AmeriBag - Broadway and Pine Grove Ave.
Margery Brody discusses the progression of different locations
for AmeriBag and manufacturing in the 1990s.
F. Jacobson & Sons - 77 Cornell St.
John Peters discusses being credited with the creation of the 'man-bag'
and his pride for his daughter circa 1980s.
Grand and Broadway
Anthony Perpetua shares a time when the union came in and had
meetings to decide whether and how to keep his Glasco shop open circa 1965.
Kingston Knitting Mills - Cornell and TenBroeck Streets
Laura Harris at her sewing machine in 1952; she was the first African
American woman to work at Kingston Knitting Mills.
F. Jacobson & Sons - 77 Cornell St.
Mary Berardi describes her work as a presser at F. Jacobson & Sons
circa 1920 and how she made more money than her husband.
Kingston Knitting Mills - Cornell and TenBroeck Streets
Robert E. Davis discusses an employee's effort to unionize the shop
in the late 1960s and early 70s.
Wonderly Co. - 25 Cornell St.
Eva Cruz discusses how she moved from her position as a cutter to a stitcher at
Wonderly Co., where she started working in the 1990s.
Pine Grove Ave.
Mary Tuma describes her mother balancing work at the sewing shops
and work at home in the 1950s.
Sewing at Home
Elena Valencia talks about why she wanted to learn to sew
after moving to Kingston in 2019.
Kingston Knitting Mills - Cornell and TenBroeck Streets
Halina Szczawinsky and Marianna Crans (her daughter) discuss working on
Jacquard knitting machines in the Kingston Knitting Mills in the 1960s.
Baltz Pajamas - 49 Greenkill Ave.
Mike Carpino describes his job in the cutting room at Baltz Pajamas circa 1960.
