Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Accession Number |
1999.08.00 |
Catalog Number |
1999.08.19 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Collection |
Tony Maine |
Description |
Black and white photograph of a factory worker with respirator mask. From the photo essay: "The Yemeni Immigrant Experience: The Assembly Line" Photos taken from: "Sojourners and Settlers: The Yemeni Immigrant Experience" Edited by Jonathan Friedlander, Near Eastern Studies, University of California Los Angeles Appears on page 55 of the book Arab Americans in Metro Detroit. Caption: Mislimani, an Arab Immigrant in his work gear at the Ford Rouge Plant worked at Ford Motor Company for 35 years. In the first decades of the 20th century, many Arab immigrants came to work in automobile factories when conditions were very difficult and unsafe. Many Arabs still work in the automobile industry. |
Photographer |
Tony Maine |
Search Terms |
Dearborn (Mich.) Yemeni Americans |
Subjects |
Factories Masks Photographic prints |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Relation |
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