5:15 Father hanging around the home while family works on feathers. Said, "I not work. Got some sickness. Dunno what." Mother; Millie, 16 yrs.; Jimmie, 11 yrs.; Mary, 12; Camilla, 5 all work. Some of the children until 9 and 10 at times. They said "Camilla, she can tie feathers but she don't want to." If all work, they make $4, $5, or even $6 a week. Dirty floor. Vermin abounded. Garbage standing uncovered near the work,. .

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Italian family makes feathers from her tenement apartment

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Size: 4500px × 3187px
Location: United States
Photo credit: © Buyenlarge \ UIG / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1911, apartment, child, children, cottage, family, feathers, immigrants, industry, italian, kitchen, labor, manhattan, needlecraft, needles, needlework, nyc, photographic, sewing, tenements, workers