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Margaret Embree Photograph Album
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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 5 Nov 2019
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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 5 Nov 2019
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Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Embree, Margaret. |
| Title: | Margaret Embree Photograph Album |
| Dates: | circa 1940-1960 |
| Quantity: | 1 volume |
| Abstract: | Compiled by Margaret Embree of Syracuse, NY. Consists of candid shots of family, friends, her work at Iroquois China in Solvay and Thermold Plastics in Canastota; includes a few photos of German POWs. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Margaret Embree (possibly 1925?-2009?) was a long-time resident of Syracuse, New York. She worked for many years for the Iroquois China Company in nearby Solvay, and for Thermold Plastics in Canastota.
The Margaret Embree Photograph Album contains more than 350 photographs of Embree and her family, friends, and workplace. Approximately a third show Embree and other women at work in local factories during and after World War II, including the Iroquois China Company and Thermold Plastics. There are also four images of US soldiers and German prisoners dated "Summer 1945." The location is not given, but POWs were interned at several Central New York sites during the war, including Letchworth, Rome, Utica, and Green Lakes.
Original order.
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Persons
Embree, Margaret.
Corporate Bodies
Iroquois China Company.
Thermold Plastics.
Subjects
Women -- Employment.
Women -- New York (State) -- Social life and customs.
Working class.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women.
Places
Canastota (N.Y.) -- History.
Solvay (N.Y.) -- History.
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- History.
Genres and Forms
Photograph albums.
Photographs.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Margaret Embree Photograph Album,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 2019.
Photographs
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