Tag Archives: World War II

Burlington’s Women Ordnance Workers

Posted on March 2, 2025 by Special Collections

For Women’s History Month, we are sharing photographs of women who worked at Bell Aircraft Corporation’s ordnance division in Burlington. To encourage women to join the industrial workforce during World War II, the War Department created a publicity campaign featuring … Continue reading →

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UVM Experiments with Rubber Plant

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Special Collections

Updated, July 2024 I’ve been on the lookout for photos of local World War II victory gardens, so this image caught my eye as I was searching through a carton of publicity photographs that Special Collections received from UVM’s Extension … Continue reading →

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