Photograph of American Thread Company Orchestra

Title: Photograph of American Thread Company Orchestra
Description: 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.
Identifier: WTHM.2022.2.36
Date: Nov 26, 2022
Date Created: Nov 26, 2022
Type: Photograph
Format: Gelatin Print
Subject: American Thread Company Employees Benefit Association Orchestra in the Willimantic, CT, Armory; American Thread Company Employees Benefit Association, Matteson, Matty, Dion, Delphis
Coverage: Northeast : North America : Windham, CT : Willimantic, CT
Relation: American Thread Company Collection
Provenance: Name/Reference Label: American Thread Company, Engineering Department