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Garrett Snuff Mill, Route 82, Yorklyn, New Castle County, DE

Garrett Snuff Mill, Route 82, Yorklyn, New Castle County, DE

Significance: The founding of the Garrett Snuff Mills represented the continuance of a 50-year tradition of Garrett enterprises on Red Clay Creek. Garrett's mills spanned the first two centuries of American in... More

Row of mill houses belonging to Holden, Leonard Co., woolen mill, Bennington, Vt. Rents are from $6 to $8 a month. Location: Burlington, Vermont

Row of mill houses belonging to Holden, Leonard Co., woolen mill, Benn...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 746. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Zhilyi︠a︡ zavodskīi︠a︡ postroĭki. Kovzha. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii︠a︡]

Zhilyi︠a︡ zavodskīi︠a︡ postroĭki. Kovzha. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii︠a︡]

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Augusta, Ga. A typical street scene in Gregtown where the employees in King Mill live. The Secretary of Associated Charities said this is the most degraded part of Augusta. Location: Augusta, Georgia

Augusta, Ga. A typical street scene in Gregtown where the employees in...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 559. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Two girls (not the youngest) who work in Avondale Mills,.  Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Two girls (not the youngest) who work in Avondale Mills,. Location: B...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Housing conditions, Floyd Cotton Mill.  Location: Rome, Georgia.

Housing conditions, Floyd Cotton Mill. Location: Rome, Georgia.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tavern, pub, or small restaurant, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The summer quarters of a beet worker's family on a Colorado farm near Starling. See also 3953. See Hine Report, Colorado Beet Workers, July 1915.  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado.

The summer quarters of a beet worker's family on a Colorado farm near ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Mexicans. Beet workers and the shacks they live in near Rocky Ford, Colorado. See Hine Report, Colorado. Sugar Beet Workers, July 1915.]  Location: [Rocky Ford vicinity, Colorado].

[Mexicans. Beet workers and the shacks they live in near Rocky Ford, C...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Views of "The Jungle," in Ft. Collins, the section in which the beet workers live when not away working the beets. In Greeley, this segregated section is called "The Pansy Bed" (from the varied and vivid coloring of homes). In Sterling, it is called "Petersburg." Location: Fort Collins, Colorado Photo by Hine, Oct. 3015

Views of "The Jungle," in Ft. Collins, the section in which the beet w...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 4046. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Mill Houses, State Route 277, Elk Mills, Cecil County, MD

Mill Houses, State Route 277, Elk Mills, Cecil County, MD

Survey number: HABS MD-440 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

501 Eighth Street (House), 501 Eighth Street, Lanett, Chambers County, AL

501 Eighth Street (House), 501 Eighth Street, Lanett, Chambers County,...

Significance: This house represents worker housing built for employees of Lanett Cotton Mill. Survey number: HAER AL-181

Munhall Homesteads, Type "Z", Longfellow Drive, Munhall, Allegheny County, PA

Munhall Homesteads, Type "Z", Longfellow Drive, Munhall, Allegheny Cou...

Survey number: HAER PA-303-F Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction

Tango Village, Tabasco Workers' Houses, No. 3, Avery Island, Iberia Parish, LA

Tango Village, Tabasco Workers' Houses, No. 3, Avery Island, Iberia Pa...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Home of workers in Willingham Cotton Mills, Macon, Ga. Location: Macon, Georgia

Home of workers in Willingham Cotton Mills, Macon, Ga. Location: Macon...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 516. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

A Suggestion for Dependent Widows. Mrs. Bessie Hicks, a widow in the mill settlement at Matoaca, Virginia She has no children large enough for the cotton mill, so she is starting a little store in her home. Location: Matoaca, Virginia

A Suggestion for Dependent Widows. Mrs. Bessie Hicks, a widow in the m...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2213. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Kamenskīĭ zavod s rabochimi poselenīi︠a︡mi Kamensk-Uralʹskiĭ, color separation negative

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Kamenskīĭ zavod s rabochimi poselenīi︠a︡mi Ka...

Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views in the Ural Mountains, survey of industrial area, R... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Views in the Ural Mountains, survey of industrial area, Russian Empire, photographic print

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Views in the Ural Mountains, survey of indust...

