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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.…

An image of machinery at the factory including wheels and pulleys and pipes.

Perry Knitting Company and the release time. This picture includes Water Street.

Perry Knitting Company and the women walking home from work.

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.

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…