Workmen pose in the steamy interior of the scalding room where ladies beaver hats are treated at the Waring Hat Manufacturing Co. in Yonkers, New York. Some of the men wear protective aprons. On the left, boxes and rolled bundles of material lie on work tables. Pipes with valves descend from the ceiling to hang over the tables. Lengths of material tied to sticks also hang from the ceiling. An investigator described this room as "filled with hot vapors, excessively hot, humid and dirty." The same room appears in image NYSA_A3029-78_B5_F2, "Hat factory: scalding room, no. 2."

Identifier
NYSA_A3029-78_B4_F1

Date Original
1912

Language
English

Source
New York State Archives. Factory Investigating Commission. Glass plate negatives and photographic prints of factory and housing conditions. 1911-1912. A3029-78, Box 4, Folder 1.

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