Abstract
Collection of photographs of mill, machinery and other mill equipment, some of which include mill workers. Also includes contents of several photo albums.
Dates
- 1889-1934
Creator
- C. G. Sargent's Sons Corp. (creator, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.
Biographical / Historical
C.G. Sargent's Sons was a textile machinery manufacturing corporation that operated from 1852 to 1990 in Granite, a neighborhood of Westford, Massachusetts. Just ten miles from Lowell, Westford was the perfect location for Sargent (a former employee of the Lowell Mills machine shop) to establish his own business.
Extent
1.5 cubic feet
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of the C. G. Sargent's Sons Corporation.
- Advertising.
- Bearings (Machinery)
- C.G. Sargent's Sons
- Cotton textile industry -- Technological innovations
- Magee Carpet Co.
- Orange (Mass.)
- R.C. Jefferson Company
- Rodney Hunt Machine Company
- Textile factories
- Textile machinery
- Textile machinery industry
- Washing machines.
- Wool scouring
- Woolen and worsted machinery
Source
- American Textile History Museum (Organization)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository