Item 1: Men working at dye vats, Cyril Johnson Woolen Company, Stafford Springs, CT, 1943

Robert K. Stephens, artist. Watercolor, 1943. Image depicts men working at dye vats at the Cyril Johnson Woolen Company. The men are stock dyeing by hand. The man in the foreground appears to be either removing or inserting wool into a large dye vat; the man in the center ground may be doing the same or may be stirring the dye vat. Another man watches from the background, while another stands in the left background. Signed "Robert K. Stephens '43" in the lower right-hand corner. 61 x 51.25 cm. .