- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Hosiery Mill
- Creator:
- Delano, Jack
- Publisher:
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USF33-021251-M2
- Date of Original:
- 1941
- Subject:
- Factories--Georgia--Union Point
Mills and mill-work--Georgia--Union Point
Textile industry--Georgia--Union Point
Textile factories--Georgia--Union Point
Textile workers--Georgia--Union Point
Women textile workers--Georgia--Union Point
Socks--Georgia--Union Point - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Greene County, Union Point, 33.61568, -83.0746
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A hosiery mill at Union Point, in Greene County, produces socks in 1941. Textile mills in Georgia began producing a variety of cotton products, including hosiery, carpet yarn, and twine, after 1900.
This image shows a hosiery mill at Union Point, Georgia producing socks in 1941. The finished socks are fitted on forms. A worker stands in the background.
Textile mills in Georgia began producing a variety of cotton products, including hosiery, carpet yarn, and twine, after 1900. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/textile-industry/m-10662/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC
Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/textile-industry
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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