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MSA SC 2397-1-10
CollectionSweatshop Photographic Collection
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"Typical Sweat Shop Building" 1903 Sectional View

The depth of the building is shown to be 103 ft (bottom left of drawing).

On the far left, the first section has two floors, the top being a 13 x 14 x 8 ft Locker Room and next to it an unlabelled room (shown with a man, a side table and a chair) with the measurements 12 x 11 x 7 ft. The bottom floor of the first section has a 23 x 13 x 9 ft. Russian Bath and to the right a 6.5 x 10 x 13 ft Russian Bath Pool. There is a smokestack on the far left of this section.

The middle section has four floors. On the top is the 34 x 13 x 8.5 ft. Sweat Shop . On the left of the next floor below is a 17 x 13 x 10 ft Living Room, and to the right of that is another living room, this one 16 x 13 x 10 ft. On the first floor is a 19 x 13 x 9 ft Bathroom, with four stalls, and to the right is a 14 x 15 x 10 ft. living room. The basement houses the 21 x 13 x 7 ft. x 8 in. Baker's Oven Room. A chimney rises from the oven, through the other three floors and out the top of the building.

The right section, the tallest of the three sections, but still having only four levels, houses a 25 x 18 x 9 ft Living Room at the top, a 24 x 18 x 10 ft living room on the second level, a 25 x 14 x 13 ft. Baker's Store on the first, street-side level and a 24 x 17.5 ft. x 6ft 4 in. Cellar Bakery. A chimney rises from the Cellar Bakery, the other three floors and out through the ceiling.

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