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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.

In one of the most famous photographs of the 1930s, White appears to juxtapose a Great Depression unemployment line with the collective dream of an American Way. But her image actually was taken in Louisville, Kentucky after a flood of the Ohio…

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.

Across a field we see two small buildings next to a larger one mostly obscurred by trees at left. Given their size and delapidation, it can be inferred that the lives within the homes are humble ones—perhaps agricultural workers, given the pile of…

Judging from the brushstrokes, we appear to be located at a river's bend, our view of the sky obstructed by trees but inferable by a play of light in the water. With the exception of two sharply defined tree trunks, most of Gordon's painting…

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.