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Cards - starting card in motion, showing man and part of machine, January 1937
Taken some time in Jan 1937
The U.S. National Archives

Doffer in action - trying to portray doffer personality, January 1937
Taken some time in Jan 1937
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Drawing hand - front view - semi-skilled - man in normal position at machine, January 1937
Taken some time in Jan 1937
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Intermediate frame - highly skilled - man at machine in normal position, January 1937
Taken some time in Jan 1937
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Slubber - semi-skilled - man at machine in normal position, January 1937
Taken some time in Jan 1937
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Spinner - highly skilled - about 3 to 4 years to learn operation - woman at machine in normal position, January 1937
Taken some time in Jan 1937
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Spinner - personality - woman picture, January 1937
Taken some time in Jan 1937
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Spinner at work, January 1937
Taken some time in Jan 1937
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Spinner personality - woman picture, January 1937
Taken some time in Jan 1937
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Spinning - Saco-Lowell machine - showing hands of woman in operation - highly skilled, January 1937
Taken some time in Jan 1937
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Spinning frame - H & B frame - highly skilled operator spinning, January 1937
Taken some time in Jan 1937
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Winder operator - close-up of hands, January 1937
Taken some time in Jan 1937
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Winder operator - highly skilled - showing hands in operation and parts used in process - giving general view, January 1937
Taken some time in Jan 1937
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A glimps of Passaic Falls and River, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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A Lynch bottle machine at work. In the center may be seen a blob of molten glass ready to drop into a mould, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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A view of part of the Barnett Silk Mill, - it has been cut up into so-called family-shops, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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After the drying process, the skeins are removed from the whizzer and hung up on racks to dry, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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After the skeins are taken from the whizzer, they are hung on racks to dry, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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After the skeins have soaked in the solution, they are removed and placed in the whizzer, where they are contrifugally dried, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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An old silk-worker (now unable to work) living on earnings of a roomer, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Bachelor shacks in outskirts of Paterson, on Molly Jan Brook. About 20 men live there now, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Bachelor shacks in outskirts of Paterson, on Molly Jan Brook. About 25 men live there now, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Beams and beam paper, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Birds-eye-view of Paterson from Garrett Mt. Park, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Bobbins being shelved prior to use on warping creel. Cloths are put over the bobbins to prevent too rapid drying out, as the thread must be slightly moist to work with, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
The U.S. National Archives

Cabinet making. RCA Victor, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Cabinet making. RCA Victor. Cabinet repair man preparing to cut a piece of veneer, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Cabinet making. RCA Victor. Hand sanders - working on cabinets, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Cabinet making. This assembler also puts two key rails into place. He is a skilled cabinet maker, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Character study, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Close-up of shuttle box, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Close-up of woman pulling out part of machine, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Creel showing bobbins with rayon. The operator is shown tying the thread of a full bobbin to the thread of a partially exhausted bobbin, which will be replaced by the former, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
The U.S. National Archives

Deserted silk mill of 21st. Ave, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
The U.S. National Archives

End of Chassis assembly line - assembling 5-tube radio chassis, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Examining the fabric on the loom, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Former silk workers. Rear Tenement off Summer St, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Glass bottles. Stopper-grinder at T. C. Wheaton Co, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Glass bottles. T. C. Wheaton Co. A gaffer finishing a wide mouthed bottle, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Glass bottles. T.C. Wheaton Co. The second shop of the shot in 411, finishing door knobs, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Glass wool. Frederick and Dimmock Co. The second shot of the process, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Glass wool. Frederick and Dimmock Co. This shows the worker drawing the glass which he has brought from the other side of the room over on a wheel, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Green glass monkey shop, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Home of Salvatore De Crasenso, 583 E. 231 St. Owner of small family shop of 8 or 10 looms, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Home of silk workers in rear (inner) court off Sealey St. (very poor interior), March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Homes of owners of two Family Shops, Mill St, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Idle looms in a cockroach shop. Note the empty beams in the foreground, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Idle quilling machines and looms in a cockroach shop, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Idle quilling machines and looms in a cockroach shop. Note partition on the right and chicken-wire in the front, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Living room and 78 year-old silk worker (now retired on $18 a month pension). Lives over Cafe, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Looms, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Madison Silk Co. General view of up-to-date large silk plant (not automatic), March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Madison Silk Co. Passaic River and old silk mill section, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Man pulling string, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Men working at ovens, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Miner photographed in Scott's Run - As he dressed for a trip to Morgantown. Herb Venn, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Outdoor privy - Scene taken from the main highway. The stream is Scott's Run, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Outside view of above, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Packages of silk being untied, preparatory to soaking the skeins, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Peter Percupu, Roumanian miner, unemployed, known in Scott's Run as Ground Hog. Too old to find employment in the mines, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Quiller repairing thread broken in process of quilling, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Quiller tying the broken ends of thread being wound on to quills, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Quiller with rack of full quills which are ready to be inserted in shuttles for weaving, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Radio. After inspection (the man is the inspector for this line), it is ready for wiring, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
The U.S. National Archives

Railroad parts. Baldwin Locomotive Works. Blacksmith and helper forging and hammering tools, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Railroad parts. Baldwin Locomotive Works. Blacksmith forging and hammering tools, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Railroad parts. Baldwin Locomotive Works. Boilermaker tapping for stay-bolts in boiler of a modern locomotive, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Railroad parts. Baldwin Locomotive Works. Machinist finishing axle on large driving wheels (80 inches in diameter) on newest type of locomotive, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Railroad parts. Baldwin Locomotive Works. Machinist machining wheel to fit driving pin on above wheels (80 inches in diameter) on newest type of locomotive, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Railroad parts. Baldwin Locomotive Works. Machinist milling down part of a drive-shaft on big locomotive, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Railroad parts. Baldwin Locomotive Works. Machinist shaping a section of a driving-rod for largest locomotive, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Railroad parts. Baldwin Locomotive Works. Tool-builder planing for a taper shoe on a steam hammer ram, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Rayon skein rapped in cloth, preparatory to emergence in solution, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Rayon skeins are re-wrapped in cloth after being taken from solution, preparatory to being placed in whizzer to extract water, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Rayon yarn being wound from one bobbin on to another and being twisted, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Redrawing: This operation is performed on the winding machine. In making the warp, thread is wound off the bobbins, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Scene taken from main highway shows typical hillside settlements. Houses shown are for supervisory staff. Camp one of the best on Scott's Run, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. A group of men and women, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Children of employed miners at Miller Hill, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Johnson family - father unemployed, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Miner returning from work at New Hill, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Miner's child - Father unemployable, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Miner's child - Miller Hill Camp, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. New Hill - A new camp. The best community on Scott's Run, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Pursglove Mines Nos. 3 and 4, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Pursglove No. 2 - Scene taken from main highway shows company store and typical hillside camp, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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Scott's Run, West Virginia. Pursglove No. 5 - Scene taken from main highway shows typical hillside camp. The houses are multiple dwellings, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
The U.S. National Archives

Scott's Run, West Virginia. Recreation and community activities, March 1937
Taken some time in Mar 1937
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