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Day Scene. Wheaton Glass Works
In the Wheaton Glass Works, boys as young as 12 and 13 worked to produce the glass. These boys worked long days and nights working near open flames. The boy in the center is 15 years old and has been working there for 2 years.
Case of Frank Wiegel, Injured After Working 18 hrs
The 15 year old factory worker was injured after possibly falling asleep while working 18 hours a day. These types of injuries were common back in the early 1900's. By 1910, there were a estimate of 2 million children working in factories, farms…
View on Holmden Court, Tremont
A view looking east down Holmden Court in Cleveland's Tremont neighborhood. Many immigrants moved to Tremont, a mix of residential and industrial areas situated on Cleveland's near west side, as industry expanded in the city in the late nineteenth…
Exterior view of Republic Steel strip mill, 1947
A view of the #98 strip mill at Republic Steel, 1947. The Republic Steel Corp., headquartered in Cleveland, was the 5th-largest steel producer in the U.S. at the time of its merger into LTV Steel in 1984.