GIRLS IN A MELBOURNE FACTORY AR MAKING CARDBOARD SHELLS OF A SPECIAL TYPE FOR SIGNAL CARTRIDGES, ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Accession Number 008913
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Cranstone, Edward Lefevre (Ted)
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made c August 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

GIRLS IN A MELBOURNE FACTORY AR MAKING CARDBOARD SHELLS OF A SPECIAL TYPE FOR SIGNAL CARTRIDGES, THE VERY LIGHTS USED BY THE ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE. THE SHELLS GO FOR LOADING TO THE PYROTECHNIC SECTION OF A MUNITIONS FACTORY. AFTER POLISHING, THE CARTRIDGE TUBE IS CUT, MAKING TWO CARTRIDGE CASES. (NO. 3 OF SERIES). (PHOTOGRAPHER: E. CRANSTONE).