LaborArts


Photograph

Item no. 28437
1950s
New York
Occupation: Manufacturing: garment
Collection: NYU Tamiment Library

Men at work in a garment factory

The photographer Sam Reiss worked regularly for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, and possibly took this photograph in a shop the union had successfully organized.

Image by labor photographer Sam Reiss from the Tamiment Library, New York University.

View the exhibit Five Photographers for related images.

 

 

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