Tag Archives: New Jersey

“Keep this near your heart”

Posted on February 21, 2020 by Christopher George

Frank Wendt (1858-1930), [Millie Owens], ca. 1900 (2011.47.102) Millie Owens Hair 86 in [7.166 feet, 218.44 cm] Keep this near your hart Frank Wendt (1858-1930), [Helen Mathews], ca. 1900 (2011.47.103) Helen Mathews Length of hair 6 feet 4 inches [76 … Continue reading →

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World Radio Day

Posted on February 13, 2020 by Christopher George

Lewis Hine (1874-1940), [Skilled cabinet maker assembling two key rails for radio cabinet, RCA Victor Plant, Camden, New Jersey], 1937 (951.1975) Man working in a RCA Victor Plant. Cabinet-making photographs. Radio cabinet. Cabinet assembler – assembling waist (front and ends … Continue reading →

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Ken Heyman (1930-2019)

Posted on December 13, 2019 by Christopher George

Ken Heyman (1930-2019), [Newark, New Jersey], ca.1969 (2013.107.34) Ken Heyman (1930-2019), [Man and child in window, Ghana], 1968 (2013.107.31) Ken Heyman (1930-2019), [Egypt], 1964 (2013.107.30) Ken Heyman (1930-2019), [Nigerian Family, Nigeria], 1959 (2007.90.44) Ken Heyman (1930-2019), [Brazil], 1959 (2013.107.29) Ken … Continue reading →

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Liberty

Posted on November 11, 2019 by Christopher George

Mole and Thomas, The Human Liberty Bell, 25,000 Officers and Men at Camp Dix, New Jersey, 1918 (130.2003) Mole and Thomas, The Human U.S. Shield, 30,000 Officers and Men, Camp Cluster, Battle Creek, Michigan, 1918 (2013.2.1) Unidentified Photographer, [Soldier], ca. … Continue reading →

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“You’ve Got a Friend”

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Christopher George

Vu, Radio, September 14, 1932 (2007.84.61) Lewis Hine, [Highly-skilled worker testing radio frequency alignment and making final test of chassis, RCA Victor, Camden, New Jersey], 1936-37 (957.1975) Man working in a RCA Victor Plant. Final Inspector – testing radio frequency … Continue reading →

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“And what is reason? and what is love? and what is life?”

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Christopher George

George Frank Edgar Pearsall, [Walt Whitman], September 1872 (24.2004) Walt Whitman, Song of the Exposition, 5. You shall see hands at work at all the old processes and all the new ones, You shall see the various grains and how … Continue reading →

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“As the train came into the station it began lurching from side to side. Then it stopped. Lights went out.”

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Christopher George

On Sunday, April 26th, 1942, Louis Viebuchen, a 48 year old resident of Newark, New Jersey, arrived at work in the late afternoon. Viebuchen was a motorman on the Hudson and Manhattan railroad, with over twenty years of experience. At … Continue reading →

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Baseball Players

Posted on March 29, 2019 by Christopher George

Unidentified Photographer, [Two Baseball Players], ca. 1875 (84.2004) Tyson & Son, [Two Female Baseball Players], ca. 1918 (2011.17.1) Unidentified Photographer, Henry, 1920s (2010.71.1) Unidentified Photographer, Women’s Baseball Team, ca. 1910 (2011.17.3) Unidentified Photographer, Victoria Plaza, School girl’s pitcher for Passaic … Continue reading →

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Pencils, or Working Together: “It’s fun to make something that you believe in.”

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Christopher George

Sol Libsohn (1914-2001), [Worker, American Lead Pencil, Hoboken, New Jersey], 1949 (1297.2005) Sol Libsohn, [Supervisor evaluating worker, American Lead Pencil, Hoboken, New Jersey], 1949 (1295.2005) Sol Libsohn, [Shop Steward for Local 77-A of Textile Workers Union, John Lombardo gets details … Continue reading →

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“Approaching perfection”: Making glass bottles at the Whitall Tatum Company

Posted on August 30, 2018 by Christopher George

Lewis Wickes Hine, [Whitall Tatum Company houses, Millville, New Jersey], 1936-37 (894-1975) Millville, New Jersey – Scenes. A view of Whitall Tatum Company houses. Yards looking from Myrtle St. to upper Whitall Tatum plant. Emphasis on lack of sanitation and … Continue reading →

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