Museums 101: World War II (photo diary)

The Washington State History Museum in Tacoma has some displays relating to Washington during World War II.

Many women were employed in the war industries, often doing jobs that had once been an exclusively male domain. The display shown above features one woman who was employed in the Kaiser shipyards building baby flattops.

Boing was involved in building military aircraft.

Shown above are some of the tools used in making airplanes.

Part of the Boing display is shown above.

Racism, in the form of anti-Japanese sentiments, resulted in concentration camps for Japanese Americans.

Shown above is artwork created by Japanese artists who were interned during the war.

Shown above are some of the tools used by non-local labor—often in the form of Mexican braceros—to harvest Washington crops. Included in the display are an asparagus knife (3) and a sugar beet topping knife (4).

Museums 101

Museums 101 is a series of photo tours of museum exhibits. More from this series:

WWII: The High Desert Home Front (Photo Diary)

Veterans Memorial Museum: World War II (Photo Diary)

Veterans Memorial Museum: World War I (Photo Diary)

Museums 101: A Collection of Military Artifacts (Photo Diary)

Museums 101: A Collection of Military Motorcycles (Photo Diary)

Museums 101: World War II Military and the Oregon Coast (Photo Diary)

Museums 101: An Army Depot (Photo Diary)

Museums 101: Honoring Veterans (Photo Diary)