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New Archway Cookie Factory building, probably about 1955. A color photo shows the white single-story building with a few cars parked outside. A truck—cut off in the photo—has an ‘archway’ logo on it.

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…

Parade of the churches in Perry, probably about 1911. Subscript: St. Stanislaus. A procession of men and women clad in church and band uniforms. There’s a banner depicting religious iconography near the front, and behind it there’s a band. The…

Airbrushed Print of the holdings of the Perry Knitting Company. Taken from the air.

Three women shown working at typing machines in PKC office. From left, they are identified as: Ms. MacQuarrie, Pearl Siembida, and Lois Adrian. Their attire is more formal than that of the working women in the mill.

According to the "Perry Knitting Company News," an recurring feature in the Perry Herald, this is Stanley "Steve" Slusarczyk, a foreman in the yarn mill. At the time of this photograph he had worked at the company 48 years (Perry Herald 31 Mar. 1955:…

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.

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.

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…

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…