Women Making Shell Boxes

Date1939-1945

Credit LineGift of Mrs. J. A. Cox, 1979.

Object number1979.029.014

Label TextDuring the Second World War, General Steel Wares/McClary's was among the many employers who hired women to replace the men who had enlisted. The women pictured here \were among the many women who flocked to the city’s factories to produce the war materiel the Allies needed to continue to fight.

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