Photographs of Anchor Laundry in Park Slope

The Photographs of Anchor Laundry in Park Slope consists of 10 black-and-white photographic prints showing exterior and interview views of Anchor Laundry that was located on Prospect Avenue in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, circa 1925. The collection includes group portraits of Anchor Laundry employees, as well as interior views showing employees while working. Views of the various floors of the factory are shown such as the the office, the washing and rinsing room, the washing and drying room, the ironing room, the packaging room, and the boiler room. The photographs includes handwritten notes on the verso that describe each photograph. The owners of Anchor Laundry, Frederick L. Rath, Sr. and John Sieman are identified in one of the group portraits. Several employees are also partially identified by either a first name or last name. The notes were written by Frederick L. Rath, Jr.