Roberts and Cushman Workers 1938

This photograph was donated by Ms. J. Joosten and it shows 21 male workers in the interior of a silk mill. The first man on the left, in the front, is Ms. Joosten's maternal grandfather, Stephen Fourneyion, who came from St. Stephen, France. It is labeled "Roberts and Cushman 1938". Ms. Joosten's grandfather, like many immigrants in New Jersey, worked hard labor in the mills. The American Labor Museum online collection includes historical documents and photos. The objects document the domestic lifestyles, working experience in textile factories, and labor union activity of working class immigrant families of Paterson, NJ and environs, ca. 1890 - 1920. Also documented are activities of the Textile Workers' Union of America (TWUA), the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers' Union of America (ACTWU), and textile union leader Sol Stetin