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Laborers working in Chouwara leather tannery in the Fes El Bali Medina. Fez is famous for its leather goods

 

Taken @Fez El Bali, Morocco, North Africa.

Laborers not really using their head............

 

no wheelbarrow ( well then ..........they'd have no job )

 

stones weighing atleast 10-15 pounds

 

maximum wage 1-2 dollars a day

 

MAYBE!!

 

in

Jaipur

 

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Valentin submarine pens:

 

The Valentin submarine factory is a protective shelter on the Weser River at the Bremen suburb of Rekum, built to construct German U-boats during World War II. The factory was under construction from 1943 to March 1945 using forced labour, but was damaged by air-raids (Tall Boys & Grand Slam-Bombs) and unfinished by the end of the war. The Valentin factory was the largest fortified U-boat facility in Germany, and was second only to those built at Brest in France.

 

As a manufacturing facility, it differed from conventional U-boat pens, which were designed to house and service operational U-boats.

 

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U-Boot-Bunker Valentin:

 

Der U-Boot-Bunker Valentin, häufig auch U-Boot-Bunker Farge genannt, ist ein im Bremer Ortsteil Rekum an der Weser gelegenes Bauwerk, das während des Zweiten Weltkrieges von 1943 bis März 1945 unter Einsatz von Zwangsarbeitern errichtet wurde, wobei Tausende ums Leben kamen. In dem U-Boot-Bunker sollten U-Boote des Typs XXI in Sektionsbauweise gebaut werden. Es handelte sich um das größte Rüstungsprojekt der Kriegsmarine. Der Bunker wurde zu etwa 95 Prozent fertiggestellt; auf Grund des Kriegsverlaufes konnte der geplante Bau der Typ-XXI-Boote nicht mehr aufgenommen werden.

 

Der Bunker ist gemessen an der Grundfläche (35.375 m²) der größte freistehende Bunker in Deutschland und nach der U-Boot-Reparaturwerft Brest bei Brest in Frankreich der zweitgrößte in Europa. Verbaut wurden eine Million Tonnen Kies und Sand, 132.000 Tonnen Zement und 20.000 Tonnen Stahl.

 

Ein Teil des Bunkers wurde bis Ende 2010 von der Bundeswehr als Teildepot des Wilhelmshavener Marinematerialdepots 2 genutzt. Zwischen Mai 2011 und November 2015 wurde dieser Teil zu einer Gedenkstätte mit Besucherzentrum umgebaut. Dazu investierten der Bund und das Land Bremen jeweils 1,9 Millionen Euro. Am 8. November 2015 wurde die Gedenkstätte als Denkort Bunker Valentin eröffnet. Begehbar ist der Teil des Bunkers, der von der Bundesmarine als Depot genutzt wurde. Der zerstörte Teil des Bunkers ist seit Ende der Umbauarbeiten in einem Tunnel einsehbar. Der Rest der Ruine ist aus Sicherheitsgründen gesperrt.

The Library of Congress In the home of a farm laborer's family 1942

 

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Title

Guanica, Puerto Rico (vicinity). At a Three Kings' eve party in the home of a farm laborer's family. The woman is serving "pastellas" [i.e. pasteles], a tamale-like dish made with plantain

Contributor Names

Delano, Jack, photographer

Created / Published

1942 Jan.

Subject Headings

- Puerto Rico--Ponce Municipality--Guanica

Headings

Safety film negatives.

Genre

Safety film negatives

Notes

- Title and other information from caption card.

- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

- Temp. note: usf34batch5

- Film copy on SIS roll 4, frame 2001.

Medium

1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.

Call Number/Physical Location

LC-USF34- 047595-D [P&P] LOT 2344 (corresponding photographic print)

Source Collection

Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)

Repository

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Digital Id

fsa 8c08421 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c08421

Library of Congress Control Number

2017798007

Reproduction Number

LC-USF34-047595-D (b&w film neg.)

