A Group of Cotton Industries

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The five most successful textile mills in Durham: Erwin Mills (on Ninth Street), Durham Cotton Manufacturing Company (on East Pettigrew Street), Pearl Mill (on Trinity Avenue, later called Erwin Mills No. 6), Golden Belt Manufacturing Company (East Main Street), and Durham Hosiery Company (Corcoran Street). In 1884, Julian Shakespeare Carr established the Durham Cotton Manufacturing Company in what was then Prattsburg., Item description, identifier (if applicable), Box and Folder information. John Schelp papers and postcards (NCC.0161). North Carolina Collection, Durham County Library, NC.
Abstract/Description: The five most successful textile mills in Durham: Erwin Mills (on Ninth Street), Durham Cotton Manufacturing Company (on East Pettigrew Street), Pearl Mill (on Trinity Avenue, later called Erwin Mills No. 6), Golden Belt Manufacturing Company (East Main Street), and Durham Hosiery Company (Corcoran Street). In 1884, Julian Shakespeare Carr established the Durham Cotton Manufacturing Company in what was then Prattsburg.
Subject(s): Durham County (N.C.)
Date Created: October 14, 1907
1907-10-14