Tag Archives: home front

Wartime Kent

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Wartime Kent is a small, but interesting, set of photographs on Flickr of Kent during WWII. The set includes several photographs showing damage from V-2 rockets in 1945.  

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German Transport

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Two photographs of German transport on the Russian Front during Operation Barbarossa from the website’s photo collection. Cars lead a column of supply trucks past a destroyed bridge: Wehrmacht staff cars behind a truck of the 3rd Waffen SS Division … Continue reading →

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Rosie the Riveter

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The Library of Congress explores the evolution of “Rosie the Riveter” and describes the lives of real women workers on the U.S. Home Front in World War II. Rosie the Riveter – Real Women Workers in World War II:   … Continue reading →

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Safety Caps for Women Machine Operators

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

WWII publication Safety Caps for Women Machine Operators, The Women’s Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, Supplement to Special Bulletin No. 9. Safety Caps for Women Machine Operators Industrial accidents are one of the potential bottlenecks in war production. Women war workers … Continue reading →

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