Shoemaking: Stitching Room

Identifier
NYSA_A3045-78_9974
Description
Shoemaking: Stitching Room. Endicott Johnson Plant, Endicott, NY. 1917.
New York State Archives. Education Dept. Division of Visual Instruction. Instructional lantern slides, ca. 1856-1939. Series A3045-78, No. 9974.
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Interview with Rose Hoffman

Identifier
NYSA_A3011-77_B1_F02_028
Description
A three-page Factory Investigating Commission agent's report of an interview with Rose Hoffman, a Russian immigrant and employee at Woolworth's store in New York City. The report gives information on Miss Hoffman's background, family, wages, and living expenses.
New York State Archives. Factory Investigating Commission. Wage investigation planning and research files, 1913-1914. A3011-77, Box 1, Folder 2, No. 28.
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Sarah Bytherski Interview

Identifier
NYSA_A3011-77_B1_F02_031
Description
Factory Investigating Commission agent's report of an interview with Sarah Bytherski, an immigrant and employee at a factory or mercantile establishment in New York. The report gives information on Miss Bytherski's wages, family, and living expenses.
New York State Archives. Factory Investigating Commission. Wage investigation planning and research files, 1913-1914. A3011-77, Box 1, Folder 2, No. 31.
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Girls Operating Stripping Machines

Identifier
NYSA_A3045-78_10524
Description
Women operating stripping machines at the Van Slyke and Horton tobacco factory at Kingston. At one time tobacco and tobacco products were among the largest industries of the region. 1913.
New York State Archives. Education Dept. Division of Visual Instruction. Instructional lantern slides. A3045-78, Neg. No. 10524
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Article. $6.50 a Week Girl

Identifier
NYSA_A3011-77_B1_F02_007
Description
A two-page essay suggesting ways for working girls to achieve higher salaries while living on low salaries. The author argues against the minimum wage, claiming that working girls should have an objective and endeavor to be a good employee in order to advance and receive higher wages. She also makes suggestions for saving money on lunches and clothing.
New York State Archives. Factory Investigating Commission. Wage investigation planning and research files, 1913-1914. A3011-77, Box 1, Folder 2, No. 7.
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Washing, Filling, and Crowning Mineral Water Bottles at Saratoga Springs

Identifier
NYSA_14297-87_375
Description
View of four men operating a mineral water bottling plant run by the New York State Conservation Commission in the New York State Reservation (now Saratoga Spa State Park) near Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County. Bottles are moving along a conveyor belt. This image was created to record the Saratoga-related activities of the New York State Conservation Commission. November 1918.
New York State Archives, New York (State). Conservation Dept. Photographic prints and negatives, [ca. 1904-1949], 14297-87, SARA No. 375.
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Time card for 117 hours

Identifier
NYSA_A3029-78_B1_F5
Description
Time card dated June 26, 1911 showing hours worked for two weeks by Miss Jennie Hackemans or Hackemaus. She was employed in a fruit cannery. She worked 166 hours for the two weeks, earning $16.60. Accompanying information summarizes daily hours for first week and totals hours for the first week as 117.5 with the average wage at $0.10/hr.
New York State Archives. Factory Investigating Commission. Glass plate negatives and photographic prints of factory and housing conditions. 1911-1912. A3029-78, Box 1, Folder 5.
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N.Y.S.F.I.C. Form 3: Wage Classification, Establishment 7618

Identifier
NYSA_A3000-77_B72_7618_5
Description
Factory Investigating Commission's Wage Classification data cards for Geo. P. Ide and Co.'s shirt factory in Albany, New York. The card lists types of occupations, gender and age categories of employees, and rates of pay for employees at the factory. Employees were paid by the piece. For example, a woman would be paid 5ยข for hemming a dozen negligee shirts at a machine. Circa 1914.
New York State Archives. Factory Investigating Commission. General Wage Investigation data cards, 1912-1914. A3000-77, Box 72, No. 7618-5.
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N.Y.S.F.I.C. Form 4: Hours of Work, Establishment 7618

Identifier
NYSA_A3000-77_B72_7618_1
Description
The Factory Investigating Commission's Hours of Work data card for Geo. P. Ide & Co.'s shirt factory in Albany, New York. The card lists the total hours worked per week and normal work hours on full and short days for employees according to their occupation, age, and gender. The card also has notes about the lunch hour and work hours during the slack season. Circa 1914.
New York State Archives. Factory Investigating Commission. General Wage Investigation data cards, 1912-1914. A3000-77, Box 72, No. 7618-1.
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Meat Packing Industry: Trimming Pork

Identifier
NYSA_A3045-78_A10026
Description
Meat Packing Industry: Trimming Pork. Dold Packing Plant, Buffalo, N.Y., 1917.
New York State Archives. New York (State). Education Dept. Division of Visual Instruction. Instructional lantern slides, ca. 1856-1939. Series A3045-78, TpMh4, No. A10026.
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