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| Date: | 07 22 1936 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of women workers measuring, cutting and sewing sections of canvas for binder back curtains, combine hoods and curtains, burlap bags,... |
| Date: | 12 24 1940 |
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| Description: | Lowell Frautschi displaying fabric samples to a couple sitting on living room furniture at Frautschi's, Incorporated, 219 King Street. |
| Date: | 03 28 1927 |
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| Description: | Kessenich's linen department. A clock is on the wall above the entrance, and a water fountain is on the wall on the left.. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Pepperell Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of sheets, including company town and surrounding countryside. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye V... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An interior view of a store with bolts and remnants of fabric for sale. |
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| Description: | Exterior of Mill Number Six. The English Sewing Company purchased the Willimantic Linen Company England mills in 1898 and formed the American Thread Compan... |
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| Description: | Women, men and children pose on the front porch of the main house. Men and women occupy the rocking chairs that are lined up on the left along the porch ra... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A man pulls fiber from the leaves of a manila plant in the Philippine Islands. Other men look on over his shoulder, and a dwelling or other structure is in... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Rows of shacks, possibly company housing, identical in style and size, including thatched roofing. The shacks are likely part of a henequen or sisal planta... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | A female technician is at a workbench testing dyes for nylon carpet. The woman is wearing a white lab coat and apron, and has a beehive or bouffant hairsty... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Workers in a carpet factory apply latex backing to hold yarn in place. The workers are standing on a slightly raised platorm, and the carpet is being fed v... |
| Date: | 01 1944 |
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| Description: | A group of men encircle a lightpost. A caption identifies them as "Hosiery Union housing project men's choral group." |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a man speaking at a podium and groups of people sitting at tables around the room. A banner suspended from a balcony reads: "Industrial Re... |
| Date: | 01 1951 |
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| Description: | Several men are seated at a table, some of them filling out forms. Others people are in the background. Caption reads: "U.S. delegates registering at ICFTU... |
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