Comments on: Rosie the Riveter Bookends http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:59:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BamaChris http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/comment-page-1/#comment-1873049 BamaChris Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:07:48 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/#comment-1873049 Haha, nice. Haha, nice.

]]> By: Carl http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/comment-page-1/#comment-1872904 Carl Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:42:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/#comment-1872904 "Right on Skipweasel. No rivets or rivet gun to be seen." Yup. This. “Right on Skipweasel. No rivets or rivet gun to be seen.”

Yup. This.

]]> By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/comment-page-1/#comment-1872734 Alex Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:32:32 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/#comment-1872734 LOL Skipweasel! Maybe it should be Suzie the Spanner lady. And thank you SenorMysterioso for the background info on Rosie the Riveter :) The bookends proved to be quite popular - we've sold out within hours. LOL Skipweasel! Maybe it should be Suzie the Spanner lady. And thank you SenorMysterioso for the background info on Rosie the Riveter :)

The bookends proved to be quite popular – we’ve sold out within hours.

]]> By: TheDiversePurse http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/comment-page-1/#comment-1872721 TheDiversePurse Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:08:44 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/#comment-1872721 Those are pretty awesome. Those are pretty awesome.

]]> By: Piotrek http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/comment-page-1/#comment-1872480 Piotrek Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:19:37 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/#comment-1872480 Nice post, really helped mate :) Thank You! Nice post, really helped mate :) Thank You!

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/comment-page-1/#comment-1872460 ted Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:48:30 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/#comment-1872460 Erm - what am I saying? Kids, Santa Claus is real. Erm – what am I saying?

Kids, Santa Claus is real.

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/comment-page-1/#comment-1872459 ted Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:47:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/#comment-1872459 $34.95 isn`t so bad for bookends. Sounds like Rosie is as fictitious as Sant Claus or Uncle Sam. $34.95 isn`t so bad for bookends.

Sounds like Rosie is as fictitious as Sant Claus or Uncle Sam.

]]> By: zavatone http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/comment-page-1/#comment-1872400 zavatone Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:59:07 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/#comment-1872400 Right on Skipweasel. No rivets or rivet gun to be seen. Right on Skipweasel. No rivets or rivet gun to be seen.

]]> By: rrw http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/comment-page-1/#comment-1872347 rrw Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:42:09 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/#comment-1872347 Not sure how to feel about the behind on that figure Not sure how to feel about the behind on that figure

]]> By: Jenna Patrick http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/comment-page-1/#comment-1872345 Jenna Patrick Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:36:06 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/#comment-1872345 Not sure if there are many gamers on here, but in the hugely popular video game "Bioshock" there's a character named "Rosie" that is armed with a "Rivet gun". Just another tribute I thought I'd share. Not sure if there are many gamers on here, but in the hugely popular video game “Bioshock” there’s a character named “Rosie” that is armed with a “Rivet gun”. Just another tribute I thought I’d share.

]]> By: SenorMysterioso http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/comment-page-1/#comment-1872344 SenorMysterioso Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:29:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/#comment-1872344 Rosie was based on Rose Monroe and she was a riveter at Willow Run Aircraft in Michigan. I think she is considered the "real" Rosie. Shirley Karp was the model that played Rosie pretty much from 1940 - '45. She passed away this year. Karp however was not the model for the We Can Do It! poster. That was Geraldine Doyle, who was working in a Montana factory operating a press when she was 17. She was only there for a couple weeks. She lives in Lansing. I think the story is that she didnt even know We Can Do It! was modeled after her until the 80s sometime. Rosie was based on Rose Monroe and she was a riveter at Willow Run Aircraft in Michigan. I think she is considered the “real” Rosie.

Shirley Karp was the model that played Rosie pretty much from 1940 – ’45. She passed away this year.

Karp however was not the model for the We Can Do It! poster. That was Geraldine Doyle, who was working in a Montana factory operating a press when she was 17. She was only there for a couple weeks. She lives in Lansing. I think the story is that she didnt even know We Can Do It! was modeled after her until the 80s sometime.

]]> By: Tim Giachetti http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/comment-page-1/#comment-1872279 Tim Giachetti Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:16:18 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/#comment-1872279 Notice I said "older people" one more year for the half century mark for me. Odd, I still feel young in the mind, but def old in the body. Notice I said “older people” one more year for the half century mark for me. Odd, I still feel young in the mind, but def old in the body.

]]> By: Tim Giachetti http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/comment-page-1/#comment-1872278 Tim Giachetti Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:15:14 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/#comment-1872278 Nice comment D.D. I love older people. Living history books. I've been very lucky like that myself on many occasions. I could listen all day to someone who has had a unique life. And Alex: damn you man! I can't afford these. lol They are wonderful. Nice comment D.D. I love older people. Living history books.
I’ve been very lucky like that myself on many occasions.
I could listen all day to someone who has had a unique life.

And Alex: damn you man! I can’t afford these. lol They are wonderful.

]]> By: D.D. http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/comment-page-1/#comment-1872265 D.D. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:54:43 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/#comment-1872265 My kids and I met the real "Rosie the Riveter". She was in a car waiting to get into a parade for the one hundredth anniversary of the Oldsmobile, in Lansing Michigan. We saw the sign on the car and figured "why not go talk with her" as she was just waiting there. She told us that when she posed for that famous poster, she was just 17 years old, and was a model, working for a modeling agency, and had never worked as a riveter. This was sometime around 1997 or 1998. My kids and I met the real “Rosie the Riveter”. She was in a car waiting to get into a parade for the one hundredth anniversary of the Oldsmobile, in Lansing Michigan.

We saw the sign on the car and figured “why not go talk with her” as she was just waiting there.

She told us that when she posed for that famous poster, she was just 17 years old, and was a model, working for a modeling agency, and had never worked as a riveter.

This was sometime around 1997 or 1998.

]]> By: Skipweasel http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/comment-page-1/#comment-1872236 Skipweasel Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:30:29 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/rosie-the-riveter-bookends/#comment-1872236 If she's a riveter, why's she doing up big nuts with a spanner? If she’s a riveter, why’s she doing up big nuts with a spanner?

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