1918 Print Gun Shells Flanders Women Work Explosive War ORIGINAL HISTORIC ILW2 XAA5 Seamstress

Seamstress

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This is an original 1923 black and white print ad for watches by the Elgin National Watch Company

1918 Print Gun Shells Flanders Women Work Explosive War ORIGINAL HISTORIC ILW2 XAA5 SeamstressThis is an original 1918 halftone print of women in the workforce in Great Britain. The women are loading explosive shells into shells to be shipped to the military. The caption reads, "Thousands of English women have selected as the only way they can really aid in winning the war. Here the wages of work is death to Germany."CONDITION This 93+ year old Item is rated Very Fine +. Light aging in margins. No creases. No natural defects. Some light