Industrial Life Photograph Collection, ca. 1920-1941
Collection consists of 2106 black and white photographic prints of various sizes depicting factory operations in over 115 different companies. The photographs were collected between 1931 and 1941 and depict industrial life between the early 1920s and early 1940s. Images include men and women at work, production methods, research laboratories, factory exteriors, offices, completed products, and manufactured equipment, such as agricultural and road building machinery, in use. Most photographs were originally produced for publicity purposes, such as annual reports, picture books, and advertisements, and were thus controlled images, selected by the represented company at that time to best depict their business. The majority of photographs represent American businesses but companies in Sweden, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia are also included. Most of the photographs are accompanied by caption information
Archival Material, English, 1920
1920