Photograph, Packaging Department, American Thread Company

Name/Title

Photograph, Packaging Department, American Thread Company

Entry/Object ID

2022.2.15

Description

Photograph of workers filling boxes in the Packaging Department of the American Thread Company in Willimantic, CT, c. 1957. From left: Thomas Matassa, Antoinette Macoin, and Emily Fisher. Black and white gelatin print, Hugelmeyer Studio, New York, NY.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Gelatin Print

Subject

Packing Boxes in a Textile Factory

Subject Person or Organization

Matassa, Thomas, Macoin, Antoinette, Fisher, Emily, American Thread Company

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-313

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Found Object

Notes

Believed to have been one of many photos commissioned by the American Thread Company in the 1940s and 1950s.

Copyright

Copyright Holder

Successor of American Thread Company

Copyright Date

circa 1957

Created By

Eves, J.

Create Date

November 12, 2022

Updated By

Eves, J.

Update Date

November 13, 2022