Stella Pecelj Collett (ca. 1922-2010) (6891599137)

Subject: Collett, Stella Pecelj c. 1921-2010
       Bell & Howell Co
       Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Type: Black-and-white photographs
Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-1414]
Summary: Stella Pecelj Collett (ca. 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
Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archivess
Persistent URL:Link to data base record
Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives

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