[Photograph of Carhartt of Texas Employees]

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Photograph of a group of people arranged in seven rows, some crouching on the wood floor, some sitting, and some standing, with a sign that says "Carhartt of Texas." The group is mostly made up of women, with the six men on the front row. The group is in a high-ceiling factory warehouse room, with visible hanging pipes, light fixtures, and wires, as well as a sewing machine table (on the bottom right of the photo). There is a rectangular hole cut out of the middle of the group, where someone's face might have been, and on the back, is … continued below

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1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm.

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Garrett December 1956.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2016 and was provided by the Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 181 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

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Photograph of a group of people arranged in seven rows, some crouching on the wood floor, some sitting, and some standing, with a sign that says "Carhartt of Texas." The group is mostly made up of women, with the six men on the front row. The group is in a high-ceiling factory warehouse room, with visible hanging pipes, light fixtures, and wires, as well as a sewing machine table (on the bottom right of the photo). There is a rectangular hole cut out of the middle of the group, where someone's face might have been, and on the back, is the address of one of the employees, Thelma Christian.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm.

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Rescuing Texas History, 2016

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  • December 1956

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  • Feb. 28, 2017, 8:56 p.m.

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  • April 12, 2017, 11:35 a.m.

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  • 32.726955, -96.891229
  • 32.783801, -96.778978

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Garrett. [Photograph of Carhartt of Texas Employees], photograph, December 1956; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth833991/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell.

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