Today's #WorkerWednesday journey lands us in the carpenters' shop of the Malleable Iron Company in Wilmington, Delaware.
This ca. 1912 negative was created by Charles B. Murray (1872-1947) and is part of Hagley Library's collection of Charles Murray glass plate negatives of Wilmington, Delaware and Albany, New York (Accession 1975.242).
Murray worked as a foreman in building construction. He and his wife Christiana Green (1878-1961) were residents of Wilmington and Albany, New York. The collection consists of sixty glass negatives taken by Charles Murray.
Many of the images in this collection are of families, children and other groups of people, some of which were taken in parks, including Rockford Park and Brandywine Park in Wilmington, or other recreational areas such as beaches. Other views include houses on Vandever Avenue and Jackson Street in Wilmington, Delaware; backyards of houses, some identified as being in Wilmington; the Van Buren Street bridge over the Brandywine; and an unidentified canal in winter, probably in upstate New York.
There are also additional views of the Wilmington Malleable Iron Company showing both equipment and employees. There is also a view of the Jessup & Moore Paper Company Mills on the Brandywine in Wilmington. A few negatives show a quarry and quarry workers, possibly the Alapocas Quarry in Wilmington.