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Visual Essay – Worn by “Rosie the Riveter”
Location: Rosie the Riveter Visitor Center at World War II Home Front National Historical Park Event Date: June 7, 2025 Visit the Historic Park’s page here, https://www.nps.gov/rori/index.htm This visual essay brings visibility to the under-explored World War II fashion and textile history resources at the Historic Park in Richmond, California, a suburb of the San Francisco Bay Area [1]. I look at the clothing worn by original Rosies through historical photographs and the Ros
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