Photos of One of the American Thread Company's Southern Mills

Photograph

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Windham Textile and History Museum

Advertising photo showing various American Thread Co. products: A black-and-white photograph showing ten objects: four cones wound with thread, two tubes wound with thread, and three sewing machine bobbins wound with thread. The letters A-T-C-O (for American Thread Company) are visible on some of them.
Advertising photo showing various American Thread Co. products

A black-and-white photograph showing ten objects: four cones wound with thread, two tubes wound with thread, and three sewing machine bobbins wound with thread. The letters A-T-C-O (for American Thread Company) are visible on some of them.

Name/Title

Photos of One of the American Thread Company's Southern Mills

Entry/Object ID

2023.45.1

Description

Eight professional-quality black-and-white photographs taken at one of the American Thread Company's Southern mills -- probably the mill in Marion, NC, which was not far from Asheville, NC. They were taken in January 1966 by Putnam Photography Studio, 63 Elkmont Drive, Asheville, NC. Seven of the photos are glued to pieces of Bainbridge Board. The eighth (the only one labeled) is matted. On the reverse of the matted photo is written in pencil: "Foster winder -- 10 / Helen Brown -- winder operator -- after twisting, / Yarn is wound on springs or cones prior to packing for shipment / to Sevier for finishing / HELEN BROWN." "Sevier" refers to another one of ATCO's Southern mills, in Tennessee.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Black and white print

Subject

American Thread Company's Marion, NC, mill.

Subject Person or Organization

American Thread Company, Brown, Helen

Subject Place

City

Marion, NC

* Untyped Subject Place

North Carolina

Region

Southeast

Continent

North America

Collection

General Collection

Made/Created

Studio

Putnam Photography Studio

Date made

1966

Time Period

20th Century

Place

City

Asheville, NC

State/Province

North Carolina

Region

Southeast

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Location

Location

Cabinet

Photos: Photo Files

Room

Archives

* Untyped Location

Main Museum Building

Category

Storage

Date

November 11, 2023

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Date Examined

Nov 11, 2023

Examined By

Eves, J.

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Donor received objects as a gift from his son.

Copyright

Copyright Holder

American Thread Company

Copyright Date

1966

Created By

historian@millmuseum.org

Create Date

November 11, 2023

Updated By

historian@millmuseum.org

Update Date

November 11, 2023