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Weaving silk bands and bindings for Stetson hats
Silk bands and bindings were made in the Weaving Department of the John B. Stetson Company in Philadelphia. The department created seven million yards of bands, bindings, and braids annually.
Trimming Stetson Stiff Hats
A large factory floor of women trimming Stetson stiff hats.
Stetson Seamstresses
1910 photograph of large room of women seamstresses sewing hats by hand inside of the Stetson Hat Factory.
A Section of Soft Hat Trimming
A section of women Stetson workers trimming soft hats.
Her sewing keeps the country from coming apart at the seams
An advertisement sent out by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union promoting the Union.
Women Lacquering Switch Parts, General Electric, 8th and Willow Streets, 1917.
The picture shows a group of women working at a General Electric factory. They are lacquering switch parts.