Photographic survey of the Ural Mountains industrial area circumscribed by Perm, Ufa, Cheliabinsk, and Verkhoture. Images document industrial facilities including mines (gold, copper, iron, and clay), factories... More

303 Third Street (House), Thomas, Jefferson County, AL

303 Third Street (House), Thomas, Jefferson County, AL

Survey number: HAER AL-112 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Abbottsford Homes, Building Type 4, Bounded by Abbottsford, Henry & Robert Avenues & Fox Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Abbottsford Homes, Building Type 4, Bounded by Abbottsford, Henry & Ro...

Survey number: HABS PA-6165-D Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction

2301 North Twelfth Street (House) , 2301 North Twelfth Street, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

2301 North Twelfth Street (House) , 2301 North Twelfth Street, Tampa, ...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

2301 North Twelfth Street (House) , 2301 North Twelfth Street, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

2301 North Twelfth Street (House) , 2301 North Twelfth Street, Tampa, ...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

1316 East Fourteenth Avenue (House), 1316 East Fourteenth Avenue, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

1316 East Fourteenth Avenue (House), 1316 East Fourteenth Avenue, Tamp...

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Register Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded an... More

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Employee Dormitory, Pavilion Road, .3 mile west of intersection with Sanatorium Road, Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, NJ

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Employee Dormitory, Pavilion...

Significance: The Employee Dormitory is representative of early 20th century design changes that were made in tuberculosis treatment facilities to safeguard the physical and mental health of employees. Survey... More

1019 East Fourteenth Avenue (House), 1019 East Fourteenth Avenue, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

1019 East Fourteenth Avenue (House), 1019 East Fourteenth Avenue, Tamp...

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built b... More

1821 East Fifteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

1821 East Fifteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built ... More

1821 East Fifteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

1821 East Fifteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built ... More

Norton Cotton Mill House, 200 East Main Street, Norton, Bristol County, MA

Norton Cotton Mill House, 200 East Main Street, Norton, Bristol County...

Survey number: HABS MA-997 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

2507 North Eighteenth Street (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

2507 North Eighteenth Street (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built ... More

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Control Station, Worker Cottage, Bishop Creek, Bishop, Inyo County, CA

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Control Station, Worker Cottage, Bi...

Significance: Building 106 has always served as a residence for employees of the Southern Sierras Power Company who worked at the adjacent operations building at Control Station. Building 106 is significant fo... More

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Worker Cottage, Bishop Creek, Bishop, Inyo County, CA

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Worker Cottage, Bishop Cre...

Significance: Building 113 Plant 4 (formerly Building No. 20, Plant 4), a small bungalow cottage, is a rare, surviving example of early worker's housing at the Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System. Built in 1905,... More

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Worker Cottage, Bishop Creek, Bishop, Inyo County, CA

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Worker Cottage, Bishop Cre...

Significance: Building 113 Plant 4 (formerly Building No. 20, Plant 4), a small bungalow cottage, is a rare, surviving example of early worker's housing at the Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System. Built in 1905,... More

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Worker Cottage, Bishop Creek, Bishop, Inyo County, CA

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Worker Cottage, Bishop Cre...

Significance: Building 113 Plant 4 (formerly Building No. 20, Plant 4), a small bungalow cottage, is a rare, surviving example of early worker's housing at the Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System. Built in 1905,... More

2004 East Fourteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

2004 East Fourteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built ... More

213 Division Street (House), Rome, Floyd County, GA

213 Division Street (House), Rome, Floyd County, GA

Significance: This house is significant for its association with workers' housing built around manufacturing facilities by the factory owners in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the South. T... More

1701 East Fifteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

1701 East Fifteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built ... More

2504 North Fifteenth Street (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

2504 North Fifteenth Street (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built ... More

John Sanders Cross Homestead, Bunkhouse, 75 feet east of residence, Model, Las Animas County, CO

John Sanders Cross Homestead, Bunkhouse, 75 feet east of residence, Mo...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N392 Survey number: HABS CO-93-B

2008 East Fourteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

2008 East Fourteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built ... More

2008 East Fourteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

2008 East Fourteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built ... More

Lee Vining Creek Hydroelectric System, Triplex Cottage, Lee Vining Creek, Lee Vining, Mono County, CA

Lee Vining Creek Hydroelectric System, Triplex Cottage, Lee Vining Cre...

