Actor portraying Isaac M. Singer demonstrating his first sewing machine to printer George ZieberActor 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 BlodgettActors 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.
Albers, Anni, Eclat, 1974When Florence Knoll decided to design and produce textiles in-house through a new subsidiary, Knoll Textiles, she turned among others…
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, 19091909 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, 19371937 photograph of the Amoskeag Mills in Manchester, New Hampshire. During the nineteenth century, the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company had been…
Festivities at Cone Mills, ca. 1925In addition to building on-site recreational facilities for his employees and their families, Moses Cone organized numerous festivities and social…
Karpen Brothers and the S. Karpen & Bros. BuildingThe nine Karpen brothers, their plant, and the S. Karpen & Bros. building, in American Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer, June…
Karpen furniture on exhibit at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893Prize 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. 1941Published in a book commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Cone Export and Commission Co., this interior shot of the “weave…
Postcard of Wayne Knitting Mills, 1918Postcard 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.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. 1925This aerial shot of Proximity Mills and the adjoining workers’ village dates from about 1925. At that point, the mill…
Proximity Mills, Aerial View, ca. 1941This aerial view of Proximity, the Cone brothers’ first textile production plant, appeared in a publication commemorating the fiftieth anniversary…
Thieme, Theodore, Portrait Caricature, 1926This gentle caricature was published in Bert J. Griswold, Builders of greater Fort Wayne: a collection of the men of…
Trade Card, Thieme Bros., 1895Frederick Thieme, Sr., and his brother John advertised their tailoring company, Thieme Bros., by issuing trade cards during Fort Wayne’s…