All Park County Libraries will be closed Saturday, September 4, Sunday, September 5, and Monday, September 6 for the Labor Day holiday. Enjoy the weekend!
The image of miners with their children at a Labor Day celebration in Silverton, Colorado in 1942 comes from the American Memory Collection America from the Great Depression to WWII, which features the work of photographers from the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information.
Photo credit: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection, [reproduction number, e.g., LC-USF35-1326].
Other Labor Day links:
- History of Labor Day from the US Department of Labor
- Proclamation of the Eight-Hour Workday
- Meeteetse Labor Day Photos from the McCracken Collection
- Wyoming labor laws (Title 27, or search for labor)
- Wyoming Department of Employment




One Comment
Nice work. Great photo, useful links. Thanks for your labor.