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| Title | Kenworth workers posing with airplane part, Seattle, June 15, 1944 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1944 |
| Caption | The Kenworth Motor Truck Company got its start building heavy-duty trucks for the timber industry. During World War II, the company participated in many war-related production contracts. Beginning in 1943, Kenworth began making components for the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" bomber and the B-29 "Super Fortress" at its Seattle plant. Three shifts of workers carried out subassembly work on the planes' nose sections, bomb bay doors, and bulkheads.
This 1944 photo shows female Kenworth employees posing with an airplane fuselage. During World War II, many industries employed women in traditionally male jobs in order to keep up with war-related production. Of Kenworth's 507 Seattle employees at this time, 415 were women. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: Kenworth 6-15-44.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Laborers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Defense industry--Washington (State)--Seattle; Aircraft industry--Washington (State)--Seattle; War work--Washington (State)--Seattle; World War, 1939-1945; Kenworth Truck Company |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
South Lake Union (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.14851.16 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 safety film negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 44-1171 |