Rights Advisory

No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

Language

English

Online Format

image

Description

1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.

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The laborers in the field, bending over for many many hours a day are picking the vegatable and placing it on a convayer belt. The belts take the cuttings to the men at the center of the machine. Here the vegatables are boxed an the boxes are loaded on a trailer (unseen here) to be hauled to a cooling plant for distribution to the markests.

Field laborers harvesting green beans near Brentwood, CA. This was just before sunrise.

 

Lens is the 67 M* 300mm f/4 with 67 1.4x TC, adapted to the 645Z.

 

This image with a story appears in the 2017 East County Welcome Guide.

Alright, don't fight! Everybody gets a turn!

Parks, Gordon,, 1912-2006,, photographer.

 

Washington, D.C. Laborer listening to instructions of wrecking company foreman on Independence Avenue

 

1942 June.

 

1 negative : safety ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller.

 

Notes:

Title and other information from caption card.

Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

 

Subjects:

United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)

 

Format: Safety film negatives.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2002708960

 

More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b14795

 

Call Number: LC-USF34- 013346-C

 

Die Industriearbeiter.

(Linoleum Cut).

Leiden Strafen Verbrechen verschleiern Allianzen,

υποχρεώσεις διεκδικήσεις ψυχολογική ικανοποίηση σφυριά,

tense battles episodes enlisted experienced concerns,

dents colère chaleur unenduring glissé sueur amère,

smoke furnaces endless hunger widening time,

abscheulichen Blut Maden schreit Illusionen hart,

luctus, oculis impii vermes ignis hostes mortua,

evig intern mørke tungsinn voldelige øde avløp,

бесконечные машины шумы загадки ужасы,

banishing framtíð vonir skjálfandi rúmið Lægsta þráttan er,

agarrando ambiciones ciegas burlones fracciones trabajo en,

stagnující tradice mučen železné nalévá,

příšerný geniální dechy obviňují vytí hloubky,

categorieën Malice sjorren bloed tranen,

сите од неприлика претњи огромне твистед језици Феастинг,

confinamento contrappone vapori infernali fucinatura,

ferventi pice, tota unguibus summum daemonia,

skandálně clambers námaze symbolické groteskních vyčerpána ruce,

tyveri tommelen dyder bedrag sorg menn,

emerging freedom a few ticks away,

πριν από το μυαλό γνωρίζει,

back to the mutilation darkened pit thou descends.

Steve.D.Hammond.

 

laborer

  

BUBANESHWAR

ORISSA

  

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After a hard day at the factory a man heads home in his Chevy pickup truck.

Laborer listening to instructions of wrecking company foreman on Independence Avenue, June 1942.

 

Gordon Parks (1912-2006), photographer. Part of The Farm Security Administration, Office of War Information Photography Collection.

 

Library of Congress

   

 

Harijans (Ghandi's children of god ),

 

untouchables,

 

laborers working to earn 1 dollar a day if that much.

 

The LALITHA MAHAL PALACE hotel royalty like never before seen is in the background.

 

They will never step inside.

 

They will never know the likes of such a place.

 

They will barely earn enough to feed their families.

  

Mysore,

near the LALITHA MAHAL PALACE

  

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The Library of Congress Farm laborer's wife 1942

 

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Title

Utuado, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Farm laborer's wife who was being interviewed for eligibility in FSA (Farm Security Administration)'s farm labor program

Names

Delano, Jack, 1914-1997, photographer

Created / Published

1942 Jan.

Headings

- Puerto Rico--Ponce Municipality--Utuado

Headings

Safety film negatives.

Genre

Safety film negatives

Notes

- Title and other information from caption card.

- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

- Temp. note: usf34batch5

- Film copy on SIS roll 5, frame 248.

Medium

1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.

Call Number/Physical Location

LC-USF34- 047996-D [P&P] LOT 2345 (corresponding photographic print)

Source Collection

Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)

Repository

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Digital Id

fsa 8c08814 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c08814

Library of Congress Control Number

2017798408

Reproduction Number

LC-USF34-047996-D (b&w film neg.)

