By the By

Stuff that won't fit anywhere else.

A blog loosely associated with
The Arkansas Times

by Gerard Matthews

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Fri Sep 4

retropolitics:

Original Caption: Like Girls from Mars Are These “Top Women” at U.S. Steel’s Gary, Indiana, Works. Their Job Is to Clean Up at Regular Intervals Around The Tops of Twelve Blast Furnaces. As A Safety Precaution, the Girls Wear Oxygen Masks., 1940 - 1945 (via The U.S. National Archives)

Original Caption: Like Girls from Mars Are These “Top Women” at U.S. Steel’s Gary, Indiana, Works. Their Job Is to Clean Up at Regular Intervals Around The Tops of Twelve Blast Furnaces. As A Safety Precaution, the Girls Wear Oxygen Masks., 1940 - 1945 (via The U.S. National Archives)