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Throughout the Ages - Industry

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*Two Factory Workers, circa 1900. Two factory workers standing next to machines, circa 1900.

*Workers Around Table, circa 1940s. Workers make sausages, circa 1940s.

*Woman Working in Factory, circa 1912. A female worker in a garment factory, circa 1912.

*Time Card for Female Worker, 1911. A time card for a female factory worker, June 11, 1911.

*Young Boy at Work, 1911. A young boy at work in a factory, 1911.

*Young Female Factory Worker, 1912. A girl working in a factory, 1912.

*Boarding House for Sick Factory Workers, 1912. Boarding house for sick factory workers, New York State Factory Investigation Commission, 1912.

Advertisement for Niagara Chocolate Company, circa 1913. A booklet entitled “A Letter from Jane” advertising the Niagara Chocolate Company of Niagara Falls, New York, circa 1913. [13 pages]

Bleach Packer, 1912. Worker dressed in protective clothing at Castner Electrotype Alkalai Company, Niagara Falls, New York, 1912.

New Typewriters in a Factory, 1911. New typewriters inside the machine assembly room at the Remington Typewriter Works in Ilion, New York, 1911.

Remington Typewriter Company Employees, 1911. Several hundred employees of the Remington Typewrite Co. standing in front of its Main Building in Ilion, New York, 1911.

American Locomotive Works, circa 1905. A group of men standing around a locomotive part at the American Locomotive Works in Schenectady, New York, circa 1905.

Diver at an Electric Power Plant, circa 1900. A diver entering the water beside an electric power plant near Niagara Falls, circa 1900.

Tamping Clay, 1912. A young man walks on clay with bare feet at a glass factory in Corning, New York, 1912.

Woman Moving Baskets of Hemp, 1912. A female factory worker moving baskets of hemp at International Harvester Company in Auburn, New York, 1912.

Carding Room at Men's Underwear Factory, 1912. Men feed cotton into machines at Union Mills, a men's underwear factory in Hudson, New York, 1912.

Tubbing Furs, 1912. Men tread on furs in barrels at A. Bowsky & Son, a fur dressing factory in New York City, 1912.

Beating Machines, 1912. Men working near steamy cauldrons at the Waring Hat Manufacturing Company in Yonkers, New York, 1912.

Window Washer on a Skyscraper, 1930. A man washing windows high up on a New York City skyscraper, 1930.

Bloomer Brothers Catalog of Paper Specialties, circa 1913. Pages 4-5 of a Bloomer Brothers Company catalog advertising a variety of paper boxes and containers, circa 1913.

*Shoes at Different Stages of Completion, 1917. Shoes from the Endicott Johnson Plant in different stages of completion, 1917.

*Cutting Uppers, 1917. A worker cutting the upper part of a shoe at the Endicott Johnson Plant in Endicott, New York, 1917.

*Shoe Fitting, 1917. A worker finishing a shoe by fitting it onto a model foot at the Endicott Johnson Plant in Endicott, New York, 1917.

*Beam Workers Tanning, 1917. Beam workers removing fleshings and fine hair by hand from animal hides at the Endicott Johnson Plant in Endicott, New York, 1917.

*Putting on Heel, 1917. A shoemaker putting on the heel of a shoe at the Endicott Johnson Plant in Endicott, New York, 1917.

*Cutting Soles and Heels, 1917. Cutting soles and heels for shoes at the Endicott Johnson Plant in Endicott, New York, 1917.

*Ice Harvesting, Plowing Ice, 1912. A photograph of men plowing ice on the Hudson River for ice harvesting, 1912.

*Ice Harvesting on Barring Bridge over Canal, 1912. Men using breaker bars to loosen ice blocks from the pack, 1912.

*Ice Harvesting, Poling Cakes of Ice, 1912. A group of men using ice pike poles to guide blocks through a chip canal to an icehouse, 1912.

*Ice Harvesting, Sawing the Floes, 1912. A man sawing the floes on the Hudson River to harvest ice, 1912.

*Air Conditioning of Pullman Car, 1936. Packing the bottom of a train's Pullman Car with ice to keep travelers cool, 1936.

*Log Drivers, circa 1900. Log drivers in the Adirondacks, circa 1900.

*International Paper Company, 1936. Piles and piles of logs waiting to be processed at the International Paper Company in North Tonawanda, New York, 1936.

*Workmen Moving Logs, 1913. Log drivers move logs to break a log jam, March 29, 1913.

*Felling a Red Spruce, circa 1900. Two men cut down a red spruce tree with a saw in the Adirondack Mountains, circa 1900.

*Salt Lifters at Work in a Grainer, 1912. Salt lifters working in a grainer at Worcester Salt Works in Silver Springs, New York, 1912.

*Women Bagging Salt, circa 1900. Women putting salt into small bags at the salt works in Piffard, New York, circa 1900.

*Sifting Salt, circa 1900. A mechanized salt sifting pan at a salt manufacturing plant near Syracuse, New York, circa 1900.

*Gathering Salt, circa 1900. Workers collecting salt from evaporating pans at a solar salt field near Syracuse, New York, circa 1900.

*Caught Napping at the Lumber Slide, circa 1900. A man is caught napping next to a lumber slide filled with logs in the Adirondack Mountains, circa 1900.

*Down Grade of a Lumber Slide, circa 1900. A group of men and boys rest near the top of a lumber slide in the Adirondack Mountain region, circa 1900.

*Highest Trestle of a Lumber Slide, circa 1900. Lumberman standing beneath the highest trestle of a lumberslide in the Adirondack Mountains, circa 1900.

*Lumber Slide, circa 1900. Four lumbermen resting beside a lumber slide in the Adirondack Mountains, circa 1900.

*Hauling a Log to the Skidway, circa 1900. A logger and his horse haul a log through a forest in the Adirondack Mountains, circa 1900.

*Logging Operation, circa 1910-1920. Loggers at an unknown location, possibly the Adirondack Mountains in New York, circa 1910-1920.

*Log Jam above the D&H.R.R. Bridge, 1913. Log jam above the D&H Railroad bridge in Fort Edward, New York, March 13, 1913.

*Logging Sled, 1911. Spruce and hemlock logs on a logging sled in the Adirondacks, 1911.

*Camp Sleep Tent, circa 1900. The sleep tent, or bunkhouse, at a logging camp, circa 1900.

*Camp Kitchen, circa 1912. A kitchen and dining room at a logging camp, circa 1912.

*Milk Delivery Truck, 1940. A milk truck delivers bottled milk to a suburban community, 1940.

*Too Tired for Job Hunting, 1924. A page from a 1924 educational publication on job hunting.

*A Necktie and Belt, 1924. A page from a 1924 educational publication on job hunting.

*Overdressed, Overconfident, Overloud, 1924. A page from a 1924 educational publication on job hunting.

*Tips for Job Hunting, 1924. A page from a 1924 educational publication on job hunting.

*A Slip Shouldn’t Show, 1924. A page from a 1924 educational publication on job hunting.

*Filling Milk Bottles, 1920. Two men fill milk bottles at a creamery, 1920.

*Shad Fishing on the Hudson River, 1899. A fisherman uses a net to catch shad from a boat on the Hudson River in New York, 1899.

*Sloppy Sitter, 1924. A page from a 1924 educational publication on job hunting.

*This Might Work in the Movies, 1924. A page from a 1924 educational publication on job hunting.

*Weighing Milk, circa 1940. Weighing milk in a barn while a farmer milks a cow, circa 1940.