Art & Artifacts Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Thread |
Collection |
Hispanic Communities Documentation Project records and oral histories |
Object ID |
M1990.58.41 |
Year Range from |
1965 |
Year Range to |
1975 |
Dimension Details |
2 1/2" H x 1 5/8" W x 1 5/8" D |
Description |
Spool of maroon thread; donated by Lucila Padron. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Lucila Padron was born in Puerto Rico in 1916 and moved to New York, and later Brooklyn, as a teenager. She worked in the Cappa-Espinelli garment factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and was a member of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU). |
Place Names |
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.) |
Subject Headings |
Factory work Labor unions Puerto Ricans--New York (State)--New York |
Personal and Corporate Names |
Padron, Lucila International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union |