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Textiles

Actor portraying Isaac M. Singer demonstrating his first sewing machine to printer George Zieber
Actor portraying Isaac M. Singer demonstrating his first sewing machine to printer George Zieber

Actor portraying Isaac M. Singer demonstrating his first sewing machine to printer George Zieber, from The Singer Light, Special Issue,…

Actors portraying Isaac M. Singer and George Zieber examining a Lerow and Blodgett
Actors portraying Isaac M. Singer and George Zieber examining a Lerow and Blodgett

Actors portraying Isaac M. Singer and George Zieber examining a Lerow and Blodgett produced in Zieber and Orson Phelps’ Boston shop, from The Singer Light, Special Issue, 6.

Anni Albers, Eclat, 1974
Albers, Anni, Eclat, 1974

When Florence Knoll decided to design and produce textiles in-house through a new subsidiary, Knoll Textiles, she turned among others…

Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, 1909
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, 1909

1909 photograph by Lewis Hine of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company mills during the noon hour. The image shows male and…

Amoskeag Mills in Manchester, New Hampshire, 1937
Amoskeag Mills in Manchester, New Hampshire, 1937

1937 photograph of the Amoskeag Mills in Manchester, New Hampshire. During the nineteenth century, the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company had been…

Augsburger Kammgarnspinnerei (worsted yarn spinning mill), 1913
Augsburger Kammgarnspinnerei (worsted yarn spinning mill), 1913

The Berkshire Knitting Mills Complex, 1925
Berkshire Knitting Mills Complex, 1925

The Berkshire Knitting Mills complex, 1925

Festivities at Cone Mills, ca. 1925
Festivities at Cone Mills, ca. 1925

In addition to building on-site recreational facilities for his employees and their families, Moses Cone organized numerous festivities and social…

The Nine Karpen Brothers and the S. Karpen & Bros. Building
Karpen Brothers and the S. Karpen & Bros. Building

The nine Karpen brothers, their plant, and the S. Karpen & Bros. building, in American Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer, June…

The Nine Karpen Brothers on the Cover of the Company's 1885 Catalog
Karpen Brothers on the Cover of the Company's 1885 Catalog

Karpen furniture on exhibit at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893
Karpen furniture on exhibit at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893

Prize winning Karpen furniture on exhibit at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893. Illustration from The Furniture Manufacturer and…

Panoramic View of the “Weave Shed” at White Oak Mills, ca. 1941
Panoramic View of the “Weave Shed” at White Oak Mills, ca. 1941

Published in a book commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Cone Export and Commission Co., this interior shot of the “weave…

Postcard of Wayne Knitting Mills, 1918
Postcard of Wayne Knitting Mills, 1918

Postcard featuring an artist’s depiction of Wayne Knitting Mills. The factory was such a prominent feature of Fort Wayne that…

Proximity Mill, Original Building, n.d.
Proximity Mill, Original Building, n.d.

When Proximity Mills opened in 1895, it housed 7,600 spindles and 250 looms. According to historian Philip T. Noblitt, the…

Proximity Mills and Village, ca. 1925
Proximity Mills and Village, ca. 1925

This aerial shot of Proximity Mills and the adjoining workers’ village dates from about 1925. At that point, the mill…

Aerial View of Proximity Mills, ca. 1941
Proximity Mills, Aerial View, ca. 1941

This aerial view of Proximity, the Cone brothers’ first textile production plant, appeared in a publication commemorating the fiftieth anniversary…

S. Karpen & Bros. Tag
S. Karpen & Bros. Tag

A section of the Berkshire Mills looping department
Section of the Berkshire Mills looping department

Portrait Caricature of Theodore Thieme, 1926
Thieme, Theodore, Portrait Caricature, 1926

This gentle caricature was published in Bert J. Griswold, Builders of greater Fort Wayne: a collection of the men of…

Trade Card, Thieme Bros., 1895
Trade Card, Thieme Bros., 1895

Frederick Thieme, Sr., and his brother John advertised their tailoring company, Thieme Bros., by issuing trade cards during Fort Wayne’s…

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