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Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting

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Dignitaries on stage at the annual Dominican pageant.
Dignitaries stand in front of the Montescaglioso Club; dignitaries include the mayor of Paterson (in white shirt) and Congressman Herbert Klein (on the mayor's left).
Dignitaries standing in front of the Montescaglioso Club; the tall man in the tan suit is Congressman Herbert Klein, the man in the white shirt is Paterson mayor William Pascrell.
Dignitaries walk at head of procession with flag bearers.
A display on and behind a countertop.
Doctors and nurses at the Oncology nurse's station, 4th floor.
The door of Ditaranto's Market, owned and operated by Rocco Ditaranto.
Doug Owens poses for photos at store counter.
Doug Owens stands beside counter.
Doug Owens waits on customer.
Drawing of prizes; contestants on stage in the background.
Dressmaker Elsa Mantilla (center) posing with contestants wearing gowns made in her shop.
Dressmaker Elsa Mantilla helps contestant (wearing one of Elsa's dresses) with dress in backstage area.
Dressmaker Elsa Mantilla watches competition.
Drinking espresso and talking.
Dry canal, full of weeds and garbage, that is part of the raceway system that formerly supplied hydraulic power to mills; mill building in the background.
Dry part of raceway system full of weeds and garbage; old mill building in the background.
Dye house machine operator Martino Cardone putting dyed silk into a spinning machine used to remove water.
Dye house machine operator Martino Cardone tending silk in dyeing tanks.
Dye house machine operator Martino Cardone.
Dyer Nick Velardo checks color of dyed silk in flourescent light.
Dyer Nick Velardo checks color of dyed silk in natural light.
Dyer Nick Velardo matches dyed silk with color specified in customer's order.
Dyer Nick Velardo matches dyed silk with color specified in customer's order; use of incandescent and florescent bulbs allows him to assess color under different lighting conditions.
Dyer Nick Velardo matches dyed silk with color specified in customer's order; use of incandescent and florescent bulbs seen in this frame allows him to assess color under different lighting conditions.
Early morning at the produce market.
Ed Ramsey, owner of Sweet Potato Pie Company, at his desk.
Ed Ramsey, owner of the Sweet Potato Pie Company at his desk.
Ed Ramsey, owner of the Sweet Potato Pie Company, talks with Howard Jones about a job he wants him to do.
Eddie Lee Harrell posing with one of his trucks.
Eddie Lee Harrell standing in front of his truck.
Eighteen-year-old Marianna Costa (second from left) and other textile workers march, in Washington, D.C., in support of the adoption of federal standards for the silk industry.
Elaine Giordano, assistant comptroller, in her office at Watson.
Electrical engineer Ernest Milov installing a laptop computer into the take-up panel to evaluate the circuits.
Electrical work area within large assembly area.
Electrician Bob Dale in electrical area of assembly at Watson.
Electrician Bob Dale, engineer Guosheng Lu, apprentice Jim McComiskey and assembler Pete Wychman working on a rotary take up.
Elsa and Milagros.
Elsa Mantilla and girl; gown on dressmaker's model in background.
Elsa Mantilla and girl; Milagros "Millie" Cueto adjusts gown on model; Aurora Goicoechea is in the background (left).
Elsa Mantilla applauds during competition.
Elsa Mantilla applauds.
Elsa Mantilla in the dress shop on the second floor of Elsa's Wholesale & Retail.
Elsa Mantilla presents trophies to pageant contestants.
Elsa Mantilla sitting at table before the start of the beauty pageant
Elsa Mantilla, Aurora Goicoechea and Milagros Cueto.
Elsa Mantilla, backstage, helping beauty pageant contestants with their gowns. Many of the gowns were made in Elsa's dress shop.
Elsa Mantilla, Milagros Cueto and unidentified girl look at dress patterns.
Elsa Mantilla, seated in the audience, watches contestants in evening gowns walk down the runway.
Elsa, Aurora and Milagros work with Brenda to come up with design for her dress; they are using photos (including some taken at Dominican pageant by Martha Cooper) and sketches; an unidentified girl is also present.
