries during WWII. Dressed in hard hat, suspenders and pants, a female employee of Seattle-Tacoma Shipyards smiles as she listens to the Earl. ALBUM 3.
Visits of state--Tacoma; Nobility--England; Alexander, Earl of Athlone; Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma);