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Linda Butcher, ship-fitter, Neville Island, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1979

197950 x 40 cmPhotograph, documentarymonochromeJump to full detailsRequest from Special Collections

Summary:Photo features Linda Butcher, a ship-fitter at work at the Dravo Corporation. When Tabor interviewed Butcher in 1978, she was one of only four or five women in a workforce of 500 employees. For more information, see Tabor's interview with Butcher in Off Our Back 9, no. 2 (February 1979). See Photo #3 (related photograph). Photograph by Martha Tabor. For complete collection information, visit the full finding aid at https://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/46057
Creator:Tabor, Martha
Century:1901-2000
Place of origin – Continent:North America
Place of origin – Country:United States of America
Place of origin – Region:District of Columbia
Place of origin – Settlement:Washington
Temporal subject: 1971-1980
Geographical subject – Continent:North America
Geographical subject – Country:United States of America
Geographical subject – Region:Pennsylvania
Geographical subject – Settlement:Pittsburgh
Topical subjects:Tabor, Martha
Construction
Butcher, Linda
Shipping
Ships
ArchivesUM location:Martha Tabor photographs
  • series 1: Women in Blue-Collar Trades, 1978-1981
  • box : 1
  • item 4: Linda Butcher, Ship Fitter – Neville Island, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1979
  • accession 0536-LBR
Repository:Historical Manuscripts
Browse terms:Economics, Business, Commerce, Labor
Copyright holder:University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
Collection:Digital Collections
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