Women Lacquering Switch Parts, General Electric, 8th and Willow Streets, 1917.

Title

Women Lacquering Switch Parts, General Electric, 8th and Willow Streets, 1917.

Description

The picture shows a group of women working at a General Electric factory. They are lacquering switch parts.

Source

Philip Scranton and Walter Licht, Work Sights: Industrial Philadelphia, 1890-1950 (Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Press, 1986)

Date

1917

Contributor

Michael Weiss

Rights

Courtesy of the Historical Society of Philadelphia

Files

General Electric Workers.JPG


Citation

“Women Lacquering Switch Parts, General Electric, 8th and Willow Streets, 1917.,” Philly Immigration, accessed October 15, 2024, http://phillyimmigration.nunncenter.net/items/show/664.