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Down in Virginia where "the men are men and the women are firemen." When a new fire house was needed for Aurora Hills and nearby territory in Arlington County Virginia, the women donned overalls and helped the men build one. This photograph was snapped as the girls stopped for lunch and also to pow
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Down in Virginia where "the men are men and the women are firemen." When a new fire house was needed for Aurora Hills and nearby territory in Arlington County Virginia, the women donned overalls and helped the men build one. This photograph was snapped as the girls stopped for lunch and also to pow

Harris & Ewing · 1927 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineDown in Virginia where "the men are men and the women are firemen." When a new fire house was needed for Aurora Hills and nearby territory in Arlington County Virginia, the women donned overalls and . 1927. Harris & Ewing. Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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