Manufacturing Spiral Puttees in New York City
11/4/1918
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This image shows African-American women working to manufacture spiral puttees at the Alexander Propper & Company plant in New York City. The women are preparing the puttees for bailing.
The photograph comes from a series of photographs from the Historical Branch of the War Plans Division in the War Department. The images were assembled by the Committee for Public Information and considered to be the "Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs."
This primary source comes from the Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs.
National Archives Identifier:
533756Full Citation: Photograph 165-WW-585(11); Manufacturing spiral puttees at plant of Alexander Propper & Company, New York City. Preparing the puttees for bailing. [African-American women working.]; 11/4/1918 ; American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, 1917 - 1918; Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, Record Group 165; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/manufacturing-spiral-puttees, April 19, 2024]