Working Conditions on Railroad Car Ferries | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Working Conditions on Railroad Car Ferries

Working Conditions on Railroad Car Ferries | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
Worker's bunks on a railroad car ferry. The spare room has a calendar, light, radiator, table, locking closet and two bunks. Workers' clothes hand on the wall and a picture is tucked behind what looks like some kind of official posting. Part of a series on working conditions aboard Lake Michigan railroad car ferries. Ferry workers belonged to the National Maritime Union (NMU).
DESCRIPTION
Worker's bunks on a railroad car ferry. The spare room has a calendar, light, radiator, table, locking closet and two bunks. Workers' clothes hand on the wall and a picture is tucked behind what looks like some kind of official posting. Part of a series on working conditions aboard Lake Michigan railroad car ferries. Ferry workers belonged to the National Maritime Union (NMU).
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:84615
Creation Date: 09 10 1946
Creator Name:Eisenscher, Edmund
City:Milwaukee
County:Milwaukee
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:Edmund Eisenscher papers, 1936-1956, 1999
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:negative, original
Original Format Number:PH 6051.175
Original Dimensions:3 x 2 inches
SUBJECTS
Work clothes
Bedrooms
Housing
Periodicals
Indoor photography
Radiators
Ferries
Blue collar workers
Labor unions
Railroad employees

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