Garment Workers

PhotographerPhotographed by Alabama P. Milner 1880 Oneonta, Alabama - 1959 Albuquerque, New Mexico

Dateca. 1920

Mediumgelatin silver print

Dimensions7 3/4 × 9 13/16 in. (19.8 × 24.9 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase

Object numberPA1992.005.216

DescriptionA group of twelve women and ten children are in a room with the women working at sewing with pedal sewing machines and hand stitching. They are in Albuquerque, New Mexico. There are five sewing machines with a woman working at each one. Other women work with hand stitching cloth in their hands. There is one woman standing in the back of the room holding an infant. A group of six boys stands in the back of the room in front of a row of hats and coats hanging on pegs on the back wall. There is another row of hats and coats hanging on pegs on the left wall. A row of radiators is installed near the back right corner of the room. Three young boys stand around the sewing machines near the front of the group. All the women and most of the children are looking at the camera.

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