About This Item

  • TitleWomen for the first time work aboard ships in the New York navy yard.
  • Call NumberNEIG_3004
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryElectricians - below decks in the new Essex class aircraft carrier, women electrical workers install light fixture. Left, Mrs. Thelma Bartuska of 57 W. 55th Street, NewYork, right, Miss Carolyn Nelson, 300 Eighth Street, Brooklyn. Miss Nelson is a graduate of the Universtiy of Minnesota, class of 1942. Both are wearing safety clothing which is sold at cost to woment workers in the navy yard.
  • Date1944
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate printed on verso: June 5, 1944. Stamped on verso: "Official U.S. Navy photo." Title from inscription on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • CreatorUnited States. Navy
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectNew York Naval Shipyard ; Women employees
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Navy Yard (New York, N.Y.)Sunset Park (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.