Washington Mills Pressing Department

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Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/bafb978170187c920de3b894dd20af47

Title

Washington Mills Pressing Department

Creator

Oliver Photo Co.

Date

1931-08

Description

Washington Mills pressing department workers posing outside of the mill in Mayodan, NC in August of 1931. The mill had its origin in 1896 when Colonel Francis Fries and W. C. Ruffin organized the Mayo Mills Company and built a mill on the banks of the Mayo River producing uncolored cotton yarn, and later adding a knitting mill producing men's underwear in "long-handled" and "red flannelled" styles. In 1901, the Washington Mills Company was formed with the same management, and a spinning and weaving mill was built in Grayson County, Virginia on the banks of the New River. By the early 1920's the two mills had merged into the Washington Mills Company. In 1982, the mill was purchased by Tultex, a Martinsville, Virginia based textile company. The mill closed in December of 1999.

Subject

Mills
Employees
Textile industry
Group portraits

Source

North Carolina Digital Heritage Center

Type

image

Citation

Oliver Photo Co., “Washington Mills Pressing Department,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed March 29, 2024, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/7953.

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