Significance: The triplex cottage at Poole Powerhouse (Lee Vining No. 1) was designed by G. Stanley Wilson who is recognized as one of California's master architects during the 1920 and 1930s. Wilson was a lead... More

1915 East Fifteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

1915 East Fifteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built ... More

Cannelton Cotton Mill, Worker's Housing Type B, Fifth Street, Cannelton, Perry County, IN

Cannelton Cotton Mill, Worker's Housing Type B, Fifth Street, Cannelto...

Survey number: HAER IN-1-C National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75000011

1711 East Fifteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

1711 East Fifteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built ... More

Mount Etna Iron Works, Ironmaster's House, Legislative Route 07020 & T.R. 461, Williamsburg, Blair County, PA

Mount Etna Iron Works, Ironmaster's House, Legislative Route 07020 & T...

Significance: Mt. Etna Iron Works was one of numerous of charcoal iron producers in the nationally renowned Juniata Iron region. This region was a leading producer of pig iron in the antebellum years. Mt. Etn... More

Mount Etna Iron Works, Ironmaster's House, Legislative Route 07020 & T.R. 461, Williamsburg, Blair County, PA

Mount Etna Iron Works, Ironmaster's House, Legislative Route 07020 & T...

Significance: Mt. Etna Iron Works was one of numerous of charcoal iron producers in the nationally renowned Juniata Iron region. This region was a leading producer of pig iron in the antebellum years. Mt. Etn... More

6296 Cooper Street (House), Douglasville, Douglas County, GA

6296 Cooper Street (House), Douglasville, Douglas County, GA

Significance: Extant example of worker housing constructed as part of a mill village complex in Douglasville, Georgia. Survey number: HABS GA-2316 Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Initial Construction

36 Wood Street (Rowhouse), 36 Wood Street, Natrona, Allegheny County, PA

36 Wood Street (Rowhouse), 36 Wood Street, Natrona, Allegheny County, ...

Significance: The Pennsalt Historic District, an early and architecturally intact collection of housing built by the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company, is a significant example of a western Pennsylvania c... More

Orange Factory Village, House No. 9, Old Orange Factory Road (State Route 1628), Durham, Durham County, NC

Orange Factory Village, House No. 9, Old Orange Factory Road (State Ro...

Significance: The Orange Factory houses, dating from the 1860s were built to accommodate employees of one of the earliest cotton mills in North Carolina. They assume historical significance as components of the... More

Magnolia Plantation, Overseer's House, LA Route 119, Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Magnolia Plantation, Overseer's House, LA Route 119, Natchitoches, Nat...

1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-108 Survey number: HABS LA-1193-C Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction Natio... More

Connellsville Coal & Coke Region, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA

Connellsville Coal & Coke Region, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA

See also HAER PA-259 for related documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Significance: Considered among the world's richest mineral deposits, the Pittsburgh seam of coal underlying portions of Fayet... More

1212 East Twelfth Avenue (Boarding House), 1212 East Twelfth Avenue, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

1212 East Twelfth Avenue (Boarding House), 1212 East Twelfth Avenue, T...

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built b... More

1212 East Twelfth Avenue (Boarding House), 1212 East Twelfth Avenue, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

1212 East Twelfth Avenue (Boarding House), 1212 East Twelfth Avenue, T...

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built b... More

1212 East Twelfth Avenue (Boarding House), 1212 East Twelfth Avenue, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

1212 East Twelfth Avenue (Boarding House), 1212 East Twelfth Avenue, T...

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built b... More

Vid na Kaslinskīĭ zavod - Color separation negative, public domain

Vid na Kaslinskīĭ zavod - Color separation negative, public domain

Picryl description: Public domain image of a Russian Empire, color separation negatives, Prokudin Gorsky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Worker Cottage, Bishop Creek, Bishop, Inyo County, CA

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Worker Cottage, Bishop Cre...

Significance: Building 117, Plant 4 (formerly Building No. 24, Plant 4), is significant because of its contribution to an understanding of the historic character of the physical and social environment of the Pl... More

Abbottsford Homes, Bounded by Abbottsford, Henry & Robert Avenues & Fox Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Abbottsford Homes, Bounded by Abbottsford, Henry & Robert Avenues & Fo...

Survey number: HABS PA-6165 Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction

Town of Davidson, On Township Route 700 East off State Route 1031, Davidson, Fayette County, PA

Town of Davidson, On Township Route 700 East off State Route 1031, Dav...