Rights Advisory

No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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These people are contract laborers. They get picked up in a lorry every morning, without knowing where they are going, and get dropped at the work place. Mostly their work is at construction sites and sometimes at other places to do menial jobs. They just get into that lorry and the rest is unknown until they get dropped.These people migrated from their villages to the chennai in search of a better living. On an average They earn Rs.50/day

 

A group of Bangladeshi laborers repair a boat propellor at a ship repair yard on the banks of the Buriganga river.

 

Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014

Laborers who work very hard in intense heat

have no Government benefits, no disability

no social security, just what money goes in their pockets.

If they get sick they are screwed!

 

While there are Westerners laying on chaise lounges slurping daiquiris and beer who qualify for disability because of minor aches and pains.

 

Others know how to work the system with the help of their phyciains who condone this abuse. There are people who go to a doctor or a PA and are on 5 medications in a matter of 5 minutes.

 

I could go on........i won't!

 

These guys won't make more that 2-3 USDollars a day.

 

Life isn't fair!

The West has a very very broken system!

  

Boca Chica

 

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The Library of Congress Agricultural day laborers 1939

 

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Title

Group of agricultural day laborers in the Arkansas River bottoms near Vian. Oklahoma, Sequoyah County

Names

Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer

Created / Published

1939 June.

Headings

- United States--Oklahoma--Sequoyah County--Vian

- Day laborers, migrants--Sequoyah County--Oklahoma

Headings

Safety film negatives.

Genre

Safety film negatives

Notes

- Title and other information from caption card.

- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

- Temp. note: usf34batch4

- Film copy on SIS roll 23, frame 389.

Medium

1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.

Call Number/Physical Location

LC-USF34- 033520-D [P&P] LOT 523 (corresponding photographic print) LOT 2302 (corresponding photographic print)

Source Collection

Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)

Repository

Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Digital Id

fsa 8b22146 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b22146

Library of Congress Control Number

2017783578

Reproduction Number

LC-USF34-033520-D (b&w film neg.)

Rights Advisory

No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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Laborers working in Chouwara leather tannery in the Fes El Bali Medina. Fez is famous for its leather goods

 

Taken @Fez El Bali, Morocco, North Africa.

The geth are a race of networked artificial intelligences that reside beyond the Perseus Veil. The geth were created by the quarians as laborers and tools of war. When the geth became sentient and began to question their masters, the quarians attempted to exterminate them. The geth won the resulting war, and reduced the quarians to a race of nomads.

The history of the geth's creation and evolution serves as a warning to the rest of the galaxy of the potential dangers of artificial intelligence and to the legally enforced, systematic repression of artificial intelligences throughout galactic society.

Physically, the humanoid geth resemble quarians—their hands, head shape and legs are similar—which is probably a holdover from their origins. A common design feature among geth is a single brightly glowing photoreceptor, causing some to refer to them as "flashlight heads".

Geth are primarily composed of two materials: a flexible but durable outer shell, and a kind of synthetic muscle tissue that gives Geth Hoppers their incredible agility. It is actually possible for this synthetic muscle to be grafted to organic tissue. Geth "bleed" a white conductive fluid when shot, but they don't have any internal organs or nervous system, so the geth do not feel hunger or pain. The geth are also seen using omni-tools, and have seemingly modified them to heal synthetic wounds; likewise, some geth facilities contain first-aid kits, implying that their synthetic "tissues" can be repaired using conventional medical technology.

Part of the geth's success is due to their neural network. Effectively, they "share" their processing power, distributing low-level processes like motor control and visual identification to free up bandwidth for higher reasoning and complex thought. Geth can't share sensory data—they aren't a hive mind like the rachni—but in large groups they have more to think with. An individual geth has only a basic intelligence on par with animal instincts, but in groups they can reason, analyze situations, and make tactical decisions as well as any of the organic races. An exception would appear to be Legion, a geth specifically designed to operate as an autonomous sentient unit outside the Perseus Veil. Legion possesses over 11 times as many geth programs as a standard geth platform and can function intellectually on its own.

