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This is a short overview on the history of the Perry Knitting Company, during a period of rapid expansion between 1896 and 1916. There are three pages: 1) situating the mill alongside others of its time, like the Tempest Knitting Company and Robeson…

This is a newspaper clipping showcasing the Nitey-Nite sleepwear being shipped and word world-wide. This was a huge deal for the local company, Perry Knitting Co.

Working in the washing room of the Perry Knitting Company, probably about 1950.

Perry Knitting Company and the release time. This picture includes Water Street.

Seven workers in the Perry Knitting Company are taking a break. They are surrounded by packing supplies and they are using a Prosperity steam press.

An older woman is shown at work a one of the new seam-binding machines. On the wall behind her, we see what might be punch-in cards for the other workers.

A line of older-looking women work at their sewing machines in the sewing room of the PKC. They are surrounded by piles of fabric and the floor is littered with scraps. The women appear blurred in the photograph as a result of their rapid movement.

Perry Knitting Company and the women walking home from work.

From the Rice collection annotation: "Women working in the sewing section of the Perry Knitting Company. First woman in the picture is Janice Vosburg. Male supervisors walk around quality checking and checking quantities." This photograph almost…

Dozens of women create what are probably items of Nitey-Nite sleepwear at the Perry Knitting Co.