Rossie Velvet Mill, Mystic

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Metadata
Handle
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:673
Title
Title
Title
Rossie Velvet Mill, Mystic
Supplied
yes
Origin Information
Origin Information
Date Created
1898 to 1910
Parent Item
Parent Item
Mystic Seaport Museum
Connecticut History Illustrated
Resource Type
Resource Type
Still image
Digital Origin
Digital Origin
reformatted digital
Description
Description
Northwest corner of the brick Rossie Velvet Mill building, looking southeast along Greenmanville Avenue. Printed on the front: "Velvet Mill. Mystic, Conn."
Genre
Genre
photographs
Organizations
Organizations
Creator (cre): Rhode Island News Company
Subject
Subject
Velvet industry
Textile industry
Industrial buildings
Rossie Velvet Company
Geographic Subject
Geographic Subject
Greenmanville Avenue (Mystic, Conn.)
Extent
Extent
Source extent: 1 photographic postcard ; 3 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.
Held By
Held By
Mystic Seaport Museum
Use and Reproduction
Use and Reproduction
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image are available from Mystic Seaport.
Note
Note
Note Type
local
Note
theme: Infrastructure
Note Type
local
Note
theme: Livelihood
Note
Title supplied by cataloger. The mill (built 1898) produced quality velvet and at its height, employed over 200 workers using 150 looms. The Rossie mill building is now part of Mystic Seaport. Smokestack is painted on the card. Water stains on front. Published by Rhode Island News Company, Providence, Rhode Island.
Local Identifier
Local Identifier
Accession number: 1980.2
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