Portland Company employees, ca. 1917
Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Item 5781
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Women in the packing room at the Portland Company with wooden boxes for 108 mm howitzer shell casings for the war effort during World War I. The casings were packed two in a box and shipped out in 1917-1918.
Other Information
- Title: Portland Company employees, ca. 1917
- Creation Date: circa 1917
- Subject Date: circa 1917
- Town: Portland
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: Photograph
- Dimensions (cm): 21 x 26
- Local Code: Coll. 242 40/12
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822
http://www.mainehistory.org
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LC Subject Headings
Portland Company (Me.)--Employees--Women--Photographs
Steel industry--Maine--Portland--Employees--Photographs
World War, 1914-1918--Participation, Female--Photographs
Ordnance industry--Maine--Portland
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Maine--Portland
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