Photographs
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Photograph of Dye Master Victor Turcotte operating a pressure dye vat, American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT, c. 1957. Black and white gelatin print. Hugelmeyer Studio, New York, NY. Pressure dye vats, a 20th-century invention, allowed mills to dye thread already wound onto special steel spools. Leftover dye was dumped into the Willimantic River. -
Photograph of Alice LaFerriere, a comber tender at her machine at the American Thread Company in Willimantic, CT, c. 1957. She had held the job for more than two years. Black and white gelatin print. Unknown photographer. -
Photograph of Alice LaFerriere, a comber tender at her machine at the American Thread Company in Willimantic, CT, c. 1957. She had held the job for more than two years. Black and white gelatin print. Unknown photographer. -
Photograph of Ignacy Pekarski, either a picking machine operator or a carding machine operator, carrying a roll of lap from a picking machine to to a carding machine, American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT, c. 1957. Picking machines removed unwanted materials from raw cotton and transformed it into rolled up sheets called lap. which could then be fed into carding machine. The rolls of lap were very heavy and most picker operators were strong men. Black and white gelatin print. Unknown photographer. -
Photograph of unidentified worker operating a cable winding machine at the Brand-Rex Company (formerly called the William Brand Company), Willimantic, CT, 1971. Kodak color print. Unknown photographer. -
Photograph of George Washington Snow, landlord of the Elms boarding house (owned by the American Thread Company) sitting in a chair in the Elm's parlor, Willimantic, CT, c. 1910-18. Black and white gelatin print pasted onto cardboard. Photo by William E. Weber, a commercial photographer. George W. Snow was married to Julia Lamb Snow, who was the Elms's matron. George W. Snow is listed as a resident of the Elms in the 1910-18 Willimantic Directories. He may have been a retired carriage maker. William E. Weber is listed in the 1910-18 Willimantic Directories as a clerk for the ATC. He lived at 54 Turner St, Willimantic, CT. -
Photograph of Julia Lamb Snow, matron (landlady) of the Elms boarding house (owned by the American Thread Company) sitting in a chair in the Elm's parlor, Willimantic, CT, c. 1910-18. Black and white gelatin print pasted onto cardboard. Photo by William E. Weber, a commercial photographer. Julia Snow was married to George Washington Snow, who was the Elms's landlord. George W. Snow is listed as a resident of the Elms in the 1910-18 Willimantic Directories. He may have been a retired carriage maker. William E. Weber is listed in the 1910-18 Willimantic Directories as a clerk for the ATC. He lived at 54 Turner St, Willimantic, CT. -
Photograph of the American Thread Company Employees Benefit Association Orchestra performing for the Roof Garden Follies, held in the Willimantic, CT, Armory, c. 1926-33. Black and white gelatin print on glossy paper pasted into a cardboard matte. Unknown photographer. The Armory was located on Pleasant Street. The ATCO Star logo appears affixed to a basketball backboard. The 7th man from the right in the front row is "Matty" Matteson, the orchestra leader, and also the leader of his own dance band. The 8th man is Delphis Dion. Dion is listed in the 1926-32 Willimantic Directories as a clerk at American Thread, but by 1934 he co-owned his own business, Delmar radio Company, selling and servicing radios, washers, and refrigerators at 31 Church Street in Willimantic. He lived at 93 North Street. -
Photograph of Connecticut Governor Abraham Ribicoff speaking at the grand opening of the William Brand Company's new factory building on North Street in Willimantic, CT., c. 1955-60. Black and white gelatin print. Graphic Photo Service studio, Willimantic, CT. From left: unknown; Judge Joseph Dannahey; Fred Brand; Governor Ribicoff (in office 1955-61); unknown; Arthur Coutu. -
Photograph of the hands of an unknown textile mill worker processing sliver, American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT, c. 1957. Black and white gelatin print. Hugelmeyer Studio, New York, NY. -
Photograph of a 1900s Postcard. Postcard is of the footbridge in Willimantic -
