1. Hell's Bells.
- Author
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Roberts, Kim
- Subjects
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BELLS , *TEXTILE factories , *FACTORIES , *EMPLOYEES , *HISTORY - Abstract
Focuses on the black, cast-metal bell in the National Museum of American History's 'On Time' exhibition in Washington, D.C. The bell which summoned workers to the Davis and Furber textile machine factory in North Andover, Massachusetts; Why the bell was needed; Women employees at mills as the first generation of an industrial working class in the U.S.; Factory-town culture; Working conditions at the mills.
- Published
- 2002