African-American woman working at a loom, Newark, 1917.
Name (ID = NAME001); (type = personal)
NamePart (type = family)
Cone
NamePart (type = given)
William
Role
RoleTerm (authority = )
artist
TypeOfResource
StillImage
Genre (authority = Art and Architecture Thesaurus)
black-and-white photographs
Genre (authority = Art and Architecture Thesaurus)
photographs
OriginInfo
DateCreated (qualifier = exact)
1917
Language
LanguageTerm
English
Abstract
African-American woman working at a loom, Newark, 1917. African-American women worked in the garment trade, which employed mainly Jewish and Italian immigrants in the early 20th century. But because of discrimination most did "piece-work" at home (paid for each piece of clothing they completed) instead of in local factories or shops. In this case, it is unclear whether this woman is working on a home loom or if she is demonstrating the machine in a workshop.