Eunice Hancock Operates Compressed-Air Grinder, WWII
21 year old Eunice Hancock operates a compressed-air grinder in a Midwest aircraft plant in August 1942, during World War II. This is a perfect example of women entering the workforce due to the men’s conscription to the army to fight Germany and Japan. By 1945, one in four married women began working outside of the home.
Pablo Picasso, 1958
Pablo Picasso is pictured in Cannes in 1958, wearing a hat and precariously holding a revolver and holster which were given to him by actor Gary Cooper who starred in films like A Farewell To Arms, The Pride of the Yankees, and For Whom the Bell Tolls.