Significance: Originally developed by Norton, Faber, and Miskimmer in 1856, the town of Davidson was acquired by the H.C. Frick Coke Company in 1888. Frick expanded the existing coal mine and coke works, opera... More

Housing conditions Adelaide Mill. The village is run down and greatly in need of sanitary improvements.  Location: Anniston, Alabama.

Housing conditions Adelaide Mill. The village is run down and greatly ...

Public domain photograph of a village, town, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Zhilyi︠a︡ zavodskīi︠a︡ postroĭki. Kovzha. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii︠a︡]

Zhilyi︠a︡ zavodskīi︠a︡ postroĭki. Kovzha. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii︠a︡]

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Worker Cottage, Bishop Creek, Bishop, Inyo County, CA

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Worker Cottage, Bishop Cre...

Significance: Building 122 Plant 4 (formerly Building No. 29 Plant 4), a small Period Revival Style cottage, is a rare, surviving example of early worker's housing at the Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System. Bui... More

Norton Cotton Mill House, 338 East Main Street (moved from 198 East Main Street), Norton, Bristol County, MA

Norton Cotton Mill House, 338 East Main Street (moved from 198 East Ma...

Survey number: HABS MA-998 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Housing conditions at Roanoke (Virginia) Cotton Mills are not very good. Houses run down and not well kept.  Location: Roanoke, Virginia.

Housing conditions at Roanoke (Virginia) Cotton Mills are not very goo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Brantley Henson (boy near porch). Been in mill 8 years. Jasper Henson, (in middle) Been in 3 years. Thedie Miller (Shooting). Been in 3 years. All doffers. Salisbury Cotton Mills, (N.C.)  Location: Salisbury, North Carolina.

Brantley Henson (boy near porch). Been in mill 8 years. Jasper Henson,...

A black and white photo of three men in the dirt. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Control Station, Worker Cottage, Bishop Creek, Bishop, Inyo County, CA

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Control Station, Worker Cottage, Bi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Colt Fire Arms Company, Huyshope Avenue Workers Housing, Sequassen Street and Huyshope Avenue, Hartford, Hartford County, CT

Colt Fire Arms Company, Huyshope Avenue Workers Housing, Sequassen Str...

Survey number: HAER CT-189-I National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76001987, 03000171

Salt Mine Village, Avery Island, Iberia Parish, LA

Salt Mine Village, Avery Island, Iberia Parish, LA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-78 Survey number: HABS LA-1220

No. 846-847. Name: These children are representatives of the two families that occupy this one room in a shack on Bottomley's farm, Baltimore, Md. There are only sliding curtains to separate families. Bunks on floor above. July 7, 1909.  Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

No. 846-847. Name: These children are representatives of the two famil...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

2503 North Fifteenth Street (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

2503 North Fifteenth Street (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built ... More

2001 East Fifteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

2001 East Fifteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built ... More

2001 East Fifteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

2001 East Fifteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built ... More

Rush Creek Hydroelectric System, Worker Cottage, Rush Creek, June Lake, Mono County, CA

Rush Creek Hydroelectric System, Worker Cottage, Rush Creek, June Lake...

Significance: Building 105 is one of the earliest Rush Creek worker cottages. Designed by the Riverside, California architect, W.C. Tanner, it combines Craftsman Bungalow and English Cottage styles. The Rush ... More

Abbottsford Homes, Building Type 1, Bounded by Abbottsford, Henry & Robert Avenues & Fox Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Abbottsford Homes, Building Type 1, Bounded by Abbottsford, Henry & Ro...

Significance: Built in 1942-43, the Abbottsford Homes Defense Housing Project exemplified World War II urban workers' housing. It was created to house workers in nearby war-related industries and their families... More

Abbottsford Homes, Building Type 1, Bounded by Abbottsford, Henry & Robert Avenues & Fox Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Abbottsford Homes, Building Type 1, Bounded by Abbottsford, Henry & Ro...

Significance: Built in 1942-43, the Abbottsford Homes Defense Housing Project exemplified World War II urban workers' housing. It was created to house workers in nearby war-related industries and their families... More

Orange Factory Village, House No. 5, Old Orange Factory Road (State Route 1628), Durham, Durham County, NC

Orange Factory Village, House No. 5, Old Orange Factory Road (State Ro...

