West Side Skating Rink
Title
West Side Skating Rink
Abstract
Artist
Date
1871
Transcription
Recto: "Interior view of the West Side Skating Rink showing the clothes sorting Department // Ada & Randolph // Suptendent [sic] // JWR // RWM // JRM."
Verso: "They are thrown into bins indiscriminately where female employees are engaged sorting them out pants, dresses, bonnets & c and they are put in boxes, marked and when an order is rec'd. which is every few [mins] from a sub district for 400 pars [sic] of pants for instance the goods are ready in the box& instantly delivered to drivers & forwarded. Upon the arrival of a donated box of clothing from any city it is opened & the contents thrown into the long bin & then females sort them & distribute the articles to the small bins seen on right of sketch. They are then packed in boxes ready for delivery to sub districts when order arrives. Mr. L.W. Rouse is in charge of this department. L. // Long Home Corner Kiersey &."
Subject
Condition
Torn right side; big stain in upper right; horizontal and vertical fold marks.
Place
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
9.25 x 7.0 in.
Genre
Graphite drawings--American--1870-1880
Coordinates
41.8781136, -87.6297982
Source
Original drawing location: CF-JT-IL-71e (Box 14).
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/5021
Ref. Number
(Becker)CF-JT-IL-71e