Apr
22

Today in Smithsonian History: April 22, 1998

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April 22, 1998  “Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A Dialogue on American Sweatshops, 1820 – Present” opens at the National Museum of American History. The exhibition looks at the history and origins of sweatshops, the effects of immigrants as workers and owners, and international competition and technological innovation.

Workers in a sweatshop in Ludlow Street Tenement, New York City, 1889. (Photo by Jacob Riis via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division)

Workers in a sweatshop in Ludlow Street Tenement, New York City, 1889. (Photo by Jacob Riis via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division)

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