Display of wool from Arlington Mills, Lawrence, MA
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1950
name: label: manufacturer
content: Arlington Mills
notes: label: Description
content: Enclosed by a heavy oak frame with a glass cover, this 4-inch-deep case contains samples of wool. It was made as a display by Arlington Mills, one of the leading woolen and worsted companies in the U.S. in the mid-20th century; the company was headquartered in Boston but had factories in and around Lawrence, Massachusetts. The display illustrates the manufacturing process with examples of wool in stages from fleece to dyed cloth, alongside labels advertising Arlington Mills and photographs of workers in the mills. The workers have been identified as Arthur Nicholson, John Mahoney, Jack Cavanough, Alex Cavanough, Bill Hayle, Arnold Wraye, Pat Flynn, "Scovicitch," and "Christison." This case thus serves as a window into textile manufacturing and labor history of the 1950s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: manufacturer
content: United States: Massachusetts, Lawrence
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the American Textile History Museum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0233.02
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0233.02
label: accession number
content: 2017.0233
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Display