Tag Archives: Factories

1937: The Daily Worker

Posted on August 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

Clive Branson: Selling the “Daily Worker” outside Projectile Engineering Works (1937)

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1895: Tentacles of the City

Posted on August 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

This is the beginning of “La plaine,” the poem that opens Emile Verhaeren’s 1895 book of poems, Les villes tentaculaires [The Tentacled Cities]. The cover is by Théo van Rysselberghe (source). I couldn’t find a translation online, so I did the … Continue reading →

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1940: Top Women

Posted on August 5, 2017 by corvusfugit

The official title of this item in the National Archives is “Like girls from Mars are these ‘top women’ at U.S. Steel’s Gary, Indiana, Works. Their job is to clean up at regular intervals around the tops of twelve blast … Continue reading →

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1933: World Revolution

Posted on August 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

April 3, 1933: Workers gluing maps to globes at the Geographia factory in London.

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1919: Buffer Girls

Posted on August 2, 2017 by corvusfugit

William Rothenstein: Buffer Girls (1919) “Buffer girls” were women workers in the Sheffield metal industries who polished cutlery and silverware.

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1917: Boeing Factory

Posted on July 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

Boeing seamstresses sewing fabric to the wing of a Model C seaplane in the company’s first factory, 1917. (source)

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1982: Excess—The Factory

Posted on June 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

The great factory, the universe, the one that breathes for you. There’s no other air but what it pumps, expels. You are inside. All space is occupied : all has become waste. The skin, the teeth, the gaze. You move … Continue reading →

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1832: Testimony

Posted on June 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

BURNS, CHARLES; age 13; examined 1st June, 1832 1. What were your hours of working at Mr. Hives, of Leeds? ⸺From half past five in the morning till eight at night. 2. Had you any time allowed you for your … Continue reading →

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