Workers at the Twin Cities Ordnance Plant

Workers at the Twin Cities Ordnance Plant

Workers at the Twin Cities Ordnance Plant pack .50 caliber machine-gun ammunition into cartridge boxes during World War II. At peak production in 1943, the plant employed 26,000 people, of which 60 percent were women. Photograph by the Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company.

Black and white photograph of Workers at the Whitewater State Park CCC camp, ca. 1930s.

Workers at the Whitewater State Park CCC camp

Workers at the Whitewater State Park CCC camp, ca. 1930s.

Workers cutting timber

Workers cutting timber

Workers cutting timber into logs, ca. 1900.

Workers on a temporary platform

Workers on a temporary platform

Original caption on print: “Minnesota State Capitol, No. 255, April 16, 1904.”
Ladder appears to be secured at top and bottom and there is a railing on one side of the scaffolding, but the ends are still open. Photograph album, May 1896–November 1905 (+Reserve 47, Box 2). Minnesota Board of State Capitol Commissioners records, 1892–1914.

Black and white photograph of workers on State Emergency Relief Administration (SERA) farm near Duluth, Lake County, 1935.

Workers on State Emergency Relief Administration

Workers on State Emergency Relief Administration (SERA) farm near Duluth, Lake County, 1935.

Workers on strike at the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant

Workers on strike at the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant

Pickets blocking the entrance to Gate #3 at the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (TCAAP). Photograph by E. K. Okamoto, August 24, 1967. Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant files, box 143.E.17.3B. Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Workers on the factory line at the Twin Cities Ordnance Plant

Workers on the factory line at the Twin Cities Ordnance Plant

Twin Cities Ordnance Plant workers on the factory line, 1940s. Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant files, box 143.E.17.2F. Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Workers on the factory line at the Twin Cities Ordnance Plant

Workers on the factory line at the Twin Cities Ordnance Plant

Workers on the factory line, Twin Cities Ordnance Plant, 1940s. Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant files, box 143.E.17.2F. Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Workers outside the Twin Cities Ordnance Plant

Workers outside the Twin Cities Ordnance Plant

Workers outside the Twin Cities Ordnance Plant, 1950s. Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant files, box 143.E.17.2F. Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Black and white photograph of workers posed by Pillsbury “A” Mill in Minneapolis, ca. 1918.

Workers posed by Pillsbury “A” Mill

Workers posed by Pillsbury “A” Mill in Minneapolis, ca. 1918.

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