Mill No. 3, Otis Company, Ware, Mass., after second tower added [graphic]

Mill No. 3, Otis Company, Ware, Mass., after second tower added [graphic]

Item Information

Title:
Mill No. 3, Otis Company, Ware, Mass., after second tower added [graphic]
Description:
Mill No. 3, Otis Company, Ware, Mass., after second tower added. Gelatin silver print, [1900-1920?]. Image depicts the front of Mill No. 3 of the Otis Company in Ware, Mass., after the second tower was added and the roof raised to make the building six stories in total (the sixth story is set back from edge of building). The original tower with the clock (reading 6:50 am?) is on the right; the new tower marks where the building was extended to the left. Yard is enclosed by a wooden picket fence. Trees are bare; photo probably taken in late autumn or winter. See 0000.1277.17-18 for views of this same building before the second tower had been added and the roof raised. The Otis Company made cotton checks, denims, and fine underwear. 61 x 49.25 cm. (w/out mount); 64 x 49.25 cm. (w/mount). (OCLC)
Date:
[1900?–1920?]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Gelatin silver prints
Location:
American Textile History Museum
Collection (local):
Osborne Library
Subjects:
Textile factories
Otis Company
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampshire (county) > Ware
Extent:
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; 61 x 49.25 cm
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Language:
English
Notes:
The Otis Company made cotton checks, denims, and fine underwear.
Notes (ownership):
The American Textile History Museum closed in 2016. This item has been transferred to the Kheel Center at Cornell University Library.
Notes (object):
Condition: Fair - edges of photo cracking, as most of mount has broken off
Accession #:
0000.1277.19