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Prairie du Chien Woolen Mill Company

Date: 1905
Description: Prairie du Chien Woolen Mill Company, established in 1890 by George Fairfield.
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Appleton Woolen Mills

Date: 1893
Description: View of the Appleton Woolen Mills from the south, circa 1895. The three-story building in the right front was constructed in 1893. The long, two-story bui...
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American Thread Company

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Description: Mill Number Two of the American Tread Company. The English Sewing Company purchased the Willimantic Linen Company England mills in 1898 and formed the Amer...
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Massachusetts Mill

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Description: An interior view of large machines in the card room of Massachusetts Mill, which produced 1/7 of all textiles in Georgia. Caption reads: "No. 2 Card Room, ...
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The Massachusetts Cotton Mill Buildings

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Description: A view of the Massachusetts Cotton Mill buildings, including the cloth room and the boiler rooms.
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Women in a Hosiery Factory

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Description: Young women pose in a hosiery factory where they are employed.
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Second Level Canal

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Description: Skinner's Satin Mills stands alongside the Second Level Canal. The mill was founded in 1848.
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William Skinner and Sons Silk Mill

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Description: The William Skinner and Sons Silk Mill, founded in 1848, stands along the left bank of a canal. A bridge crosses the water in the foreground.
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Industrial View

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Description: View across an open field looking toward Bald Mountain Furniture Company and Angle Silk Mills Plant.
Postcard

Upper Woolen Mill Dam

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Description: Postcard view of a dam with a mill behind it. Caption reads: "Upper Woolen Mill Dam, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin."
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Workers in a Textile Factory

Date: 1910
Description: View down aisle of two rows of women workers using looms in a textile factory. A few men stand in the aisle. In her journal from China, Carrie describes th...
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Woman and Man using Spinning Wheels

Date: 1910
Description: A woman and a man using spinning wheels in a textile factory. In her journal Carrie describes the conditions of these factories in China as crowded and wit...
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Woman Piling Tan Bark

Date: 1918
Description: A group of women employees of the N.R. Allen Tannery posing with a pile of tan bark.
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The Badger Woolen Mills

Date: 1914
Description: View toward the mills with a water tower on the right. Caption reads: "The Badger Woolen Mills, Grafton, Wis."
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Manufacturing District

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Description: View of factories along the Fox River. The building on the left has a sign painted on it that reads: "Valley Knitting Co." Caption reads: "Manufacturing Di...
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Jacquard Loom

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Description: Large machine indoors. Caption reads: "Hartford, Conn. Weaving carpet material in the Bigelow-Hartford mill on a Jacquard loom."

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