About This Item


  • Call NumberOSOS_0063
  • SummaryTwo men seated at workbench, possibly making or modifying dies for the manufacture of pasta in the former plant of D. Maldari & Sons in Little Italy; both men wearing caps and looking into camera; man on left holding hammer; man on right holding die or other implement.
  • Date[1922]
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, TIFF, black & white
  • CollectionOur Streets, Our Stories collection
  • Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formatstill image
  • Genredigital images
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Date supplied by donor: 1922. Original photograph (dimensions unknown) digitized on Oct. 7, 2015 as a TIFF. Donated for capture offsite by Chris Maldari. Collected through the Our Streets, Our Stories community heritage project, a part of the Culture in Transit grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Knight News Challenge.
  • SubjectBlue collar workers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Pasta products -- New York (State) -- New York ; Factories -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationLittle Italy (Manhattan, New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleUnidentified employees of D. Maldari & Sons Inc