Women Participating in Hammer Competition

Women Participating in Hammer Competition

United States. Navy; World War, 1939-1945--Military life--American; World War, 1939-1945--Women

The image depicts a group of young adults standing on what appears to be a wooden platform, with a log as a sort of rail in the front. Two people stand in the foreground, out of focus. The man on the left wears a white naval cap and is looking at the camera. The man on the right is facing the stage, turned away from the camera, but wears a white naval cap and has his left arm raised with a finger pointed. On the left side of the stage is a man, looking at the others, left hand raised in a point, and mouth open as he is mid-shout. He has a cheerful look on his face. Most of the other people on the stage are young women, holding hammers and appearing to use them to hit the wooden log in front of them. The women on the left has her hand raised and is smiling. To her left, on the right side of the image, is a young man in uniform (with what might be TSMC printed on the breast pocket), with a hat on and hands behind his back. On the back of the photo, the number 358 is stamped in ink.

A group of young women standing on a platform, hammering nails into a log in some sort of competition.

circa 1943-1945

8

5.5 x 4.5"

Photograph

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