Asam Basket Factory staff, Thessalon, 1935

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Photographs

Description

This is a black and white photo that appears to be a reproduction from an earlier print. There are sixteen people in the photo, three of them women. Five of the men are crouched down in front of the other eight men and three women.

The group is pictured in front of a wooden building with a smaller wooden structure in the left background.

Notes

Kneeling. L.to R. Clifford Boyer, Ed Lewis, Sam Lawrence, Shannon Asam, Louis McLeod.

Middle Row: Bill Coyne, Paul Asam, Eager Boyer, Archie Clinton, Mrs. Harvey Lewis, Aileen Gagnon, Azelda Dunn.

Back Row: L. Purdy, George Barker, Jim Loughleen, Max McDermid.

The factory employed about 18 people when it opened and the factory produced various baskets and crates. This was done on a piece work basis, with an average worker turning out 500 items per day. In the 1920s lathe operators were paid $5.00/shift while general labour was paid between $3.00 and $4.00/shift.

Additional Note: J.E. MacDonald, local historian, notes that the Basket factory closed in 1934 (This Point of Land, p.67). This photo however, was labelled 1935.

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