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Building of the Perry Knitting Company Outlet
Building of the Perry Knitting Company Outlet Store on North Center Street.
Building of the Perry Knitting Company Outlet
Photograph shows early construction of what became known as the Bob Brooks Building, who was a Perry contractor. On the Brigham farm, strip mall development in the 1950s transformed North Center St. The Perry Knitting Co. rented the building starting…
Building of the Perry Knitting Company Outlet Store
Man building Perry Knitting Company Outlet Store on North Center Street
Building Repairs on Main St
The Clark Rice Photography Annotation states, "Repairs being made on Main Street, probably about 1970, taken by Clark." Three men look to be repairing the windows and exterior of a brick building on Main Street.
Catalog from Perry Knitting Company.
An advertisement for toddlers switch about featuring different prints and designs. Designs include rocket ships and cupid's bow. It never stretches and is easy to put on. Pajamas also come in different colors.
Catalog from Perry Knitting Company.
Advertisement for different prints for pajamas. There are about a dozen fresh new designs to choose from that suit every age.
CIO Broadside
Probably circulated during an unsuccessful unionizing drive at the Perry Knitting Co. in 1937, this flyer is addressed not only to employees but the larger Perry community. The Textile Workers Organizing Committee ask, rhetorically, why the Perry…
CIO Handbill
This single-side document probably dates to a 1937 effort to unionize the Perry Knitting Co. employees. The Textile Workers Organizing Committee met considerable resistance from company management and some employees, who staged a "Loyalty Parade"…
Cotton day laborers
The full title of this photograph is "Day laborers carrying sack of cotton from field to cotton house to be weighed, Marcella Plantation, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi." It was taken by a photographer hired by the Farm Security Administration during…
Cotton Knitting Machine at Perry Knitting Co. Open House
The Rice Collection annotation describes this scene as "One of the supervisors showing the cotton knitting machine that was used to make the cloth for the Nitey Nite p.j.s."<br />
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Cotton yarn in barrels suggest the scale of the company's operation. The…