Interior of Sewing Room, Louis Larsen Plant, New York City, 1943

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
1943-12-28
8 x 10 x 0 in.

8x10 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on December 28, 1943. Image of interior of Louis Larsen sailmaking plant, 50 Warren Street, New York City. Visible in image: African- and European- American men and women sit at sewing machines, a woman folds the sails, boxes are set up in foreground, some already taped shut, some with sails packed in and some empty, World War II propaganda posters are on walls. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Typed on original negative sleeve: “12/28/43 / 2730-10 / Louis Larsen-50 Waren Dt, NYC / Photo of interior of plant” and stamped: “59299”.

1984.187.59299

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection