Chinese Workers from the Sampson Shoe Factory

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Title

Chinese Workers from the Sampson Shoe Factory

Subject

Chinese Workers; North Adams

Description

This is a staged photograph taken in 1877 of three of the Chinese workers brought in to break the strike at the Sampson Shoe Factory. Here, they appear in Western dress. They are tentatively identified as Charlie Sing (the overseer), Ah Dock, and Ah Ling.

Publisher

Ernest Hurd, photographer.

Date

1877

Rights

Used with permission from the North Adams Historical Society.

Type

Still image.