You did a splendid on using the colorization technique, very nice!
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Looks to be a hard one to color, love the hat or scarf, although you did a splendid job on this one again.

Wonder who she is/was...her hat gives me the sense that she was a worker at some factory or plant, but I could be mistaken...in any case, I like the subtle coloring you've given this one and her fair skin...good work, Rob.

Considering the time frame of WWII, the source being the Office of War Information, the fact that she's not smiling, and her somewhat oriental appearance, I have to wonder if this woman wasn't Nisei. (I lived and worked in Yokosuka, Japan, in the early 1970's, so that's what has me thinking she may be of Japanese descent.) Some interned Nisei (born in the U.S.) and Issei (first-generation emigrant from Japan) were allowed to work on farms to help with the American war effort (and some were allowed to join the military and fight in Europe, where many distinguished themselves in battle--24 won the Congressional Medal of Honor). I'm thinking she may be Nisei, with one parent being Oxidental (white anglo-American), but even with those credentials some were still interned, a shameful, dark mark on the nation's record of respecting civil liberties and cultural differences. Apparently, in 1988, Congress attempted to apologize for the action by awarding each surviving internee $20,000, when Ronald Reagan was president. Gee. Whiz.

-Nik

You do love your work from museums etc. I think, with your artistic talent's, you would enjoy a long visit to my old colleges & universities.

I do find this to be a bit on the pale side, but in studying it further, anything else would have been too harsh, these tones and shades suit this capture very well. Also, Nik's comments add another dimension to this person in the photo. Always learning something ... adds to our appreciation of the art.

Rob, Once again our friend 'Nik' has provided us with very interesting information. Without his help we still had to guess what was the intention of the photographer to portray an - to us- unknown person.
So my credits are going to you because of your incredible colorization work and to 'Nik' for his excellently done research!

She looks frail and vulnerable.
She may be a fruit picker - Something is on the left side of her body - maybe one of those baskets that fitted round the waist used in days gone by for raspberry picking

Not to deliberately debate Lyn's analysis, but I did previously notice the stitched cloth--canvas, perhaps--object she's carrying under her right arm, and I did first consider it as a gathering bag, but it has no strap to go up and over the shoulder, and whatever it is, it's likely either empty or nearly so--if it had some weight to it, her right shoulder would be lowered due to continuous support of weight, instead of her left shoulder, as we see here. Close inspection shows it's tightly folded and stitched on the corner facing us, so it would have taken an effort to keep the top open to easily receive fruit or other produce without damaging it. Then again, it appears pretty flat and empty, so if it does have a strap it could be tucked inside for now. That shadowed flap on the right side of her cap looks a lot like the ornamentation I've seen on other quality women's hats from that era and before, so I don't really see it as a field workers hat--she may be wearing it because she prefers to look like a lady, no matter her occupation, and that includes the parallel quality of her dress, with a frilled button flap and short frilled sleeves. Whatever the case, it's all supposition for us, not enough visible clues in many of these portrait photos to make identification exact (and why I sometimes resort to dumb humor instead of a somewhat intelligent analysis). I did get lucky with a few of them (like the New York baseball player) but I'm just guessing with this one, which is half of what I enjoy about your submissions, Rob. I've said before that at my age, and the fact that my retirement has relieved me from a lot of daily critical thinking, the puzzles provided by your colorized images keeps my brain from turning to mush. Sooooo, thanks for that, dude!

-Nik

Some people wonder how people from that era worked all day, then raised a family, did chores, etc. Easy. They weren't standing around staring at their phones and actually WORKING!