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Sewing Room Employees - 1904
American Woolen Company
Sewing Room Employees.
Starting with first row.
Margaret Keegan, Nellie McHan, Mame Kelly, Lizzie McHass, Cecelia O'Toole, Meg Scully, Net Binns?, Kate Sweeney, Sadie McGarrey, Frank Moynihan, Connie Desmond, Mary Callahan, Nellie Crotty,…
Starting with first row.
Margaret Keegan, Nellie McHan, Mame Kelly, Lizzie McHass, Cecelia O'Toole, Meg Scully, Net Binns?, Kate Sweeney, Sadie McGarrey, Frank Moynihan, Connie Desmond, Mary Callahan, Nellie Crotty,…
Dry Finishing Office Employees
Photo of Office Employees Dry Finishing Department.
Left to Right
Thomas Quirk, ____,_____,____, Tom Deane
Left to Right
Thomas Quirk, ____,_____,____, Tom Deane
Assabet Mills - ca 1930
American Woolen Company
Series of external views of the mill c.1930. One photo shows unloading of wool into the building.
Assabet Mills Photos - 1931
Series of external views of the mill buildings taken July 18, 1931and November 22,1931. Some photos indicate year the building was added.
American Woolen Company and Express Employees with Shipment of Cloth 1920.
Woolen cloth being shipped by express from the Assabet Mills in 1920. The mill workers were able to load 347 pieces of wrapped wool onto the train car in 5 and 1/2 minutes.
From Left to Right 1.___, 2. Florian Konowicz, 3. Harley O'Brien, 4. John…
From Left to Right 1.___, 2. Florian Konowicz, 3. Harley O'Brien, 4. John…
Flood of March 1936 - Mill Views
The winter of 1936's large snowfall amounts was followed by heavy spring rains resulting in the worst flooding since 1850. In one day after 6 inches of rainfall the water was within a foot of it's bank by the mill buildings. Photo of mill number 6.
Boiler Room Employees - 1905
Coal was the main source of power for the mill complex in the early 1900s. The coal was brought to the mill by train and was unloaded and shoveled into the boilers by these workers.
Dressing and Slasher Room Assabet Mills Employees - 1905
Taken at the coal pile on Walnut Street before the installation of oil. The men in the picture are the second hands and employees of both departments which were under one head.
Assabet Mill Office Employees - 1922
Group portrait of Assabet Mill (American Woolen Company) Office Employees.
l to r
Front: Mae Donahue, Dorothy Sheridan, Mildred Randall, Sadie Mallinson, Dorothy Wilder, Eva Tucker, Margaret McCormack, Mary Darcy, Gertrude…
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Front: Mae Donahue, Dorothy Sheridan, Mildred Randall, Sadie Mallinson, Dorothy Wilder, Eva Tucker, Margaret McCormack, Mary Darcy, Gertrude…
International Correspondence School Courses Relating to the Woolen Industry
Thirteen booklets containing explanations, practice calculations and examinations questions on topics that involve the processing of raw wool to a finish fabric.
The photo is a sample cover of the courses. This Ply Weave course comes complete with…
The photo is a sample cover of the courses. This Ply Weave course comes complete with…
Calculations in Yarns and Fabrics - 1900
by Fred Bradbury
A textbook like treatise on the the woolen business including all types of calculations in the processing of wool. The book was published in England for the English woolen industry. The back of the book has may ads, see sample page.
Cloth from Assabet Mills - 1916
Load of Cloth from Assabet Mills at the Express Office on Main Street, 1916. From Left to Right Arthur Jordan, Richard Parmenter at rear of truck, Joe Fitzpatrick, Arley Lawrence at side, William Nelson, driver.
Mill Workers - ca 1925
Photograph of Mill Workers. A few have been identified.
Four standing in the back, first on left is John McCormick, other three unidentified. Directly in front of McCormick is Joe Chidley (five buttoned sweater). Two to the left of Chidley is…
Four standing in the back, first on left is John McCormick, other three unidentified. Directly in front of McCormick is Joe Chidley (five buttoned sweater). Two to the left of Chidley is…
52nd Annual Report of American Woolen Company - December 31,1950.
The 52th Annual Report of the American Woolen Company from December 31, 1950. The Report includes a notice to the stockholders, history of the wool industry in America for the last 52 years, description of the differing types of wool, the process of…
48th Annual Report of American Woolen Company - December 31,1946
The 48th Annual Report of the American Woolen Company from December 31, 1948. The Report includes a notice to the stockholders, history of the wool industry in America for the last 48 years, description of the differing types of wool, the process of…
39th Annual Report of American Woolen Company - December 31,1937
The 39th Annual Report of the American Woolen Company from December 31, 1937. The Report includes a notice to the stockholders, history of the wool industry in America for the last 39 years, description of the differing types of wool, the process of…