Edgar Snow photograph of Red Star-spangled factory worker girls, 1936

Item — Box: 146, Folder: 18

Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 5 Sub-Series 2 Item 6032

Staff Only

Dates

Creation: 1936

Language of Materials

Materials in English and Chinese.

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Please direct any questions to Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Extent

1 photograph : black and white ; 16 x 16 cm

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

Item- and file-level inventory available online.http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS2219.xml

General

Former item number 3112.

General

Note on verso: "152. 'NO SLAVES ARE WE!' say these Red Star-spangled girl-workers in the Soviet factories at Wu Chi-cheng in North Shensi. Workers in the Communists' various textile, garment, woolen, and rug factories do indeed, have a far healthier, happier life than the child-workers in Shanghai and elsewhere in China's sweatshops, many of whom work 12 or 14 hours a day and are in fact bargained for by contract-labor precisely like slaves. Red factories operate 24 hours daily but there are three shifts, each of which works but eight hours. The workers are given food, loding, receive salaries of from $10 to $15 per month, get annual vacations, and have their own schools, theatre and athletic associations. Photo by Edgar Snow, 1936."