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Museum purchase, 2001.53.5, Connecticut Historical Society, no known copyright
Favorable Working Conditions, Cheney Silk Mills
Museum purchase, 2001.53.5, Connecticut Historical Society, no known copyright

Favorable Working Conditions, Cheney Silk Mills

Photographer (American, 1874 - 1940)
Date1924
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 3/8 x 6 3/4in. (11.1 x 17.1cm) Sheet (height x width): 4 5/8 x 6 11/16in. (11.7 x 17cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
Object number2001.53.5
DescriptionA boy wearing knickers and holding a broom stands in a mill interior. Lint is on his clothing and on the floor. Two girls stand behind a bank of machinery in the background. Spindles or spools of thread are on a rack overhead.
Status
Not on view