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Cotton Spindles at Perry Knitting Co. Open House
What appears to be a mill worker poses with a woman wearing a name tag and corsage. Given other photos in this sequence she may be a teacher at Perry Central School, who were given special tours along with the children. <br />
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Cotton Spinning Mills, 1880-1926
Two maps from an historical atlas show the rise of a southern textile industry, especially during the early 20th century. By 1926, the long-dominant New England region of textile manufactures was about even with the south; in another twenty years it…
Cutters of the P.K. Co.
This striking photograph captures a moment in time when cutting textile patterns was in transformation from a skilled to a semi-skilled operation. Given all of machinery at the Perry Knitting Co., perhaps there's a statement being made via the pile…
Cutting Room at Perry Knitting Co.
Roughly thirty people, men and women, pictured by machinery in the cutting room. There are piles of white fabric and some sort of pulley apparatus on the ceiling. Storage shelves in the back of the picture are also filled with bolts of fabric.
Diagram of Perry Knitting Co.
An apparent copy of an extremely detailed map for the purposes of fire insurance, this diagram contains several important kinds of information. It supplies us with the names of different buildings, and the date they were constructed. It tells us…
Draft Board Letter, 1918
This appears to be a notarized copy of a letter by Perry Knitting Co. President George M. Trabor,Sr. on behalf of an employee named Albert Torrey. Torrey is identified as the chief engineer and electrician of the plant, and Trabor is arguing for a…
Drawing from Van Vorst's article "The Woman that Toils"
Drawing of two women and a chaise titled "after Saturday night's shopping"
Dying or Washing Room
Two men are standing at the dying/washing station at the Perry Knitting Company. Steam was the main source of power. The Perry Knitting Company used 130,000 gallons of filtered water daily to wash a dye clothes.
Early Picture of the Cutting Room
Interior of the Perry Knitting Co., likely the cutting room. Mostly men are standing before the machines, which have knitted rolls wound into them. The two men in front have their attached shears raised, ready to cut the fabric. Additional knitted…
Early Picture of the Perry Knitting Company
Another early print of the Perry Knitting Company. The card says, "I will send you a card" in the top corner. On the bottom is says, "Where's H-E-L-E-N? Perry Knitting Company."