Mill operatives at lunch, Manchester.
PhotographerPhotographed by
W. F. Miller & Co.
Dateprobably 1918
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 7 7/8 x 10 1/4in. (20 x 26cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Horace Learned and Mrs. Frank Crocker
DescriptionFour young women seated in grass beneath pine trees in the foreground. One woman is holding a piece of fruit. Additional groups of women with lunch bags and food are clustered beneath other trees. One of the Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company's mill buildings and a smoke stack are in the background.
Object number1979.25.66
NotesSubject Note: In the 1910s, Cheney Brothers advertised that they were "the oldest and largest successful silk manufacturing company in America and the largest silk manufacturing company in the world." They produced dress silks of all kinds, silks for upholstery and drapery, velvets, cravats, millinery silks, silks for electrical purposes and silk yarns.On View
Not on view
