War worker Mrs. Ila Tramel, drill press operator

Creator

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Identifier

20027540

Description

Mrs. Ila Tramel, who runs a drill press in a manufacturing plant, was a beauty shop receptionist when bombs fell on Pearl Harbor. Her husband, ex-Prize Fighter Duke Tramel, joined the Seabees, serving two years overseas before receiving a medical discharge last June. Back up her husband, Mrs. Tramel went to work early in 1942 making six-inch shells in a naval ordnance plant. She had others to back up, too - four brothers and a sister in the service. She's still working in the machine shop but, like the plant, has reconverted to peacetime products. Friday she was tapping threads in holes of the cover of a toy steam engine being turned out for the Christmas trade. Mrs. Tramel is sitting at a work bench with machine parts surrounding her. She's wearing a short sleeve top and gloves. Star-Telegram Evening Edition December 8, 1945

Archival Date

1945-12-07

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-392

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Drill press; Drilling & boring machinery; Machine shop; Gloves; Peacetime products