Significance: The Orange Factory houses, dating from the 1860s were built to accommodate employees of the earliest cotton mills in North Carolina. They assume historical significance as components of the mill c... More

1709 East Fifteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

1709 East Fifteenth Avenue (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built ... More

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Overcrowded home of workers in cotton mill, Olneyville, Providence. Eight persons live in these three small rooms, three of them are boarders. Inner bed-rooms are 9 x 8 feet, the largest room 12 x 12 feet. 23 Chaffee Street, Polish People. Property owned by the mill. Rent $4.50 a month.  Location: Providence, Rhode Island.

(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Overcrowded home of workers in co...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

"We give them houses to live in." See 3278.  Location: [Port Royal, South Carolina]

"We give them houses to live in." See 3278. Location: [Port Royal, So...

Public domain photograph of building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Pullman Industrial Complex, Worker's Housing, 111 Street & Cottage Grove Avenue vicinity, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Pullman Industrial Complex, Worker's Housing, 111 Street & Cottage Gro...

Includes dwellings on Langley Avenue between 113th & 114th Streets, 10612, 10614, 10642, 10644 & 10646 Langley Avenue, 10438 & 10440 Maryland Avenue. Survey number: HABS IL-173 National Register of Historic Pl... More

Pullman Industrial Complex, Worker's Housing, 111 Street & Cottage Grove Avenue vicinity, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Pullman Industrial Complex, Worker's Housing, 111 Street & Cottage Gro...

Includes dwellings on Langley Avenue between 113th & 114th Streets, 10612, 10614, 10642, 10644 & 10646 Langley Avenue, 10438 & 10440 Maryland Avenue. Survey number: HABS IL-173 National Register of Historic Pl... More

Big Creek Hydroelectric System, Powerhouse 8, Operator Cottage, Big Creek, Big Creek, Fresno County, CA

Big Creek Hydroelectric System, Powerhouse 8, Operator Cottage, Big Cr...

Significance: Building 105, Powerhouse 8, is one of the few surviving examples of operator housing from the Big Creek System period of significance (1911-1929). Its significance derives from its contribution t... More

Big Creek Hydroelectric System, Powerhouse 8, Operator Cottage, Big Creek, Big Creek, Fresno County, CA

Big Creek Hydroelectric System, Powerhouse 8, Operator Cottage, Big Cr...

Significance: Building 105, Powerhouse 8, is one of the few surviving examples of operator housing from the Big Creek System period of significance (1911-1929). Its significance derives from its contribution t... More

California Citrus Heritage Recording Project, Riverside, Riverside County, CA

California Citrus Heritage Recording Project, Riverside, Riverside Cou...

Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 6, Cashbaugh-Kilpatrick House, Bishop Creek, Bishop, Inyo County, CA

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 6, Cashbaugh-Kilpatrick House...

Significance: Although greatly modified, the 19th Century Cashbaugh-era structures combined into Building 102 are reputed to be the oldest surviving houses in the Owens Valley. The Cashbaugh/Kilpatrick house's... More

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 6, Cashbaugh-Kilpatrick House, Bishop Creek, Bishop, Inyo County, CA

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 6, Cashbaugh-Kilpatrick House...

Significance: Although greatly modified, the 19th Century Cashbaugh-era structures combined into Building 102 are reputed to be the oldest surviving houses in the Owens Valley. The Cashbaugh/Kilpatrick house's... More

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Worker Cottage, Bishop Creek, Bishop, Inyo County, CA

Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Worker Cottage, Bishop Cre...

Significance: Building 16, Plant 4 (formerly Building No. 7 Plant 4), a small Craftsman Style cottage, is the oldest permanently built residence at Plant 4. Its significance lies in its contribution to an unde... More

Trammel Middle Camp, Trammel, Dickenson County, Virginia

Trammel Middle Camp, Trammel, Dickenson County, Virginia

Significance: "The camp was beautiful when I came here, all painted and new." Mrs. Lillie Mae Phillips, upon her arrival in 1919. Trammel Mining Camp was established in 1917, one of many such settlements crea... More

Trammel Middle Camp, Trammel, Dickenson County, Virginia

Trammel Middle Camp, Trammel, Dickenson County, Virginia

Significance: "The camp was beautiful when I came here, all painted and new." Mrs. Lillie Mae Phillips, upon her arrival in 1919. Trammel Mining Camp was established in 1917, one of many such settlements crea... More

