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Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park – California

Images of Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park – Central California, taken in July 2018.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941, many of the young men that made up the U.S. workforce joined or were drafted into the armed forces leaving a large gap in the domestic workforce. Add to that the conversion of corporations from peacetime production to wartime manufacturing round the clock shifts of military tanks, ships, planes and supplies and the workforce was forced to expand in ways it had never seen before. Minorities, particularly African Americans and women, were key to filling the void.

Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park in Richmond California honors the Americans on the home front that stepped up to take the jobs that supported the troops overseas; ultimately facilitating victory in the Second World War.
Former Ford building and current Visitor Center in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park
Former Ford building and current Visitor Center in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park 		Visitor Center entrance in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park
Visitor Center entrance in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park		 Former Ford Assembly Building in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park
Former Ford Assembly Building in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park		 Ford plant (1930), an example of Albert Kahn’s industrial architecture, in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park
Ford plant (1930), an example of Albert Kahn’s industrial architecture, in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park		 Richmond Ford Assembly Building in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park
Richmond Ford Assembly Building in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park
War Manpower Commission poster in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park
War Manpower Commission poster in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park		 Iconic “We Can Do It” wartime poster in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park
Iconic “We Can Do It” wartime poster in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park		 Cafeteria display at the visitor center in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park
Cafeteria display at the visitor center in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park		 U.S. Employment Center poster in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park
U.S. Employment Center poster in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park		 War Production Co-Ordinating Committee Poster in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park
War Production Co-Ordinating Committee Poster in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park
Ford Assembly Building in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park
Ford Assembly Building in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park		 Richmond Ford Assembly Building in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park
Richmond Ford Assembly Building in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park		 Large assembly building doors in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park
Large assembly building doors in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park		 Richmond Fire Station 67 in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park
Richmond Fire Station 67 in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park		 Kaiser Field Hospital in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park
Kaiser Field Hospital in Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park

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