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

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.

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."

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.

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.…

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.

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

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…

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

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…