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Silver Lake Outlet Creek behind the Perry Knitting Co. on a snowy day. Discarded tire left in the creek. According to the annotation, 14 different mills utilized this stream at one point. The Perry Knitting Co. purchased the water rights to the…

A picture of an older man and woman in a sewing room of the Perry Knitting Co. The man holds a sign reading "Congratulations 33rd Anniversary" next to the woman, who is seated in front of a work desk covered in fabric scraps. Under her desk are many…

A two-story fly-over walkway bridges Water Street and connects Mill No. 1 and Mill No. 5. Annotations from the late 1940s or early '50s tell a story about the open door, seen to the left. At that door, factory 'seconds', or slightly defective…

Women are pictured walking home from work on Hope Street, with knitting mill buildings in background. Annotation indicates that Hope Street and Water Street were "busy places during the time of the Perry Knitting Co." Photo caption reads: "Mills of…

The Perry Knitting Co. used postcards like these to advertise for help wanted. The postcard shows working men and women outside the knitting mill. The card reads: "Mills 1, 4, & 5, the Perry Knitting Co., Perry, N.Y. Girls Wanted. Photo by Kenney."

Portion of Perry Knitting Mill left standing following a structure fire in the winter. Downed electric wires can be seen, as well as a water tower standing in the background of the picture.

A different print of the same cutting room at the Perry Knitting Co. Unknown whether this photo pre- or post- dates the image of the cutting room from 1910, but similar machinery and room structure can be seen in both photos. Again, about thirty men…

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.

Uppermost image shows the outside of the Perry Knitting Co., and groups of workers: men walk together, women walk in a procession carrying umbrellas. In the corner of the picture, there is part of a horse drawn carriage or buggy of sorts. Electrical…

Main Street before there was automobiles. <br /> A picture capturing Main Street of Perry lined with horse-and-buggies. On the right, a cluster of men in suits appear to be conversing. Shop fronts line the left side of the street.