Conditions in Photo Shp Factory exposed

by | Apr 13, 2016 | Factory

CONDITIONS JN PHOTO CARD FACTORY EXPOSED The Day Book today forced an investigation of the photo card factory of Taprell, Loomis & Co., at 1727 Indiana avenue. Conditions there are described as horrible by Mrs. M. E. Franks, the woman who exposed the rot tenness...

Working Conditions 1870 to 1940

by | Apr 9, 2016 | Factory, Railroad worker

RESOURCES FOR LEARNING MORE ABOUT WORKING CONDITIONS 1870-1940 Labor 1875-1925 The Gilded Age 1875-1900 Working Conditions in Factories The working class in 1900 Even though the early 1900s are part of the Progressive Era, a majority of the working class didn’t...

Directory of Union strikes

by | Mar 22, 2016 | Work World

Picture From Wickipedia As the United States became more and more industrialized strikes became more common. Records of strikes can be useful to the Genealogist if you can connect a strike with a family member. So how do  you connect? How to  link to an ancestor who...

Industrialization

by | Mar 22, 2016 | Work World

HOW TO USE THE THE WORK WORLD SECTION OF THE WEBSITE. If you are new to Genealogy or doing research on the types of work your family did this is a good place to get started The Labor Archive section is a place to start to identify state by state resources for...

History of Agriculture in Alabama

by | Mar 15, 2016 | Farming

WHERE TO START ON FINDING YOUR FARMING ANCESTORS IN ALABAMA History of Alabama and her people, Albert Burton Moore, author and editor, assisted by an advisory council; Alabama biography by special staff of writers. v.1 Index, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, e-books Written in 1927...