Name/Title
Framed Photograph of Cypress Mill WorkersEntry/Object ID
A.0066Description
Framed photograph of a group of workers standing outside of The Cypress Mills, set in a black square wooden frame.Artwork Details
Subject
Cypress Cotton MillContext
The Cypress Cotton mill started in 1839 on Cypress Creek outside of Florence. The mill changed names and owners several times and was destroyed during the Civil War. James Martin rebuilt the mill in 1866 and the mill operated until about 1893, when it was consolidated with newer facilities in East Florence. The mill represents an industry that formed in Florence to process the area's largest agricultural output--cotton--into a finished product--yarn and textiles.
"The Cypress Mills--Florence
Photographed about 1885. Mill located near Florence Golf and Country Club on Cypress Creek.
LEFT TO RIGHT, FRONT KNEELING: Jim Hawshaw, Henry Hawshaw, Sanford Hendon, Dela Hendon, unknown, Anna Eliza Nichols, unknown, Will Rickard, Roscoe Johnson, Frank Tucker, unknown, unknown.
SECOND ROW, STANDING: a Mr. Fowler, Henry Redding, Franklin Pierce Johnson -- MILL FOREMAN, Sally Lindsey, unknown, unknown, unknown, Mary Rickard, Cinda Nichols, Mrs. Ann Redding, Mrs. Lula Holt, Mrs. Mary Tease, Kate Redding, unknown, Janie Lindsey, a Miss Tease, Miss Neely Holt, John Holt-- MASTER MECHANIC, Tom Hawshaw, Will Nichols.
THIRD ROW, MEN STANDING: unknown, Dave Hendon, Robert Martin (with derby hat) MILL OWNER,
LAST MAN AT TOP OF STEPS: Frank Rickard."Made/Created
Date made
1885Time Period
19th CenturyInscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
Back of frame marked with sharpie " Cypress Mills 18:88"