Women tending machines

Identifier
NYSA_A3029-78_B1_F1
Description
Four women and a man stand near machines in what may be a spinning room of a textile mill in Utica, New York. The woman in the foreground is handling a length of white material at a cylindrical machine suspended from the ceiling while similar material lies at her feet. Additional pieces of white material hang on the brick walls in the background. This image may be described in #55 of "Photographs Taken by Factory Commission in 1912."
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 1.
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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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Telegram from Mother Opposing the Child Labor Law

Identifier
NYSA_13682-53_B16_F4_1
Description
Telegram from Mrs. Oliver S. Chatfield to Governor Herbert Lehman, noting the opposition of Nassau County mothers to the proposed Child Labor Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, 1937. Chatfield defended the rights of parents to be free to make decisions about their children free of government interference, arguing that reports of exploitation of child labor were inaccurate and not a good enough reason for the government to get involved.
New York State Archives, New York (State). Governor (1933-1942 : Lehman). Central subject and correspondence files, 1933-1942. Series 13682-53, Box 16, Folder 4.
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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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Letter from Mary A Young Concerning Workplace Discrimination

Identifier
NYSA_A4278-78_B3_F116_001
Description
Letter by Mary A. Young alleging racial discrimination in hiring, 1942. Young indicated that she and two friends had applied for clerical positions, but had "not very subtly" been passed over because of racial discrimination by the employment agency.
New York State Archives, New York State War Council. Committee on Discrimination in Employment. Minutes and investigations files, 1941-1945. Series A4278-78, Box 3, Folder 116.
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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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Bagging department at salt works

Identifier
NYSA_A3045-78_D47_PiS6_tif
Description
Women put salt into small sacks at the salt works in Piffard, New York. The women are seated along a wide bench in a long room with clean board walls, floors, and a beamed ceiling. Next to each women are empty sacks. Filled bags are piled on the floor next to the women's feet and close to rectangular holes in the floor.
New York State Archives. Education Dept. Division of Visual Instruction.
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