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TitleMan with glasses using sewing machine

Date Created1935-1970

DescriptionA man wearing glasses is bent over a sewing machine, working on a piece of dark cloth.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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Date Created1900-1930

DescriptionThis photograph shows six men outdoors holding bottles. They are all dressed formally in suits, ties and hats. The American Labor Museum online collection includes historical documents and photos....

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TitleRoberts and Cushman Workers 1938

Date Created1938

DescriptionThis photograph was donated by Ms. J. Joosten and it shows 21 male workers in the interior of a silk mill. The first man on the left, in the front, is Ms. Joosten's maternal grandfather, Stephen...

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TitleDeeds from Van Vorst to Colgate, 1827 to 1849

Date Created1827-1849

DescriptionSeries of deeds and emendations, from 1827 to 1849, by which Cornelius Van Vorst sold additional land to William Colgate, adjoining the "new factory now erecting." The Colgate Company was among the...

Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)

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TitleSeabrook Farms, Maintenance Shop

Date Created1950

DescriptionSeabrook Farms, Maintenance Shop.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitlePhilip Goldstein, assistant cutter in the cooperative garment factory at Jersey Homesteads

Date Created1936, 1936

DescriptionMan on the garment factory floor pulling with his hand an electric cutting machine over patterns drawn on the flat laid fabric. Source: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information...

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945), The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleNew recruits at Seabrook Farms

Date Created1950-1955

DescriptionNew plant recruits in front of employment office-- Southern whites and African Americans

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

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TitleRoosevelt Oral History Committee Interview with Mel Adlerman (excerpt)

Date Created1980

DescriptionJersey Homesteads (later Roosevelt) was established in the 1930s as an agro-industrial cooperative community. It was established specifically for urban, Jewish garment workers, many of whom had...

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TitleRoosevelt Oral History Committee Interview with Leo Libove

Date Created1980

DescriptionJersey Homesteads (later Roosevelt) was established in the 1930s as an agro-industrial cooperative community. It was established specifically for urban, Jewish garment workers, many of whom had...

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TitleRoosevelt Oral History Committee Interview with Sarah Brown (excerpts)

Date Created1981

DescriptionJersey Homesteads (later Roosevelt) was established in the 1930s as an agro-industrial cooperative community. It was established specifically for urban, Jewish garment workers, many of whom had...