[Assembly line worker in glass factory]
Photograph
[Assembly line worker in glass factory]
ca. 1937
Gelatin silver print
19.2 x 24.2 cm.
Gift of the Photo League Lewis Hine Memorial Committee
Inscriptions verso-(rubberstamp) "Property of National Research Project of the
W.P.A. Room 917 - 12 S. 12th St. Philadelphia, Pa. Not To Be
Reproduced Before Jan. 1938." "Photo-study by Lewis W. Hine for
National Research Project of WPA 12 S. 12th St. Philadelphia, Pa."
(applied typed label) "409. "A wash-and-tie girl" tying stoppers to bottles. This is one of the few unskilled jobs for women in the glass factory. A wash-and-tie-girl takes the bottle from the stopper grinders, washes it with automatic rayers and ties the stopper to the bottle for packing."
W.P.A. Room 917 - 12 S. 12th St. Philadelphia, Pa. Not To Be
Reproduced Before Jan. 1938." "Photo-study by Lewis W. Hine for
National Research Project of WPA 12 S. 12th St. Philadelphia, Pa."
(applied typed label) "409. "A wash-and-tie girl" tying stoppers to bottles. This is one of the few unskilled jobs for women in the glass factory. A wash-and-tie-girl takes the bottle from the stopper grinders, washes it with automatic rayers and ties the stopper to the bottle for packing."
