The marvellous increase in southern cotton mills: photographic reproductions of sixty of the one thousand modern textile manufacturing plants in cotton growing states, The Public Information Bureau, 1923

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Ephemera

Date

1923

Location Note

Removed from EP005: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection; 85M-01-314-Z-E-405

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GUSN-364375

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The marvellous increase in southern cotton mills: photographic reproductions of sixty of the one thousand modern textile manufacturing plants in cotton growing states, The Public Information Bureau, 1923
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
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      - Industry - General - Folder 1
        Trade card for Lucian Upham, pattern maker and general wood work to machinery, rear of Main and Pleasant Streets, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, undated
        Trade card for Mahony & Wheeler, posts, rails and balusters, No. 57 Bristol Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Rubber belting pice list, Boston Belting Company, 256, 258, 260 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass. and 100 Chambers Street, New York, New York, undated
        Price list for Imperial Belting, manufactured by Boston Belting Co., Boston, Mass., undated
        Billhead for Sam'l Kidder, belting, packing & mill supplies, 60 Federal Street, Boston, Mass., dated August 31, 1893
        American Cereal Company at the World's Fair, Chicago, 1893
        Billhead for Kraemer Bros., steam, planing, scroll, sawing, turning and moulding mill, College Point, New York, dated November 30, 1898
        Barney & Berry Skate Works, on Broad, Hanover & Elmwood Streets, Springfield, Mass., undated
        Newell Brothers Manufacturing Company, Howard Street, location unknown, undated
        Billhead for the Walker Stetson Sawyer Co., manufacturers, importers and jobbers, Essex & Lincoln Streets, Boston, Mass., dated May 3, 1897
        Billhead for the Walker Stetson Company, manufacturers, importers and jobbers, Essex & Lincoln Streets, Boston, Mass., dated May 2, 1902
        Billhead for the Walker Stetson Company, manufacturers, importers and jobbers, Essex & Lincoln Streets, Boston, Mass., dated April 12, 1902
        Billhead for the Walker Stetson Company, manufacturers, importers and jobbers, Essex & Lincoln Streets, Boston, Mass., dated August 29, 1902
        Double gang saw mill, as made by Thos. F. Burgess & Co., Lowell, Mass., undated
        Letterhead for The Federal Manufacturing Company, specialties in wire goods, Badger Building, 537 Albany Street, Boston, Mass., dated February 10, 1903
        Letterhead for The Federal Manufacturing Company, specialties in wire goods, Badger Building, 537 Albany Street, Boston, Mass., dated March 3, 1903
        Letterhead for The Federal Manufacturing Company, specialties in wire goods, Badger Building, 537 Albany Street, Boston, Mass., dated March 28, 1903
        George Crompton's fancy looms for the manufacture of woolen fabrics, Worcester, Mass., undated
        Chas. C. Sargent's wool machine works, on Stoney Brook R.R. near Lowell, Graniteville, Mass., undated
        Quaker Oats packing room, The American Cereal Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1893
        Billhead for Walker Stetson Company, importers manufacturers, Essex and Lincoln Streets, Boston, Mass., 1911
        The marvellous increase in southern cotton mills: photographic reproductions of sixty of the one thousand modern textile manufacturing plants in cotton growing states, The Public Information Bureau, 1923 (current record)
        Design for a mill on the slow burning principle approved by the Boston Manufacturers Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Manufacturers' Review and Industrial Record, undated

Description

Catalog contains photographic reproductions of textile manufacturing establishments, with a particular focus on southern cotton mills, to demonstrate the growth of the sector in comparison to New England. Articles provide facts and figures related to the growth of southern textile mills in comparison to those located in New England. Published by The Public Information Bureau.

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mills (buildings)
cotton mills
textile mills
manufacturing
comparison
cotton (textile)
textiles
reproductions
photographs
charts (graphic documents)
business (commercial function)
printed ephemera
catalogs

Physical Descrption

1 catalog : illustrations ; 6 x 9 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Date of Acquisition

2023

Reference Code

EP001.01.064.01.01.022

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2023

Record Details

Originator

The Public Information Bureau (Publisher)

Material Type

printed ephemera
catalogs

Other Organizations

The Public Information Bureau
Cotton Textile Employers' Association

Subjects

Mill
Textile
Cotton
Architectural photography
New England

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Removed from EP005: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection; 85M-01-314-Z-E-405

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