COLLECTION NAME:
Ray Russell Postcard Collection
Record
Filename:
299.tif
Identifier:
RRP-299
Title:
Woman at Western Knitting Mills
Subject:
Businesses
Subject:
Mills
Description:
Image of a woman in white dress and dark jacket walking along the northeast side of Western Knitting Mills. Chapman Lake, also known as Chapman Pond, can be seen to the left. The Western Knitting Mills factory was built in 1896 and produced knitted goods until 1939. The building was later owned by the McAleer Manufacturing Company, later known as the Higbie Manufacturing Company, and then ITT Higbie. In 1994 the Rochester Mills Beer Company restored the building and it now operates as a restaurant and brewery. Addressed to Mr. And Mrs. Julius Schultz of Capac, Michigan from Nellie.
Date:
24-Nov-1913
Type:
Postcard
Street:
400 Water Street
Place:
Rochester, Michigan
Rights:
The Ray Russell Postcard Collection is owned by the City of Rochester and is on permanent loan to the Rochester Hills Public Library. Digitized by the Rochester Hills Public Library. No known copyright: http://rightsstatem…
Data Provider:
Rochester Hills Public Library
Woman at Western Knitting Mills
