Bohemian cigarmakers at work in their tenement – Antique Wall Art
![Bohemian cigarmakers at work in their tenement, [ca. 1889] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d7/d7009d378733-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Bohemian cigarmakers at work in their tenement comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Bohemian cigarmakers at work in their tenement
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Cigarmaking was one of the trades that moved from factories into city apartments in the 1880s, and this scene shows Bohemian workers doing it at home in a tenement. Bohemian immigrants, many from present-day Czech lands, made up a large share of the cigar trade in American cities, and families often rolled and bunched tobacco together in cramped rooms that doubled as kitchens and bedrooms. The date of about 1889 comes from an older caption card that has not been independently verified, so it is best read as a typical example of tenement piecework from that decade. Work of this kind often spread into every corner of the household, from the kitchen table to the bed frames.
| Created / published | [ca. 1889] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,222 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111511 |
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