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Black and white copy of an image from a postcard. Despite the fact that the image on the postcard is labeled "Windham Mfg. Co., Willimantic, Conn.," the image is of buildings that belonged to the American Thread Company in Willimantic. As picture postcards generally were not published before 1900, and that several of the buildings shown in this image were demolished to make way for ATCO's Concrete Warehouse, which was built in 1916, the assumption is that this postcard was published c. 1905, seven years after the American Thread Company acquired the Willimantic Linen Company. The buildings in the foreground, including the Spool Shop with the bell tower, were erected in the 1820s as part of the Jillson Mill, acquired by the WLC in 1854. The buildings in the background were constructed by the WLC in the 1850s and 1860s. The photo shows a great deal of erosion of the riverbanks. Unknown photographer. Unknown publisher. -
Photograph of Recreation Park in Willimantic, CT. Taken near the entrance on Main Street, looking east. The raceway is just off camera to the right. The American Thread Company's Mill Number 3 is in the right background, behind trees. The Main Street fence is on the left, with the stone gate visible. Factory Street is visible in the cneter, lined with elm trees. Mill Number 3 was constructed in 1845 as the Welles Mill and demolished by ATCO in 1926. The Willimantic Fairgrounds was established by the Willimantic Linen Company (ATCO's predecessor) in 1893. ATCO converted the Fairgrounds into Recreation Park in 1913 and deeded it to the City of Willimantic and Town of Windham. This photo was taken between 1913 and 1926. Photographer unknown. Black and white gelatin emulsion print, pasted onto a gray cardboard matte. -
Photographer's contact sheet containing twelve photographic images of industrial workers at the William Brand Company in Willimantic, CT, c. 1955. The workers are processing taping. Black and white gelatin prints. Unknown photographer. -
Photograph of unidentified worker in print shop, American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT, 1957. -
Photograph of workers filling boxes in the Packaging Department of the American Thread Company in Willimantic, CT, c. 1957. From left: Thomas Matassa, Antoinette Macoin, and Emily Fisher. Black and white gelatin print, Hugelmeyer Studio, New York, NY. -
Photograph of two textile mill workers boxing pre-wound sewing machine bobbins in the Packaging Department of the American Thread Company in Willimantic, CT. The worker in the foreground is Anita Biron Farrell. The other is unknown. Black and white gelatin print. Hugelmeyer Studios, New York, NY. Circa 1957. According to Farrell in an oral history interview, she was 18 years old and had just gotten married. This was her first job after graduating from high school. When she spoke with us in 2008, she insisted that she and the other women workers at ATC always dressed up for work and wore makeup, regardless of their jobs. -
Photograph of Miss Gertrude Crane, stenographer, at Willimantic Linen Company or American Thread Company office in Willimantic, CT, c. 1892-1904. Albumen print pasted onto cardboard. Unknown photographer. Crane appears in the 1892 and 1893 Willimantic Directories as an employee of the Willimantic Linen Company and a boarder at 230 Church Street in Willimantic, in the 1895 and 1896 Directories as an employee of the WLC and a boarder at 209 North Street in Willimantic, in the 1897 and 1898 Directories as an employee of the WLC and a resident of Mansfield, CT, and in the 1899-1904 Directories as an employee of ATC and a resident of Mansfield. WLC became ATC in 1898. At least one of the cards on her desk is a trade card. There is a clock on one wall, and perhaps a telephone receiver on another. -
Aerial photograph of Electro Motive plant on Bridge Street in Willimantic, CT. (Electro Motive had two Willimantic plants, one on South Park Street and the other on Bridge Street. It built neither of them, but rather purchased former textile mills. The Bridge Street mill was first constructed in the 1820s as the Windham Cotton Manufacturing Company. It later became the Quidnick Company, still a cotton mill. Electro Motive acquired the plant after Quidnick closed.) Black and white. White cardboard matte. Printed on matte: "Air Photos Associates, Hartford, Connecticut." Stamped on back: "Air Photos Associates, Tel. _________ Neg. No. 653-A6, Credit Line Requested." Photo includes surrounding neighborhood, looking south. Photo c. 1940-50. Photo 13.5" wide by 10.75" high, without matte. The donor's father, Joseph Cichon, worked for Electro Motive, although at the South Park Street plant. Electro Motive was part of Willimantic's World War II and post-World War II economic boom, which lasted from c. 1940 to c. 1965. -
