Mill No. 3, Otis Company, Ware, Mass. [graphic]

Mill No. 3, Otis Company, Ware, Mass. [graphic]

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Title:
Mill No. 3, Otis Company, Ware, Mass. [graphic]
Description:
Mill No. 3, Otis Company, Ware, Mass. Gelatin silver print, [1885-1900?]. Image depicts the front of Mill No. 3 of the Otis Company in Ware, Mass., before the second tower was added and the roof raised. Building is four-and-a-half-story brick, with a central tower in the front with a clock (reading 1:05 pm) at the top of the tower. A two-story white brick building is on the right; workers can be seen in the first- and second-story windows. This building is the counting room of Otis Company; see 0000.1277.15 for a good view of this building. Yard is enclosed by a wooden picket fence; signpost on edge of road gives mileage for Worcester, Warren, Barre, Hardwick, Gilbertville, and West Brookfield. Trees are bare; photo probably taken in late autumn or winter. See 0000.1277.17 for a view of this same building from a different angle, and 0000.1277.19 for a view of the same building after the second tower had been added. The Otis Company made cotton checks, denims, and fine underwear. Copy A. 49.75 x 40 cm. (w/out mount); 71.25 x 55.5 cm. (w/mount). (OCLC)
Date:
[1885?–1900?]
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 ; 49.75 x 40 cm
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https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/4j03dd54h
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Language:
English
Notes:
Multiple copies.
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: Good - but mount is cracking and has holes
Accession #:
0000.1277.18.1