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This print shows the Perry Knitting Company mill that was located in Fillmore. The picture was taken about 1950.<br />

Although the content of this letter is of historical interest--a letter to Hon. F. P. Stevens--it&#039;s included here for its somewhat idealized representation of the Perry Knitting Co.<br /> <br /> At the time company officers are: M.H. Olin, President; W.H.…

The four photographs here partially document a tense confrontation, during 1937, between the Perry Knitting Co. management and the Textile Workers Organizing Committee of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). Like any other factory, worker…

In this photograph we see groups of employees sitting together at tables that do not seem as segregated by gender and position at the mill. Men wearing ties sometimes sit with women who appear to work at sewing machines. Rice Collection annotation…

Women and men eating lunch at the Perry Knitting Company cafeteria, which was located on the second floor of the Main Office building. The photograph appears to have been taken in natural light, leading to some slight blurring of the people. The mill…

These machines were utilized to put the thread on bobbins at the Perry Knitting Company.<br />

From the annotated description: &quot;Print showing the Perry Knitting Mill that Clark notes as being Mill # 1, water powered, date taken unknown.&quot;<br /> <br /> The building in the background, Cataract Custom Mill, was located just downstream from Mill #1 and…

According to the Rice Collection annotation, this is &quot;Perry Knitting Mill from an early plate, 1880.&quot; That pre-dates the operation, but it does seem as though we&#039;re looking at the original Mill #1 building at an early date, prior to construction of…

The reverse side of this photograph is confusing: it says that it was &quot;taken before 1900,&quot; but also &quot;Mill No. V built in 1893.&quot; Since Mill #5 wasn&#039;t constructed until 1909, this can&#039;t be accurate. The photograph does appear to be quite hold, however,…

According to the Rice Collection annotation, this photograph was &quot;probably taken about 1920.&quot; This seems unlikely, given the configuration of brick buildings, wooden buildings, and a skyway visible at lower right. A more likely guess is that we&#039;re on…