Description
Handwritten manuscript (6 pages) and copies of photographs (6 pages) relating to the Milton Hosiery Mill. Covers early history of the mill, 1936-1943. Recorded by daughter of mill founder Walter Schulz, Mrs. Dottie Clothier. Narrative includes a discussion of the building of the mill by local bricklayers, the machinery and equipment and their layout in the building, the switch from silk to nylon via DuPont, effect of WWII on business operations, the mill owner's Chandler Street ? home, and the eventual sale of the mill to its next owners in 1943. Photos include: p. 1 "1937 Construction of Hosiery Mill" /p. 2 "1937 Mayor of Milton" "1937- Brick walls of the hosiery mill completed"/ p. 3 "1940 Gladys, Caroline and Elaine in front of the Castle House" "1940 Elaine is shown in front of the hosiery mill"/ p. 4 "Workers by the legger machine inside the hosiery mill" "1938 More of the Machines inside the mill"/ p. 5 "1938 Hosiery building Completed the office was to the right of the door" "This picture was taken in January 1945 of Russell, who was one of the workers" p. 6 "Ernest Walter Schulz" (factory founder, 1937)
