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Color photographic print of four people standing in front of Mill No. 2, American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT. The woman on the right is Laura Knott Twine, the founding Executive Director of the Mill Museum. The two people standing to her left are carrying photographic equipment, and are unknown. Windows are boarded up. The photographer who took this photograph is unknown. It was taken c. 1987, shortly after ATCO closed its Willimantic plant. -
Color photographic print of Windham Mills (the former Mill No. 2), Willimantic, CT. Unknown photographer. C. 1995. -
Enlarged copy (black and white) of a picture postcard. Photograph taken from the top of the "new" smokestack for Mill No. 2, American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT, looking northeast. Shows the roof of Mill No. 2 and the mill worker row houses of Iverton (also known as the Model Village). Photo copyright Fred E. Turner, 1908. -
Color photographic print of the Willimantic River, stone arch bridge, and the American Thread Company's Mill No. 5 at low water. Unknown photographer. Taken from the south bank of the Willimantic River, c. 1987, shortly after ATCO closed its Willimantic plant. -
Keystone View Company created these cards to educate about many things. This card is about the weaving room in the silk mills in Patersen NJ, 1905. -
Enlargement (color) of an image from a picture postcard. The mill pond above the Wauregan cotton mill in the village of Wauregan in the town of Plainfield, CT. Unknown photographer. C. 1910. -
Copy of black and white photographic print of Willimantic, CT, viewed from the south. The Oaks worker housing (single-family cottages) is in the foreground. The cottages' privies are shown, indicating that the photo was taken before the the installation of sewer lines in the 1890s. The cottages were constructed by the Willimantic Linen Company in 1880. The photo is captioned, and so appears to have been copied from a publication. The captions read "View of Willimantic, Conn.," "Forbes Albertype," and "Boston." The Forbes Albertype Co. was located in Boston, MA, and flourished between 1856 and 1901, specializing in both albertype photographic prints and lithographs, in the form of art prints, maps, guidebooks, and trade cards. This photographic print is probably from c. 1881, a peak year for the Forbes Company. -
Black and white photographic print of a ticketing machine (front view) at the American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT, c. 1957. Unknown photographer. -
Black and white photographic print of a ticketing machine at the American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT. Unknown photographer. -
Black and white photographic print of an unidentified textile worker operating computers, American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT. ATCO's computers were located in the Concrete Warehouse. Unknown photographer. Taken 1963. -
Black and white photographic print of textile worker John Neiland operating an experimental dyeing apparatus in the Package Dye Shop, American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT. Unknown photographer. Taken c. 1957. -
Black and white photographic print of textile worker John Neiland operating an experimental dyeing apparatus in the Package Dye House, American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT. Unknown photographer. Taken c. 1957. -
Black and white photographic print of three textile mill workers packaging what appears to be Aunt Lydia's Yarn in the Packaging Department at the American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT, c. 1957. Unknown photographer. -
Black and white photographic print of an unidentified textile mill worker packaging shoe thread in the Packaging Department, American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT, c. 1957. Unknown photographer. -
Black and white photographic print of an unidentified textile mill worker packaging shoe thread in the Packaging Department, American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT, c. 1957. Unknown photographer. -
Black and white photographic print of an unidentified textile mill worker operating an industrial dye vat, American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT, c. 1957. Unknown photographer. -
Black and white photographic print of an unidentified textile worker operating computers, American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT. ATCO's computers were located in the Concrete Warehouse. Unknown photographer. Taken 1963. -
Black and white photographic print of textile mill worker Ignacy Pekarski, an employee of the American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT. Unknown photographer. Taken c. 1957. -
Black and white photographic print of Kathie Finasa, a textile mill office worker, operating a photocopy machine in the computer room, American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT. ATCO's computers were located in the Concrete Warehouse. Unknown photographer. Taken 1963. -
Black and white photographic print of a group of unidentified American Thread Company executives inspecting textile machinery at ATCO's Willimantic, CT, mill. Unknown photographer. Taken c. 1950. -
Black and white photographic print of a group of unidentified American Thread Company executives inspecting textile machinery at ATCO's Willimantic, CT, mill. Unknown photographer. Taken c. 1950. -
Black and white photographic print of a group of unidentified American Thread Company executives inspecting textile machinery at ATCO's Willimantic, CT, mill. Unknown photographer. Taken c. 1950. -
Black and white photographic print of an unidentified textile machine at the American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT, c. 1957. -
Black and white photographic print of an unidentified textile machine at the American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT, c. 1957. Unknown photographer. -
Black and white photographic print of the Spool Shop and related buildings, along with a portion of Main Street and the raceway to Mill No. 1, taken from the roof of Mill No. 1, Willimantic Linen Company, Willimantic, CT, c. 1890. Before 1854, the Spool Shop and the stone buildings surrounding it were known as the Jillson Mill. Unknown photographer.