https://archive.engl.sites.carleton.edu/files/original/97cf62f71d0ecbe10d9e7f1e69a4f66f.jpg 9c96d750f409c04c2992ef5681a48c49 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yoon How Archives Shape Perceptions of Women's Labor Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jonah Yoon Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Albumen print on stereograph mount Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 10 × 18 cm (4 × 7 in.) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Domestic" and Grover & Baker sewing machines, and "Domestic" Fashion Rooms, 1111 Chestnut St., Phila. [graphic] / Photo. by R. Newell & Son, 626 Arch St. Subject The topic of the resource Domestic labor Commerical photography Gender and labor Class and labor Archival framing Representation and bias Institutional power Archival silence Late 19th century Industrial expansion era Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States, Northeast Chestnut Street commercial district Description An account of the resource This 1879 stereograph by R. Newell &amp; Son depicts the interior of Francis M. Johnson's sewing-machine showroom at 111 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Rows of Domestic and Grover &amp; Baker sewing machines fill the space, surrounded by mannequins in finished dresses and children's clothes. Thread displays, patriotic bunting, and small signs reading "Please do not handle" all signal that this is a curated commercial stage rather than a site of actual labor. The showroom sells sewing machines as modern household technologies and emblems of national progress.<br /><br /><strong>Interpretation Note</strong><br />This stereograph does something sly, which is taking the back-breaking, poorly paid labor of sewing and turning it into something almost magical to look at. Every garment is draped perfectly, every machine is polished to a shine, and the patriotic bunting overhead is turning the room into a shrine of progress. The whole scene is arranged for middle-class shoppers to admire, not for anyone to imagine actually sitting down and working. Classification does heavy ideological work here. By ordering the space this way, the photograph sells a marketable story about women's work while leaving out the long hours, dim rooms, aching fingers, and low wages most seamstresses lived with. The mannequins drive the point home. They wear the finished dresses, but no tired, living woman is allowed in the picture. That absence is exactly the kind of archival silence where the lived conditions of working women are replaced by an illusion of effortless domestic modernity. In the end, commercial photography, like any genre, gets to choose whose labor counts as visible. Here, the machines and the pretty clothes stay on display, while the women who made them possible simply disappear. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource R. Newell & Son Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Library Company of Philadelphia, Print Department, Stereograph Collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library Company of Philadelphia Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 1879 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Francis M. Johnson (showroom owner) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All use must credit Library Company of Philadelphia. Additional information on <a href="https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/">Rights and Reproductions – The Library Company of Philadelphia.</a> Relation A related resource Advertising label on verso: F. M. Johnson, dealer in Domestic and Grover and Baker sewing machines and "Domestic" paper fashions, 1111 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Digitization funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010–2012 The Library Company of Philadelphia record: <a href="https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool:101959?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=733411679267bbffa86a&amp;&amp;solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0">https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool:101959?solr_nav[id]=733411679267bbffa86a&amp;&amp;solr_nav[page]=0</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Albumen print Stereograph 10 × 18 cm Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context P.9212.11 (Library Company of Philadelphia) digitool:101959 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Interior View of Sewing Machine Showroom, 1111 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 stereograph; albumen print; 10 × 18 cm Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Albumen print on stereograph mount Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. Library Company of Philadelphia, Print Department, Stereograph Collection, P.9212.11. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. circa 1879 Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Part of the Library Company of Philadelphia stereograph holdings; photographer’s imprint printed on verso; advertising label for F. M. Johnson pasted on verso. Archival framing Archival silence Chestnut Street commercial district Class and labor Commerical photography domestic labor Gender and labor Industrial expansion era Institutional power Late 19th century Northeast Pennsylvania Philadelphia Representation and bias United States