Elgin Watch Factory: A Worker's Life
2023-06-06 19:00:00
2023-06-06 20:00:00
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Elgin Watch Factory: A Worker's Life
Elgin historian Bill Briska and Museum Educator Rebecca Miller will take you back in time to an earlier Elgin where everyone walked to work, had lunch at noon, and enjoyed the same payday.
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Main Library - Elgin Room
Tuesday, June 06
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Main Library
Elgin RoomElgin historian Bill Briska and Museum Educator Rebecca Miller will take you back in time to an earlier Elgin where everyone walked to work, had lunch at noon, and enjoyed the same payday. Register
What was it like to work at the Elgin National Watch Company in Elgin? Factory life was very regimented and manufacturing watches was an exacting job.
Program provided in partnership with the Elgin History Museum.
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