Cigar Workers | Digital Pitt

ca. 1910-1920

Order Reproduction
Title
Cigar Workers
Creator
Urban League of Pittsburgh
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
ca. 1910-1920
Identifier
8111.541.001.UL
Source Identifier
8111.541.001.UL
Description
Women making cigars in an unidentified cigar factory. It is highly possible that they are in the Hill District where many such factories existed. Women and children were largely employed in making cheap cigars in poor working conditions where they were paid per cigar made.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Persons
Cigar makers
Cigar industry
Geographic Subjects
Hill District (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
AIS.1981.11
Collection
Urban League of Pittsburgh Records
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
Rights Information
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