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The photo depicts a gentleman standing in front of a carpet making machine. The carpet industry predominated over other tactile industries. "In 1882, 141 Kensington carpet firms in the 19th and 31st Wards employed over 6,000 individuals and were…

The John B. Stetson Hat Company was known for the company's engagement and programs for its workers. This pamphlet outlines some of those programs.

Workers from the Stetson hat factory pose with their Christmas gift of turkeys.

This is the stage of hat manufacture in which workers took the new hats off the racks and packaged in boxes.

The strikers of the Stetson Factory refused to return to work and refused any help from the Union.

The edges of certain Stetson hats get curled at the Flanging Department of the John B. Stetson Company in Philadelphia. The edges of the hats are dampened then curled with a heated iron. It is placed on a hollow wooden form under a hugh [sic] bag of…