the photos were commissioned by the u.s. government, a hold over from the public works program (WPA? was it?), part of the u.s propaganda effort. There's an original Rosie the Riveter who was photographed. I'm familiar with these because I created some blog decisions for a labor guy many years ago. We were going to use the labor photography of Earl Dotter, sprinkling in some of the LoC photos because Earl's photos, while stunning, weren't always the right aspect ratio for a blog.
here's the original photo: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rosie_the_Riveter_(Vultee)_DS.jpg>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rosie_the_Riveter_(Vultee)_DS.jpg
the article at the library of congress was interesting: <http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/journey/rosie.html>http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/journey/rosie.html
At 03:23 AM 6/26/2012, Ismail Lagardien wrote:
>I would like to hear people's views on these technically marvelous
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>http://pavelkosenko.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/4x5-kodachromes/
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