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Duke
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And yet the company themselves say
“When Levi Strauss & Co. began manufacturing the world’s first blue jeans, the company’s celebrated copper riveted clothing was such a hit that demand for female operators to sew the garments exploded. They needed sewing machine operators, which they advertised for in local newspaper the San Francisco Chronicle: Wanted—Fifty First-Class Female sewing machine operators, who can bring their own machines with them; either Singer’s No. 2 or Grover & Baker’s No. 1, for sewing heavy work. Steady and remunerative employment, at 415 Market Street, upstairs. — July 19, 1873. Noted one 1898 flyer, “Our goods are turned out in our own factory where we employ over 700 girls.” |
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Duke
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There’s very little mention of Chinese labour - and in any event Chinese U.S. population at that time amounted to around 100k which was nearly entirely male
Something doesn’t stack up |
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Foxy
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Not sure why the pics are further compressed and displayed that small - please go to original folder. They are towards the end. The sequence of the pages got mixed up during uploading, just check the page numbers. http://s1176.photobucket.com/user/KPFoxy/library/Books%20and%20Magazines |
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It’s one of the problems you run into, when company people, write a book about company history More often than not, it’s spun in favor of the company. |
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Foxy
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I used to work for a German menswear manufacturer originating in manufacturing uniforms and a not so pleasant chapter of forced labor in the company’s history - they didn’t like to talk about it...
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Duke
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Fairly reliable data says, at that time, the Chinese female population was around 7% of the total Chinese population - that’s only 7000 women/girls in the whole of the U.S. (albeit the majority were centred in California or New York)
I have serious doubts that many industries used large percentages of female Chinese labour.
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Duke
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Also I don’t know where your 30 women and half a million garments annually comes from (I agree it’s not possible)
But if the 700 girls were true, working around a 60h week (typical for the time) then you have a 42000h week which is easily 20000 garments - more than 1 million/year
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Duke
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What is it you want to achieve from this thread? To somehow prove Levi’s (especially) and other businesses used ‘slave’ labour? ... and for that you’ll need a bigger internet
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Sansome
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Your doubts, at least in San Francisco, would be confirmed in this report. If this report is anything to go by. (And I think it is) The Chinese women/girls were property. When I can tear myself away, from a 10 girl birthday/ sleepover, I’ll answer your other 2 posts I was pleasantly surprised when the girls sang happy birthday, in both English and French |
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The 700 women at the Fremont street factory is true, but that was in the late 1890’s. When the factory first started up, sometime in 1887, it was something like 400 women The figures I gave, came from a 1877 report, this is where the 180 Chinese figure came from. I’m sure we have the Number of people working at the New York factory ( but I don’t have those numbers in front of me) |
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