The photographs from which cometh my irrefutable wisdom show two little old ladies---which may or may not comprise the entirety of the wrapping/boxing staff. Both sport what I might describe as "Granny Good Cook" hairdos common to the 1950's genre of little old ladies. Both are wearing glasses----as well as what one might think of as kitchen aprons-----and for damn sure "Granny Good Cook" shoes. The aprons are protecting looooooooooong dresses--actually just one loooooooong dress (print in nature)---that on the younger of the two (but not by much)---given both have multiple chins. The other little old lady is wearing a skirt and blouse. Both the dress and the skirt are deemed to be loooooooong by virtue of the fact both are seated (which would tend to raise the hem line), and yet the only leg showing is ankles. As to how they looked, like I said---old. As to why she was old----it's because she was born a loooooooong time before these pictures were taken.

As to "single young blond bombshells", there's only one such shown. I don't know about "bombshells", but she's kind'a cute---and is "Numbering main revolver parts to match butt number." As expected, she has a hammer in her hand, so a wee bit of caution might be wise if one were to, shall we say, approach her. Also---not blonde. There is one other (young) lady---right stylish, if her manicure is any indication. She's recording serial numbers "prior to delivery of revolvers to shipping room."

Bottom Line: Painting nice pictures is all well and good, but in this case I'm simply reporting what I see.

Among what I see are several younger ladies, all of which are inspectors----at least suggesting they are not to be messed with----if you expect your work to pass muster.

All these scenes are part of a 60 photo (essay) presented in the 8th edition of the Gun Digest (1954) titled "From Raw Steel to Smith & Wesson"---an informative and interesting work depicting the process (of from raw steel to Smith & Wesson)---back in "the good old days" when the focus was building the best possible product for the price.

Ralph Tremaine