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The Rice Collection annotation describes this scene as &quot;One of the supervisors showing the cotton knitting machine that was used to make the cloth for the Nitey Nite p.j.s.&quot;<br /> <br /> Cotton yarn in barrels suggest the scale of the company&#039;s operation. The…

Soda pops in hand, a group of students appear to be engrossed in some sort of game or attraction designed for them. As the Perry Herald explained, “Schools of the area have been invited to visit the plant in groups and the Perry schools have…

According to the Rice Collection annotation, we&#039;re looking at &quot;Children from school who had been invited to the Open House at the Perry Knitting Company in 1954.&quot; It appears that at least one of the adults listening may be a schoolteacher.<br /> <br /> This…

The Rice Collection annotation reads: &quot;Another part of the operation of the Nitey Nite line in the Mill, Open House, 1954.&quot;<br /> <br /> This date probably is wrong, since there is no mention of a PKC open house in the newspapers that year. On May 27, 1953 the…

The Rice Collection annotation reads: "Leah White looks over the flamingoes used to advertise the Nitey Nites in store windows. These flamingoes were being housed at the Mill in 1954." This date is probably in correct; although no such event was…

This photo contains the men and women of The Perry Knitting Mill.

A man faces the storm walking down the street in Perry, NY.

The front of the Perry Free Academy building.

The Clark Rice Photography Annotation states, &quot;Outlet under Main St., probably about 1910.&quot; This outlet is located on Main St. right next to The Perry Knitting Co.

The inside walls of the Perry Public Library