Women in War Industries:
World War I
Red Cross Parade, May 1918. View of Red Cross Nurses marching in rows behind a 'Plainville Branch of the New Britain Red Cross' parade float. Photo by Paul Glaeser.
Red Cross Parade, May 1918. Young children watch the Stanley Works "No. 46 Base Hospital" parade float pass by. Photo by Paul Glaeser.
Red Cross recruitment poster showing a nurse on a battlefield with a wounded soldier appealing to a nurse seated at a desk; in the background, soldiers charge into battle. The text reads "If I Fail, He Dies. Work for the Red Cross" Posters and postcard full of imagery of Red Cross nurses reaching out for help and caring for the wounded were common, calling American nurses into service on the war front and home front. Copyrighted 1918 by Rev. S.A. Iciek
Red Cross Parade, May 1918. A uniformed Red Cross nurse marches with an American Hoisery Co. sigh held aloft, followed by a parade float depicting a Red Cross field tent. Photo by Paul Glaeser.
Photograph of women employees at the Parker Shirt Co. factory, c. 1910-1915.
Red Cross Parade, May 1918. More than a dozen women employees of the New Britain Machine Co. march in Red Cross nursing uniform. Many New Britain factories were represented in this parade, which was intended to help raise money and up recruitment for the Red Cross.
Women workers at the Colt Manufacturing Co. in Hartford, CT making barrels for machine guns. c 1914-1918.
Red Cross Parade, May 1918. View from W Main of uniformed nurses carrying a Red Cross flag horizontally, with other marching behind. Photo by Paul Glaeser.
C. 1919 advertisement for Universal brand goods showing images of men and women working in their factories. The advertisement capitalized on the return to normal household goods production after the end of World War I and reads "Universal Service, Ready in War - Ready in Peace, Landers, Frary & Clark".
Red Cross Parade, May 1918. A horse-drawn float with an "Over There, Over Here" Banner, followed by Red Cross nurses carrying signs.
An advertisement appearing in "Hardware World," a trade publication of the era. c. 1917-1918 that directs dealers of Universal products from Landers, Frary, and Clark to display this sign behind their products. Images of a Universal a food chopper, butter merger, bread maker, and a display sign reading "Food will win the war, don't waste it. Use less wheat and meat. But local foods. Serve just enough, and use what is left."
Red Cross Parade, May 1918. Group photo of even Red Cross nurses in uniform. Photo by Paul Glaeser.
A worker at Colt Manufacturing Co. in Hartford, CT oiling a factory machine, c. 1917-1918.