Between the Covers

Unbound. Eight original drawings. Each 6.25" x 4.5". Pen and ink drawings finished with watercolor. Toned paper, a few spots of erosion and a few scatted tears, very good. A group of eight drawings concerning the safe use of forklifts: picking up pallets, avoiding obstacles, driving down inclines, loading trucks, etc. Notably five of the images portray young women behind the wheel of the forklift and wearing fashions of the World War II-era, when women were for the first time needed for jobs traditionally reserved for men. The repeated use of Yale on the side of the forklift suggests that these were likely created by Yale Forklifts for a war-era safety manual or poster, though we could not find no examples of such in our research. Regardless, an interesting group of original drawings depicting the first wave of women working in heavy industry.

Item #412412