Factory Processor’s Apron
date: label: date made
content: 2007
label: used
content: 2007
name: label: used
content: McFarland, Thelma
notes: label: Description
content: This vinyl bib apron was worn by fish processor Thelma McFarland over her coveralls and rain pants during her work shifts aboard the factory trawler <I>Alaska Ocean</I> in the summer of 2007. Processors like McFarland stand at long tables or conveyor belts and encounter considerable water and fish parts as they work. Processors typically wear aprons of one sort of another for protection.
label: Description
content: Although the on-board laundry crew takes care of cleaning workers’ coveralls, rain pants, gloves, and plastic sleeves, each worker is responsible for cleaning his or her apron. McFarland, who is about 5 feet tall, adjusted her apron to suit her small frame by cutting off the lower portion. She also personalized it by writing her name in permanent marker across the bib.
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Alaska
label: Associated Place
content: North Pacific
label: Associated Place
content: Bering Sea
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Pacific Coast
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: Fishing
label: related event
content: Contemporary United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Natural Resources
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content: On the Water exhibit
label: Exhibition
content: On the Water
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: National Museum of American History. On the Water exhibition website
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Alaska Ocean thru Jeff Hendricks
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0178.18
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0178.18
label: accession number
content: 2007.0178
objectType: label: Object Name
content: apron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: vinyl (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 in x 26 in x 1/4 in; 40.64 cm x 66.04 cm x .635 cm