Title
Making willow plumes in an unlicensed tenement. 1912
Caption
Mrs. Larocca, 233 E. 107th St., N.Y., making willow plumes in an unlicensed tenement. Photo taken Feb. 29, 1912. License was revoked Dec. 19, 1911.Applied for again Feb 7, 1912, inspected Feb. 13 and refused Feb 14, 1912. Feb. 29, 1912 I found nine families (including the janitress) at work on feathers or with traces of the day's work still on the floor. Still other families were reported to be doing the work also, but were not home. When our investigator made her first calls here, she found the whole tenement in much worse condition (see schedule) Children had bad skin trouble, fever, etc. Grandmother was working the day
Date
1912
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group
Reference
UMG20A67_410
Model release
No
Property release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
41,1Mb (7,6Mb) / 15,0in x 10,6in / 4500 x 3190 (300dpi)