As all geth are networked to each other, they may communicate their exact thoughts and ideas at the speed of light. They find organic methods of communication, such as body language and spoken word, to be largely inefficient; the geth are able to communicate their thoughts flawlessly without any fear of misinterpretation. Because of this they have no true form of government and no system of rank. When a matter must be decided upon, the geth communicate all viewpoints of a situation and a consensus is made, the decision being whatever benefits the geth as a whole the greatest.

___________________________________________________________________________

Legion - A unique geth platform designed to operate outside the Perseus Veil and interact with organics. While most standard platforms hold approximately 100 geth programs, Legion houses 1,183 programs, the better to facilitate independent decision-making while separated from the geth consensus for long periods of time.

a laborer

and his

son

in the

dust

after

dawn

 

PATNA

 

in the state of

BIHAR

  

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Aghori Sadhu

 

They have no family, friends, relatives etc.

 

They are generally densely bearded and wearing a turban, kurta and dhoti.

 

Their face is always glittering with bhabhoot or raakh.

 

They claim that they are not even alive and most of them have already done their “ pind daan” (a Hindu Ritual performed after cremation of a person)

 

They're devotees of lord shiva.

 

They're famous for their sadhna( meditation) in shamshan ghat( cremation point).

 

They keep a human skull( kapaal) with them which is their cup and plate as well.

 

They are afraid of nothing as they think themselves not alive so nothing can harm them.

 

They spend most of their time in badrinath, kedarnath, ujjain, kashi, Varanasi, Kolkata, assam etc, kedarnath is their most preferred place though.

 

They are not even in touch with their parents, siblings, relatives, spouse etc.

 

They also practice post-mortem cannibalism, eating flesh from foraged human corpses, including those taken from cremation ghats.

 

If anyday you get to talk or spend time with an aghori saadhu , you will see a true different perspective of life which might be beyond your imagination.

  

Kolkata

 

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Delano, Jack,, photographer.

 

Sugar cane worker and his woman, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

 

1941 Dec.

 

1 slide : color.

 

Notes:

Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.

Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

 

Subjects:

Agricultural laborers

Spouses

Sugar plantations

United States--Puerto Rico--Rio Piedras

 

Format: Slides--Color

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 11671-25 (DLC) 93845501

 

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34001

 

Call Number: LC-USF35-381

  

A laborer busy sewing the sacks which are to be used by the merchandizers of the SABZI MANDI (vegetables & fruits market) of Karachi.

 

It is the main market where the growers and the buyers of vegetables & fruit gather to have the auction of the commodity. The retailers also make buying from the very place and then the stuff is carried away to the markets and streets of the city.

Typical street scene

 

A not so aTypical transport in the small towns and small local areas of cities......

 

a man pulls a very rickety wagon here with a cord.

 

Passengers probably work out a deal like 5 cents each for the ride.

 

nothing but :

 

comfort

air conditioning

space enough for half a dozen people and their paraphernalia.

  

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Laborers

female workers who shlep pounds of cement to and fro

fro and to

to and fro

fro and to

and so on.......................................................for peanuts

 

everywhere

  

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The Library of Congress Son of day laborer 1939

 

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Title

Son of day laborer living in Arkansas River bottom at Webbers Falls, Oklahoma. Muskogee County

Names

Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer

Created / Published

1939 June.

Headings

- United States--Oklahoma--Muskogee County--Webbers Falls

- Day laborers, migrants--Muskogee County--Oklahoma

Headings

Safety film negatives.

Genre

Safety film negatives

Notes

- Title and other information from caption card.

- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

- Temp. note: usf34batch4

- Film copy on SIS roll 23, frame 320.

Medium

1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.

