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According to the Rice Collection annotation, this is a Philip Mayer photograph of the main street of Perry. This photograph was taken during the Christmas season during nightfall; holiday lights are strung over Main Street.

From across the Silver Lake Outlet this postcard shows several of PKC&#039;s structures in the early 1900s. At the front are Mills #1 and 2, with a smokestack to the left of them. A smokestack to the right marks the engine house for Mill #3.<br /> <br /> The…

Airbrushed Print of the holdings of the Perry Knitting Company. Taken from the air.

This program of events was given to the "Managers, Superintendents, Foremen, and Assistants of the Perry Knitting Company" attending its Second Annual Banquet. It's of historical interest because it shows the firm's organization and the men heading…

Newspaper article with the headline: &quot;Ray Traber Retires After 40 years at Knitting Co.&quot; According to the article, he was a local boy who began working at the mill in the finishing department in 1915, later transferring to the machine department…

Community visitors are offered a variety of soft drinks at an open house held on May 21, 1953. “While the project is designed to acquaint people generally with operations of the company," a preview stated, "it will also demonstrate the potential job…

According to the annotated list, this photograph was taken after the last major fire at the PKC site. We&#039;re probably looking at Mill #4, located at Walnut and Water Streets.

Image of an updated sewing room at the PKC, outfitted with new overhead lights, likely to replace the natural light from windows. Middle table might also have new conveyor belt technology. A worker&#039;s purse/toolbox can be seen on the front left sewing…

This is an interior shot of the Royce and Wright Department store in Perry, NY. The store was located in the Bussey Block, at the corner of Borden Avenue and Main Street. It was in business between 1911 and 1949, when it became the Rockwell-Perry…

From a hand-typed label on the back of photograph: &quot;View from Walnut St. bridge from intersection Hope &amp; Water Sts. Shows rubble from demolition Perry Knitting Mills #s 1 &amp; 2. Remains power plant left foreground adjoins site of chimney demolished…