Photograph of Dyeing Thread, American Thread Company

Name/Title

Photograph of Dyeing Thread, American Thread Company

Entry/Object ID

2022.2.27

Description

Photograph of Dye Master Victor Turcotte operating a pressure dye vat, American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT, c. 1957. Black and white gelatin print. Hugelmeyer Studio, New York, NY. Pressure dye vats, a 20th-century invention, allowed mills to dye thread already wound onto special steel spools. Leftover dye was dumped into the Willimantic River.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Gelatin Print

Subject

Pressure dye vat

Subject Person or Organization

Turcotte, Victor

Subject Place

Neighborhood

Willimantic, CT

City

Windham, CT

Continent

North America

Region

Northeast

Collection

American Thread Company Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Hugelmeyer Studio

Studio

Hugelmeyer Studio

Date made

circa 1957

Time Period

20th Century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Pho-A-0451

Location

Location

Cabinet

Photos: Photo Files

Room

Archives

* Untyped Location

Main Museum Building

Date

November 20, 2022

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Found Object

Copyright

Copyright Holder

Successor of American Thread Company

Copyright Date

circa 1957

Created By

historian@millmuseum.org

Create Date

November 20, 2022

Updated By

historian@millmuseum.org

Update Date

November 20, 2022