Amos Abbott Graphics

Collection Number: 6511 G

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Amos Abbott Graphics,
Collection Number:
6511 G
Creator:
Amos Abbott Company
Quantity:
0 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Photomechanical--photolithograph.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Images of mill buildings.
Language:
Collection material in English


ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The company, a woolen manufacturer in Dexter, Maine, was a family-owned business from its beginnings in the 1820's until its closing in 1975. It was first a carding and fulling operation and was known successively as Abbott, Eaton & Co.; Abbott, Cutler & Co.; and Abbott, Sawyer & Co. In 1831, it became Amos Abbott Co.; it was incorporated in 1899.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Images of mill buildings.

PROVENANCE:

American Textile History Museum Collection.
PROVENANCE:

American Textile History Museum Collection.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Abbott Woolen Mill (Dexter, Me.)
Dexter Woolen Mills (Dexter, Me.)
Eureka Mills.

Subjects:
Textile factories
Textile industry
Woolen and worsted manufacture.

Geographic Subjects:
Corinna (Me.)
Dexter (Me.)

Form and Genre Terms:
Photomechanical-- photolithograph


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Access Restrictions:
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Restrictions on Use:
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Cite As:
Amos Abbott Graphics #6511 G. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

RELATED MATERIALS

Related Collections:
6511: Amos Abbott Records
6511 P: Amos Abbott Photographs

CONTAINER LIST

Container
Description
Box 1 Folder 1
Box 1 Folder 1
Format: Graphics
Dexter, Maine. Amos Abbott & Co., Established 1830. Lithograph, ca. 1854-1898. View of mill buildings, smoking chimney; also includes two vignettes: residence of Job Abbott in upper left-hand corner, residence of George A. Abbott in upper right-hand corner. 20.5 x 28 cm.
Box 1 Folder 1
Format: Graphics
C.H. Greenwood, Proprietor., Corinna, Me. Lithograph, b&w,. Ca. 1882. View shows mill buildings in middle background; man on horse in foreground; man cutting down tree in middle ground. 20.75 x 29 cm.
Box 1 Folder 1
Format: Graphics
Dexter, Maine. Lithograph, ca. 1880-1900. View of mill building with houses surrounding and behind it; includes two vignettes, one of Mill No. 2 and one of Mill No. 3. 28.75 x 21.5 cm.