Sale 2576 - Lot 125
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Sale 2576 - Lot 125
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
American Women at Work: Twenty Albumen & Silver Prints.
Late 19th-early 20th century photos depicting women in a variety of workroom or factory settings, or posing in groups outside their places of business, identifiable places include New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island: including photos of women bookbinding (sewing); copying documents; sewing the leather uppers for shoes; fabricating parts for gas lighting fixtures; working in fabric mills; as telephone operators; and launderers; group shots including workers outside a knitting mill, handbag factory, and others; sizes vary, each is about 6 x 8 in. on larger mounts. (20)
Late 19th-early 20th century photos depicting women in a variety of workroom or factory settings, or posing in groups outside their places of business, identifiable places include New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island: including photos of women bookbinding (sewing); copying documents; sewing the leather uppers for shoes; fabricating parts for gas lighting fixtures; working in fabric mills; as telephone operators; and launderers; group shots including workers outside a knitting mill, handbag factory, and others; sizes vary, each is about 6 x 8 in. on larger mounts. (20)