An employee and Sonia work separately on decorative items for a wedding and a party respectively.
Empty booth with painting of the Last Supper on the wall above.
Engineer (white shirt) and machinist work on machine used for fiber-optics applications.
Engineer and worker with machine.
Engineer David Lu and Richie Takach putting the finishing touches on the rotary take-up.
Engineer Ernest Milov and Bob Dale checking electrical circuits on a rotary take-up control panel.
Engineer Ernest Milov and electrician Bob Dale check circuits on the service panel of the rotary take-up machine.
Engineer Pete McComiskey looking through blueprints in the engineering department at Watson.
Engineer Tom McComiskey running demonstration of the proof tester developed through Peachtree, a Watson subsidiary involved in fiber optics.
Engineers Mohamad Chamaa and Guosheng Lu measuring conduit on the rotary take-up.
Eugene Turin and Bob Dale make final checks on control panel of the rotary take-up.
Eugene Turin, engineer, in the engineering section of Watson.
Exterior (front) of main mill building; "Kalkstein Silk Mills, Inc." is on the wall.
Exterior of 21st Avenue Launderette.
Exterior of Botto House viewed from across the street.
Exterior of Botto House with large sign in foreground.
Exterior of Cascone 21st Avenue Liquors, 353 21st Avenue.
Exterior of front of Elsa's Wholesale & Retail, 368 21st Avenue.
Exterior of front of Giannella's Bakery, 298 21st Avenue.
Exterior of front of restaurant, showing sign.
Exterior of front of restaurant.
Exterior of Kalkstein Silk Mills showing company name.
Exterior of Madison Apparel Outlet, 297 21st Avenue; close-up of hand-lettered sign and apparel displayed in window.
Exterior of Madison Apparel Outlet, 297 21st Avenue; worker stands in doorway.
Exterior of the Colonial Grill, in a strip of stores on 464 Chamberlain Avenue on Paterson's west side.
Exterior view of Chappie's Diner, 197 E. Railroad Avenue.
Exterior view of front of Tierra Colombianas Restaurant, 395 21st Avenue.
Exterior view of Nicholas Diner, 88 E. Railroad Avenue.
Exterior view of Nicholas Diner, 88 East Railroad Avenue.
Exterior view of Rocco's shop, taken from across 21st Avenue.
An exterior view of Sanremo Italian imports.
An exterior view of the shop, with a large poster of the Italian national soccer team prominently displayed in the front window.
Exterior view of Watson Machine International viewed from the corner of Grand Street and Railroad Avenue.
Exterior, front, of Café Taormina, with signs for Giannella's Bakery and Manny's Auto Parts painted on wall.
Exterior, front, of Giannella's Bakery, 298 21st Avenue.
Fabric being woven on a loom; these are Italian-made UAMATEX looms.
Facade of Railroad Avenue, central portion of Watson Machine.
The Farmacia/Irving Pharmacy, head on.
Farmer's cooperative sign on market wall.
Fieldworker David Taylor interviews Anne Murphy about c. 1918 photo of workers and managers at Newberger's Towel Factory, Paterson.
Fieldworker David Taylor interviews Anne Murphy about photo of Newberger's Towel Factory and other subjects; tape recorder and microphone are between them.
Fieldworker David Taylor interviews Anne Murphy about photo of Newberger's Towel Factory and other subjects; tape recorder and microphone are between them; Anne's daughter Claire is visible.
Fieldworker David Taylor interviews Florence DiStefano in the kitchen of her home.
Fieldworker Robert McCarl with machinist Jim Dowling.
Fieldworker Susan Levitas (foreground) talks with man; fieldworker Tom Carroll (right, in green cap) talks to band members; fieldworker David Taylor (left, in pink shirt) talks to band member.
Fieldworker Susan Levitas interviews member of the band.
Fieldworker Tom Carroll interviewing a participant in the saint's day festival.
Fieldworker Tom Carroll interviews band member.
Fieldworkers Tom Carroll (left) and David Taylor pose in front of mural.
Fingernail designs created by Rosa Mantilla (Elsa and Arturo's daughter), who rents space from Luz Garcia at the hair salon.

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