Women’s Mill Coveralls

Object ID: 2014.82.1

This object is the outfit worn by the eighty plus women who worked at the mill during WWII, replacing some of the men who had gone off to war, and the “Boeing Women” who were hired to fabricate plane parts. It consists of white cotton overalls, produced by the brand Kitchen Peabody.

Women that worked in the machine shop at the Powell River mill during the WWII. (ID N02561)
Ada Graham is working at the hog fuel conveyor. She was one of the first fifteen women to be employed in the mill. (ID 2007.50.18658)
Two women are shown here in the paper testing lab. (ID N02568)
Beatrice Ruby (left) and Florence Douglas on the cutting machine at the Powell River mill. (ID 2007.50.18657 )
Boeing assembly plant at the Powell River Mill, 1942. (ID 2007.50.18659)
Boeing Workers on float plane. l-r 1. Freda Mohr (nee Parsons) 2. Jean Northy (nee Thompson) 3. Mildred Ross (nee Dice) 4. Dodie Alderson (nee McGillvray) 5. Barbara Manwood 6. Lynette (Sis) Hayes (nee Toll) 7. Isobel Aubine (ID PH001114)
Boeing assembly plant workers at the Powell River mill. Identified are; Thersa Missio, Ina Needham, Pearl Malnick, Tanya Salvident, Irene Douglas, Beulah Stuart, Vi Suffil, Lynette Toll, Florence Amos, Amy Bull, Winnie Gaytan?, Mary Hurd, (supervisor) Mary Moriarity, Jean McCrosss-an, Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. Write, Bea Sparrow, Dora Johnson Buse, Vera Mould, Kay Spears, Jean Weaver, Grace Farrel, Lilly Bowman, Elizebeth Donkersly, Jessie Chadwick, Edna Monteith, Margaret Menzies, Emily Radford, Elvia Thompson, Freda Mohr, Irene Morgan, Agnes McPhalen, Phyliss Pye, Amy Zeron, June Cormier, Betty Griggs, Nellie ?, Ruth Fear, Jean Sloboda, ? Swanson, Winnie Fulton, Trevor Thompson, Ada Erickson, Marg Skorey and Elsie McAteer. ,1944. (ID )
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