Stella Pecelj Collett (1922-2010)
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Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2009-1414
Stella Pecelj Collett (1922-2010) was working at the Bell & Howell Company during World War II when this photograph was taken. She had been featured as a "Pin-Up Girl" in a company publication and just been offered a screen test at MGM. The accompanying press release had noted that the motion picture manufacturer was "now engaged 100% in war production...Stella works in the Purchasing Department at Bell & Howell--one of the army of women on the home front, fighting the battle of production--one of the women behind the men behind the guns.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2009-1414
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Black-and-white photographs
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-1414]