Women in the trades
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Electricians; Plumbers; Mechanics; Carpenters; Masons; Machinists; Iron and Steel workers; Boilermakers; Powerhouse employees; Maintenance/repair; Welders; Water and waste treatment operators; Painters; Medical assistants and technicians; Chefs and bakers; Leather workers; Shoe repair; Jewelers; Secretaries and transcriptionists.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
E.N. McConnell Restaurant photographs
Collection
Accession: 1969-026
Abstract:
Edith N. McConnell (1880-1968) was a confectioner and caterer in Wilmington, Delaware from the 1920s through the 1950s. This small collection consists of photographs of wedding cakes, table settings, and restaurant interiors in Wilmington and Newark, Delaware, mostly dating from around 1945.
Dates:
circa 1925-1946
Pennsylvania Railroad women workers' oral histories
Collection
Accession: 1998-234
Abstract:
The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) was chartered in 1846 to completing an all-rail road across the state. Between 1855 and 1874, the PRR underwent rapid expansion and emerged as one of the two largest railroad systems in the area east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio. This collection consists of two interviews conducted in 1998 in West Chester, Pennsylvania with five women who worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Dates:
1998
