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Model showing the good parts of the Nite-Nites made by the Perry Knitting Company. Ten ways the sleepers are better.

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:…

Photographic reproduction of a postcard showing PKC from the Walnut St. bridge. At right we see Mill #1, and to its left the power plant and smokestack. At left we see what is probably Mill #4 (built in 1900), before an additional Mill #5 was…

Two men are bringing the balled cotton into the Perry Knitting Company. One drives the forklift and one guides him.

Samuel Ferrara, Leslie Fenn, Russell Shaughnessy, and Robert Courch pose for a photo at the Perry Knitting Company. A picture of the Mill hangs on the wall behind them. All have "suggested changes in production control and materials handling and have…

Interior view of the spinning room at the Perry Knitting Company. These machines spool the fabric that workers use to sew.

Print of the Perry Knitting Company with the earlier power house from the Walnut Street Bridge. Power houses were later shut down when the company started buying electricity.

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.…

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.

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."