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Workers at Harbison and Walker with stored refractory brick, Hays Works
1920s
Senator John Heinz History Center
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
By the 1920s, mill laborers and work crews such as this group taking a break at Harbison and Walker reflected the impact of the Great Migration of African American workers from the South arriving in Pittsburgh seeking greater economic opportunity.
Details
- Title: Workers at Harbison and Walker with stored refractory brick, Hays Works
- Date Created: 1920s
- Location: Hays Station, Pa.
- Type: Photograph
- Original Source: Detre Library & Archives at the Heinz History Center
- Object ID: MSP.007.B01.F04.l02
- Donation Information: Gift of Mildred Milfeit
- Collection Information: Photographs of Harbison and Walker Refractories Company, 1925-1959, MSP 7
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