When personal cameras entered the factories
Men worked in the metal company Macosa in Poblenou, but there were also female workers, in particular in the administration and cleaning sector, a fact largely unknown by the company. The research in the archives has revealed the more invisible aspects of work from a feminine perspective with the photos that the workers themselves have given to the Municipal Archive of the Sant Martí District.
The photographs forming part of the Elionor Serra personal collection, an old employee of Fabra i Coats in Sant Andreu, shows the everyday aspects of in the factory, such as the workers’ breaks, taking the children to the ‘Casa-Cuna’ or the football team’s matches on the Can Fabra field. These are images taken during the 1950s by people from the factory.
Reunión de las trabajadoras del Departamento de Administración de la factoría de Macosa en Barcelona durante la firma de la rescisión voluntaria de contratos por acogimiento a un ERE de varias compañeras de oficinas, autor desconocido. Fondo Macosa. AMDSM.
Elionor Serra (second on the right) with her companions from Fabra i Coats, author unknown, 1952. Elionor Serra Collection. AMDSA.
Elionor Serra with her son Albert at the ‘Casa-Cuna’ at Fabra i Coats, author unknown, 1956. Elionor Serra Collection. AMDSA.
Canteens at Macosa, author unknown. Maleta Macosa Collection. AMDSM.
Margarita Montaner Rodríguez in the Administration Management Department of the Macosa factory in Barcelona, author unknown, 1978. Macosa Collection. AMDSM.
Meeting of workers in the Administration department at the Macosa factory in Barcelona during the signing of the voluntary termination of contracts to adhere to a workforce adaptation plan of various office-based companies, author unknown. Macosa Collection. AMDSM.