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Date Created1930
DescriptionArcola Silk Company on Putnam Street from River Street, circa 1930.
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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Date Created1930
DescriptionRyle Avenue, April 4, 1930, the Addy-Venable Company is on the left looking up to the National Silk Dyeing Company at the top of the street. A row of workers' housing stands in the shadows of the...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930), The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
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Date Created1930
DescriptionRyle Avenue, April 4, 1930, the Addy-Venable Company is on the left looking up to the National Silk Dyeing Company at the top of the street. A row of workers' housing stands in the shadows of the...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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Date Created1925
DescriptionHadlee Silk Mills Inc. were silk manufacturers located at 216 Van Houten Street, circa 1925. Photographed by Charles Heinrichs.
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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Date Created1910
DescriptionWeaving room of a silk mill in Paterson, circa 1910. Numerous rows of silk looms powered by the belt drive system dominate the handful of weavers. Each weaver was responsible for four to six looms....
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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Date Created1880
DescriptionPhoenix Silk Mill, 15 /12 Van Houten, steel engraving from Trumbull's history of Paterson, circa 1880. Albert Tilk was the president of the manufacturing company which had plants in Allentown, PA as...
Time PeriodThe Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)
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Date Created1900
DescriptionInterior of a Paterson silk mill featuring a ribbon loom
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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Date Created1955
DescriptionLooking down Van Houten Street towards Cross Street, circa 1955. The Paterson Silk Throwing Mill, 15 Van Houten, was originally built for The Phoenix Silk Company. To the right is the Matas Office...
Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)
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Date Created1880
DescriptionSteel engraving of the Grimshaw Brothers Silk Mills on the corner of Slater Street and Dale Avenue, circa 1880. The company was established by three brothers, John, George J. and David H., from...
Time PeriodThe Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)
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Date Created1935
DescriptionUnion Packing Company located at 81 Broadway and Washington Streets, also home of the American Federation of silk workers.
Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)