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A view of three women drivers employed by Hercules Powder Company from the Sunflower Ordinance Works plant in De Soto, Kansas. The plant, established in 1941, was the world's largest smokeless powder and propellant manufacturing plant. It was owned by the U.S. government but operated by the Hercules Powder Company. The company changed it's name to the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant on August 1, 1963.
Date: Between 1941 and 1948
Item Number: 210946
Call Number: FK2.D4 .3 Ma.Sun *20
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210946
Business and Industry - Manufacturing
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1940s
Government and Politics - Federal Government
Military - Weapons - Ammunition
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - De Soto
Places - Counties - Johnson
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Transportation - Trucks
Type of Material - Photographs
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