Photograph of unidentified textile mill workers, location unknown, c. 1890. Black and white albumen print pasted onto cardboard. Unknown photographer. In the late 1800s. No electric lights -- light comes from a skylight, indicating that the photo was taken on the top floor of a building. The woman on the lower right is holding a flying shuttle, indicating that she is a weaver (which means that the photo was not taken at the Willimantic Linen Company, which only spun thread). -
Black-and-white studio photograph of Alice (Marie Alice Albertine) (Bibeau/Bibeault) Morrissette, c. 1931. The photo is brown sepia tone, non-glossy paper, in a gray/tan cardboard matte. The matte is stamped "Desmarais, 325 Main St., Norwich, Conn.", presumably the name of the studio where it was taken. The subject is a young woman, well dressed in a dark-colored garment, with styled, short curly hair. She is wearing no jewelry, but has an ornate pompom on her left shoulder. The donor identified her as "Alice Bibeau Morrissette, who worked in eastern CT textile mills c. 1920." At first glance, it looks like a high school graduation photo, but Alice never attended high school. Possibly, it is a wedding photo. The Desmarais Studio appears in the 1930 Norwich city directory. It was owned by Hector Desmarais and his wife Ida, and was located in their home at 325 Main Street in Norwich, CT. -
Aerial photograph of Electro Motive plant on South Park Street in Willimantic, CT. 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 at the factory. 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. -
An old photograph of Mill #3's baseball team, early 20th century. Probably taken at Recreation Park. Signed "Webber" (probably the photographer). Glued to a gray matte. -
A cabinet card photo of a house from the Atwood collection -
Black and white photographic print of the old stone office building (also known as the personnel office) and adjacent wooden office building, American Thread Company, Main Street, Willimantic, CT. Unknown photographer. Decorated with flags, perhaps for Independence Day. White picket fence instead of the later iron fence. No guardhouse. Mill No. 2 in background. Elm trees. C. 1910. -
Color photographic print of the overpass over the stone arch bridge (Garden on the Bridge) connecting Mill No. 5 (right) to Mill No. 1 (left), American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT. Unknown photographer. Taken c. 1987, shortly after ATCO closed its Willimantic plant. -
Color photographic print of the "bridge" (overpass) over the stone arch bridge (now the Garden on the Bridge) that connected Mill No. 5 (right) to Mill No. 1 (left), American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT. Unknown photographer. Taken c. 1987, shortly after ATCO closed its Willimantic plant. -
Color photographic print of the overpass over the stone arch bridge (Garden on the Bridge) connecting Mill No. 5 (right) with Mill No. 1 (left). Unknown photographer. Taken c. 1987, shortly after ATCO closed its Willimantic plant. -
Color photographic print of the overhead "bridge" connecting Mill No. 5 to Mill No. 1, American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT. Shows stone arch bridge (now the Garden on the Bridge) below. Taken from the south end of the stone arch bridge looking north. Unknown photographer. Taken c. 1987, shortly after ATCO closed its Willimantic plant. -
Black and white photographic print of the main office building, American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT. The building was built in 1877 by the Willimantic Linen Company as a company store (first two floors) and Dunham Hall Library (3rd floor). ATCO converted it into its main office building when it purchased the WLC in 1898. The third floor remained Dunham Hall Library until c. 1940. The building is now the Mill Museum. Unknown photographer. Taken c. 1920. -
Black and white photographic print of a Morse reeler winding shoe thread at the American Thread Company, c. 1957. Unknown photographer. -
Black and white photographic print of Main Street, Willimantic, CT, looking west from the roof of the American Thread Company's Mill No. 6. ATCO's concrete warehouse is visible in the photo, which means that it was taken sometime after 1916, when the warehouse was constructed. The photo also shows a trolley on Main Street east of the NYNH&H railroad tracks; trolleys ran east of the railroad tracks between Willimantic and Norwich, CT, until 1936. Based on automobiles also in the photo, the photograph was probably taken in the 1930s. -
Stereograph of worker feeding mulberry leaves to silk worms. 1904. Card is warped.