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[Female Cramp's Shipyard employee]
![[Female Cramp's Shipyard employee]. Image provided by Historical Society of Pennsylvania](https://www.philaplace.org/media/philaplace/images/4/5/41829_ca_object_representations_media_4507_hsp4.jpg "[Female Cramp's Shipyard employee]. Image provided by Historical Society of Pennsylvania")
- Neighborhood
- Fishtown/Kensington
- Related Story
- Cramp Shipyard — “A Community Organization and a Community Institution”
- Street Address
- Richmond St. and Norris St.
- Date Created
- February 11 1943
- Description
- Grandma takes a hand at operating an engine lathe at Cramp's Shipyard and thinks the work is "wonderful!" She's Mrs. Mary E. Gibson, of Maple Shade, NJ, mother of seven children and has an 18-month-old grandson, Douglas. Delighted with the fact that women are doing so much for their country during this warn, she is glad to contribute her share. She works from 4 PM to midnight.
- Contributing Institution
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Collection
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Record Photograph Collection
- Topics
- Landscape & Architecture, Public & Social Life, Work
- This Item Is Unavailable For Purchase