Photograph of industrial workers rewinding cable, William Brand Company, Willimantic, CT, 1949. Unknown photographer. -
Photograph of an unidentified worker, probably at the American Thread Company in Willimantic, CT, operating a blower, a machine designed to separate raw cotton fibers from other, heavier objects that may have gotten mixed in with them. Early 20th century. Black and white gelatin print. -
Copy of a photograph of the workforce at the Hop River Mill, a small cotton mill in Columbia, CT, 1879. This is an exhibit-quality image mounted on thick cardboard and was probably part of an exhibit at the Mill Museum in the early 1990s. The Museum has no information about the original photograph. -
Photograph of weavers and other textile mill workers in a weave room in a textile mill, c. 1890. Looms shown. Location unknown. -
Photograph of Jean Perry, a textile mill worker at the American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT, c. 1957. Black and white gelatin print. Hugelmeyer Studio, New York, NY. She appears to be using a thread winder. -
Photograph of unidentified textile mill worker processing sliver at the American Thread Company in Willimantic, CT, c. 1957. Black and white gelatin print. Hugelmeyer Studio, New York, NY. -
Photograph of textile mill worker Fred Setterberg processing sliver, American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT. Circa 1957. Black and white gelatin print. -
Photograph of unidentified textile mill worker, American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT, 1943. Black and white gelatin print. Unknown photographer. The worker is operating a spinning frame. This photograph, along with several others taken at the same time, is part of a pair: one photo shows the worker exercising proper safety protocols, while the other shows the same worker doing the same task, but without using the proper safety protocols. This photograph shows the worker doing the right thing: using a tool to clean the machine. -
Photograph of unidentified textile mill worker, American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT, 1943. Black and white gelatin print. Unknown photographer. The worker is using a grinder in the mill's machine shop. This photograph, along with several others taken at the same time, is part of a pair: one photo shows the worker exercising proper safety protocols, while the other shows the same worker doing the same task, but without using the proper safety protocols. This photograph shows the worker doing the right thing: wearing his safety goggles. -
Photograph of unidentified textile mill worker, American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT, 1943. Black and white gelatin print. Unknown photographer. The worker is using a grinder in the mill's machine shop. This photograph, along with several others taken at the same time, is part of a pair: one photo shows the worker exercising proper safety protocols, while the other shows the same worker doing the same task, but without using the proper safety protocols. This photograph shows the worker doing the wrong thing: not wearing his safety goggles. -
Photograph of textile mill worker Irene Monroe operating a thread winder, American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT, c. 1940s. Black and white gelatin print. Unknown photographer. Monroe was born in 1919, the daughter of a blacksmith. She worked at the American Thread Company for 30 years, mostly in the finishing department in Mill Number Six. She appears to be demonstrating the machine at a trade show. -
Photograph of unidentified textile mill worker, American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT, 1943. Black and white gelatin print. Unknown photographer. The worker is reaching into a carding machine. This photograph, along with several others taken at the same time, is part of a pair: one photo shows the worker exercising proper safety protocols, while the other shows the same worker doing the same task, but without using the proper safety protocols. This photograph shows the worker doing the wrong thing: reaching into the machine. -
Photograph of a textile mill worker and nurse at the American Thread Company's infirmary in Willimantic, CT, c. 1957. Black and white gelatin print. Hugelmeyer studio, New York, NY. -
Photograph of industrial workers spark testing at the Brand-Rex Company in Willimantic, CT, c. 1960. Color print. Dineen Studio, Willimantic, CT. -
Photograph of industrial worker Ephram Aubin, William Brand Company, Willimantic, CT, 1949. Mixing plastic for cables. Unknown photographer. -
Photograph of worker Norbert Aubin spark testing at the William Brand Company's North Street factory, Willimantic, CT, c. 1955-60. Black and white print. Unknown photographer. -
Photograph of unknown worker operating a twister machine, twisting strands to make cable. William Brand Company, Willimantic, CT, c. 1960. Black and white gelatin print. John Keller Photography Studio, New York, NY.