Louisville Textile Company Photographs

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 6755 P

Dates

1938

Creator

Louisville Textiles, Inc. (creator, Organization)

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Biographical / Historical

The Louisville Cotton Mills was established in 1888. By 1900 this spinning mill employed two hundred and forty employees on fifteen thousand ring and mule spindles. The Louisville Textile company was incorporated in 1919 by the directors of the Louisville Cotton Mills. The new company operated forty looms in the production of marquisette. In 1931, the two merged and continued operation under the name of Louisville Textile Co.. In 1940 they operated twenty-six thousand spindles and one hundred and seventy-four looms, manufacturing hoisery yarn and cotton and rayon cloth used for draperies, bedspreads, and upholstery. The Lousiville Cotton Mills closed in 1967.