Trammel Middle Camp, Trammel, Dickenson County, Virginia

Trammel Middle Camp, Trammel, Dickenson County, Virginia

Significance: "The camp was beautiful when I came here, all painted and new." Mrs. Lillie Mae Phillips, upon her arrival in 1919. Trammel Mining Camp was established in 1917, one of many such settlements crea... More

Trammel Middle Camp, Trammel, Dickenson County, Virginia

Trammel Middle Camp, Trammel, Dickenson County, Virginia

Significance: "The camp was beautiful when I came here, all painted and new." Mrs. Lillie Mae Phillips, upon her arrival in 1919. Trammel Mining Camp was established in 1917, one of many such settlements crea... More

Trammel Middle Camp, Trammel, Dickenson County, Virginia

Trammel Middle Camp, Trammel, Dickenson County, Virginia

Significance: "The camp was beautiful when I came here, all painted and new." Mrs. Lillie Mae Phillips, upon her arrival in 1919. Trammel Mining Camp was established in 1917, one of many such settlements crea... More

Rush Creek Hydroelectric System, Clubhouse Cottage, Rush Creek, June Lake, Mono County, CA

Rush Creek Hydroelectric System, Clubhouse Cottage, Rush Creek, June L...

Significance: Building 108 is one of the earliest Rush Creek worker cottages. Designed by the Riverside, California architect, W.C. Tanner, it combines Craftsman Bungalow and English Cottage styles. The Rush ... More

Rush Creek Hydroelectric System, Clubhouse Cottage, Rush Creek, June Lake, Mono County, CA

Rush Creek Hydroelectric System, Clubhouse Cottage, Rush Creek, June L...

Significance: Building 108 is one of the earliest Rush Creek worker cottages. Designed by the Riverside, California architect, W.C. Tanner, it combines Craftsman Bungalow and English Cottage styles. The Rush ... More

Garrett Snuff Mill, Route 82, Yorklyn, New Castle County, DE

Garrett Snuff Mill, Route 82, Yorklyn, New Castle County, DE

Significance: The founding of the Garrett Snuff Mills represented the continuance of a 50-year tradition of Garrett enterprises on Red Clay Creek. Garrett's mills spanned the first two centuries of American in... More

Garrett Snuff Mill, Route 82, Yorklyn, New Castle County, DE

Garrett Snuff Mill, Route 82, Yorklyn, New Castle County, DE

Significance: The founding of the Garrett Snuff Mills represented the continuance of a 50-year tradition of Garrett enterprises on Red Clay Creek. Garrett's mills spanned the first two centuries of American in... More

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Worker house gardens before landscaping]

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Worker house gardens be...

Site History. Landscape: John Charles Olmsted, from 1896. Other: John Henry Patterson was founder of National Cash Register Company. Today: Garden not extant. Slide for lecture "Gardens for City and Suburb." On... More

107 Green Street (House), 107 Green Street, Hogansville, Troup County, GA

107 Green Street (House), 107 Green Street, Hogansville, Troup County,...

Survey number: HAER GA-123 Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Initial Construction

Zavodskīi︠a︡ poselenīi︠a︡ Kamenskago zavoda [Kamensk-Uralʹskiĭ]

Zavodskīi︠a︡ poselenīi︠a︡ Kamenskago zavoda [Kamensk-Uralʹskiĭ]

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Shack near John D. Crocker's Bog. Housing 7 Portugese in bunks. Dirty clothes and garbage on the floor. There were bunks for 12 persons. The shack was 10 x 12 feet and 8 or 9 feet high.  Location: Falmouth, Massachusetts.

Shack near John D. Crocker's Bog. Housing 7 Portugese in bunks. Dirty ...

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One of the labor camps for workers in Peerless Oyster Co. About 18 families live here. While conditions are not so bad here as I have seen them in their Maryland and Delaware quarters, they are not far from ideal.  Location: Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

One of the labor camps for workers in Peerless Oyster Co. About 18 fam...

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Housing conditions at Lynchburg Cotton Mills are not very good. Houses are ill-kept and out of repair.  Location: Lynchburg, Virginia.

Housing conditions at Lynchburg Cotton Mills are not very good. Houses...

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