Workers at the Midvale Steel Plant in Coatesville, Pa.
Title
Workers at the Midvale Steel Plant in Coatesville, Pa.
Subject
Steel mill workers, Midvale Steel and Ordinance Company, Coatesville, Pennsylvania
Description
An African-American worker and a white worker at Midvale Steel and Ordinance Company's plant in Coatesville, PA c. 1920. Co-operation between African American and white workers was essential to Pennsylvania's prominent steel industry, because of the high labor involved in producing steel. Within a decade of incorporating African-American workers, Midvale Steel Company treated their African American and immigrant workers uncommonly well, even compared to other mills in the North.
Source
Hagley Museum & Library
Publisher
WCU HIS 601/HON 451 Great Migration and Digital Storytelling, Spring 2016.
Date
c. 1920
Contributor
Melanie Pezdirtz
Rights
Courtesy of Hagley Museum & Library
Format
JPG
Type
Still Image
Original Format
Photo
Files
Collection
Citation
“Workers at the Midvale Steel Plant in Coatesville, Pa.,” Goin' North, accessed October 4, 2024, https://goinnorth.org/items/show/587.