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United Way meeting at the Perry Knitting Company.
As partially identified on the photograph, we have in the back row: Julian Hanley (Wyoming Co. district attorney), Russ Clark (real estate broker), Joe Liberti (Perry Chamber of Commerce), Leon Patrick (?), unidentifed, Russ Watson, unidentified.…
Women working in the sewing room
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.
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."
Sewing Room at the PKC
Huge sewing room outfitted with three rows of at least ten long work desks. Each "work desk" has a sewing machine at each end, bobbins of thread, a chair for the worker to sit on, and a pile of raw fabric in the center.
Perry Knitting Mill in the weaving cloth section, taken on January 17, 1969.
An image of machinery at the factory including wheels and pulleys and pipes.
Workers Being Released
Perry Knitting Company and the release time. This picture includes Water Street.
Women Walking Home From Work
Perry Knitting Company and the women walking home from work.
Mills No's: 1,4,5- Perry Knitting Company
Perry Knitting Company before the fly over was enclosed and the Walnut Street Bridge changed. The Walnut Street Bridge in the back of the picture was later resurfaced and rebuilt.
Ray Traber Retirement Article
Newspaper article with the headline: "Ray Traber Retires After 40 years at Knitting Co." 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…
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…