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Connecticut in the Jazz Age: People at Work

Griffin Neuberger Tobacco Company. Tractor and Farm Machinery, 1915

The tractor in this photograph represented the very latest in farm machinery, patented in 1915, the same year that the photograph was taken.
Ref. # 1995.36.105

Tobacco Farming. Interior of Barn with Women Sorting Tobacco

Traditionally much of the hot, tiring work associated with tobacco farming was performed by women and children.
Ref. # 1995.36.114

A.C. Petersen Dairy. Interior

Dairy farming was an important business in Connecticut during the the 1920s.
Ref. # 1995.36.94

Horsfalls Clothing Store, Asylum Street. Tailors' Room. Interior.

Luke Horsfall began making hats in Hartford in the 1870s. By Dudley's day, the firm offered ready-made clothes and shoes for men and women, as well as custom-made shirts and tailoring.
Ref. # 1995.36.392

Hartford Rubber Works. Tire Inspection Department

Photographs by Dudley document various stages of tire production. In this photograph, workers inspect the completed tires.
Ref. # 1995.36.742

International Business Machines. Sales Meeting

The presence of three women at this IBM sales meeting is surprising at this date.
Ref. # 1995.36.339

Gardener with Lawn Mower

The power-driven lawn mower in this picture appears to have been concocted by combining two rotary mowers with a small engine.
Ref. # 1995.36.906

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