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Working in Paterson
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Item Title
[An overview of the garment manufacturing process.]
Author/Creator
Interviewer: Carroll, Thomas D.
Created/Published
August 17, 1994
Notes
Interview with Vincent Landi, owner of Garden State Cutting Co. on Gray Street at 21st Avenue.
Summary of audio segment: TC asks VL to describe the work of his company. VL says a garment is created, shown to a buyer, an order is placed with the manufacturer. The cost sheet is put together, and a cutting ticket to purchase all ingredients. A cutting ticket is assigned to the cutting room, and the raw materials arrive right behind it as ordered by the manufacturer. GSC does mathematical formulas to organize production, material is spread, cut, bundled, and shipped all over the world for sewing. Some sewing is done in Paterson, and also South Jersey, South Carolina, the Caribbean, Columbia, all over the world for assembly. Then it comes back as a finished garment, either here [to GSC] or to Manhattan, where it's shipped to a retail outlet or store for sale.
Subjects
Interviews
Oral history
Sound recordings
Clothing industry
Work processes
Ethnography
Interviews
United States--New Jersey--Paterson
21st Avenue
Garden State Cutting Company
Object Type
Related Names
Narrator: Landi, Vincent
Medium
Digital Audio Tape
Language
English
Call Number
AFC 1995/028: WIP-TDC-A013; A: 00:10:05
Reproduction Number
AFC 1995/028: WIP-TDC-A013
Part of
Working in Paterson Folklife Project
Repository
Library of Congress, Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital ID
afcwip tca01302
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afcwip.tca01302