Call Number/Physical Location

LC-USF34- 033451-D [P&P] LOT 523 (corresponding photographic print)

Source Collection

Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)

Repository

Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Digital Id

fsa 8b22076 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b22076

Library of Congress Control Number

2017783509

Reproduction Number

LC-USF34-033451-D (b&w film neg.)

Rights Advisory

No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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The Library of Congress San German 1942

 

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Title

San German, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Farm laborer's family in the hills

Names

Delano, Jack, 1914-1997, photographer

Created / Published

1942 Jan.

Headings

- United States--Puerto Rico--San German Municipality--San German

Headings

Safety film negatives.

Genre

Safety film negatives

Notes

- Title and other information from caption card.

- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

- Temp. note: usf34batch5

- Film copy on SIS roll 5, frame 222.

Medium

1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.

Call Number/Physical Location

LC-USF34- 047970-D [P&P] LOT 2345 (corresponding photographic print)

Source Collection

Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)

Repository

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Digital Id

fsa 8c08788 hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c08788

Library of Congress Control Number

2017798382

Reproduction Number

LC-USF34-047970-D (b&w film neg.)

Rights Advisory

No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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massively

weighted items

commonly carried

by laborers on their heads

instead of more modern

means

 

on

RABINDRA SARANI street

near

ZAKARIA street

where the NAKODA mosque is situated

 

in the great city of KOLKATA

 

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Day laborers waiting to be picked for work. These guys sit here all day rain or shine waiting for work. No signs begging for hand outs just waiting!!!

A woman laborer working hard to make money for her family. I salute the women folk today! Happy Womens Day!

Smoke Break- Six Gentleman Laborers pose for a photo. Alfred E. Newman lookalike. RPPC-Real Photo Post Card 1904-1918

 

I find this image interesting. Perhaps the pleasant man sitting 3rd from the left provides photographic evidence that the fictitious character Alfred E. Newman really did exist. (?)

Real Photo Post Card

AZO 1904 1918, (4 AZO triangles pointed up). divided back, unposted

   

Laborers working in Chouwara leather tannery in the Fes El Bali Medina. Fez is famous for its leather goods.

 

Taken @Fez El Bali, Morocco, North Africa.

PENTAX67(90㎜/f11)×kodak NEWPORTRA400

i noticed

a laborer

 

............

sweeping dust

 

...........

right in the faces of

zoned out

locals

nomads

untouchables

  

the Invisible folks

 

near JAMA MASJID MOSQUE

 

napping in the dust filled air.......

 

children and the aged

unprotected

  

and no one flinches

 

dust = disease

  

in

Old Delhi

  

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Midnight wholesale market in Old Delhi

Pawtucket, Rhode Island

August 1st, 2015

 

Taken during a Legend Trips event this past weekend. An amazing historic and haunted location. Birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution.

 

The is of the Slater Mill Proper.

 

"SLATER MILL HISTORIC SITE

 

In 1793, the firm of Almy, Brown, and Slater hired local artisans and laborers to construct a wooden building suitable for manufacturing cotton thread by waterpower. Slater Mill became the first successful cotton-spinning factory in the United States. It was dedicated exclusively to the production of cotton thread until 1829, and then was continuously occupied until 1921 by various owners and renters. Through the years, Slater Mill supported many types of production and manufacture, including tools for the jewelry industry, coffin trimmings, cardboard manufacture, and bicycle sales.

 

In 1921, after the last private owner ceased operations, a group of local businessmen with ties to the textile industry organized the Old Slater Mill Association to purchase, restore and preserve the Slater Mill – recognized then, and now, as the “Birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution.” Restoration of the structure was completed in 1925. With the support of 62 founders – including industrial giants like Henry Ford, Walter Chrysler, and Harvey Firestone – Slater Mill became one of the first operating industrial museums in the United States.

