MAKE A MEME View Large Image Interior view of the clothes repair, pressing, and packing room in a warehouse building at the United States Laundry in Raleigh, N.C. Most of the workers pictured are African-American women, working in a room without fans or air ...
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Keywords: wwi raleigh united states laundry unitedstateslaundry women african american africanamerican Interior view of the clothes repair, pressing, and packing room in a warehouse building at the United States Laundry in Raleigh, N.C. Most of the workers pictured are African-American women, working in a room without fans or air circulation. The laundry cleaned, pressed, and repaired the clothes for military personnel at various military cantonments; Camp Sevier in South Carolina; Camp Greene in Charlotte, N.C.; and Camp Jackson in South Carolina. It operated 24-hours a day, and employed 120 people (undated) [Photograph by: Ellington, Raleigh, N.C.]. From Box 11, North Carolina County War Records, WWI 2, WWI Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina. Interior view of the clothes repair, pressing, and packing room in a warehouse building at the United States Laundry in Raleigh, N.C. Most of the workers pictured are African-American women, working in a room without fans or air circulation. The laundry cleaned, pressed, and repaired the clothes for military personnel at various military cantonments; Camp Sevier in South Carolina; Camp Greene in Charlotte, N.C.; and Camp Jackson in South Carolina. It operated 24-hours a day, and employed 120 people (undated) [Photograph by: Ellington, Raleigh, N.C.]. From Box 11, North Carolina County War Records, WWI 2, WWI Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina.
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