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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…
Silver Lake Creek Water Intake
Water intake on the Silver Lake Creek. Clark took this to show the debris that was in the creek. There is a lot of wood from structures washed up on the shore.
Silver Lake Outlet behind PKC
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…
Workers at the Perry Knitting Company
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.