 

Slater Mill museum soon housed an impressive array of industrial artifacts. By the early 1950s, the museum was opened on a regular basis. In 1966, Slater Mill was designated a National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service. The Sylvanus Brown House was relocated to the site in 1962, and restored along with the Wilkinson Millin the 1970s. Additional acreage was purchased, and the campus designated the Slater Mill Historic Site, and given National Historic Landmark District status.

 

Today, the Slater Mill campus includes three historic structures, a gift shop, exhibition gallery space, the Jencks Education Conference Center and rental hall, and the Hodgson Rotary Park, open to the community for passive recreation and special events. Slater Mill is open March through November for museum tours, and by appointment during the winter months."

 

SOURCE: www.slatermill.org/home2/history/

Wolcott, Marion Post,, 1910-1990,, photographer.

 

Day laborers picking cotton, near Clarksdale, Miss.

 

1939 Nov.

 

1 slide : color.

 

Notes:

Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.

Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

 

Subjects:

Cotton plantations

Harvesting

United States--Mississippi--Clarksdale

 

Format: Slides--Color

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 11671-8 (DLC) 93845501

 

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34339

 

Call Number: LC-USF35-147

  

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The British brought in Chinese immigrants as indentured laborers (Coolie) to work in their colonies in the Caribbean, primarily Jamaica and other islands in general.

 

Very soon, the Chinese started to bring small Jujube plants from their homeland to their workplaces in the Caribbean. In no time, Jujube plants started to show up around the slums of the Chinese workers. Then it started to fruit.

 

The British, for the lack of a name, called the Jujubes 'Coolie Plum', plums grown by the Chinese Coolies.

 

When the British found Jujube trees in India, they called them Coolie Plum trees. The Bengali natives of India shortened the Coolie Plum to Coolie to Cool/Kul.

 

Kul, the Bengali name of the Jujube remains in circulation till this day.

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NAMES AROUND THE WORLD

India (Bengali) = কুল / টোপা কুল / নারকলি কূল (Kul or Topa Kul or Narkoli Kul)

India (Hindi) = Ber

Australia = Chinee Apple

Barbados = Dunk / Mangustine

Bangladesh = বরই (Boroi)

Cambodia = Putrea

Dominican Republic = Perita Haitiana

Haiti = Petit Pomme

Indonesia = Widara

Jamaica = Coolie Plum

Malaysia = Bedara

Philippines = Manzanita

Puerto Rico = Yuyubi

Surinam = Widara

Tamil (India) = Ilanthai Pazham

Thailand = Phutsa

Trinidad = Dunks

Vietnam = Tao / Tao Nhuc

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The common or Chinese jujube, a species long-cultivated in the Mediterranean region and southern and eastern Asia for its edible fruits over 4000 years ago, was first described by Linnaeus as Rhamnus zizyphus L.

 

It is most commonly treated in current literature as Ziziphus jujuba but sometimes it is also called

 

Ziziphus sativa.

Ziziphus vulgaris

Ziziphus zizyphus

Rhamnus zizyphus

 

After maturing to red/deep red/maroon, the fruits wrinkle and take on the appearance of a Date, hence the alternate common name of Chinese Date for this fruit.

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These fruits were grown on the Twin Girls Farm in Fresno and were taken about 200 miles away to the Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market.

 

7 just ripe "Li" jujubes.

Ziziphus jujuba cv "Li"

Family Rhamnaceae

Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market, San Francisco, California, USA.

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Man in a sugar-cane field during harvest, vicinity of Rio Piedras? Puerto Rico

 

1941 Dec. [or] 1942 Jan.

 

1 slide : color.

 

Notes:

Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.

Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

 

Subjects:

Agricultural laborers

Sugar plantations

United States--Puerto Rico--Rio Piedras

 

Format: Slides--Color

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 11671-25 (DLC) 93845501

 

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34009

 

Call Number: LC-USF35-399

  

Laborers

 

working in a hot sun

 

earning

 

very little

 

cold

 

cash

  

in

Jaipur

  

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