Durham Hosiery Mill

Abstract/Description: Looping department on the second floor of Durham Silk Hosiery Mill. The man in the picture is Loftin C. Buchanan (“Buck” Buchanan), a “fixer”—the person who maintained the machines. The loopers pictured, including some Black workers, received one stocking at a time rolled up in a long string. (If it were ironed out, it would be flat, since it had no seams yet). The loopers put the stitches at the toe end on a round wheel of needles, and the machine knit the toe seam, joining it front to back. It then went to seamers to do a seam up the back. Stockings with a seam up the back were called “full-fashioned." The building was located at the corner of Corcoran and Ramseur streets on the former site of the Hotel Carrolina.
Subject(s): Durham County (N.C.)
Date Created: circa 1953
1953%
Title: Durham Hosiery Mill.
Name(s): Unknown
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: circa 1953
1953%
Physical Form: photographs
Abstract/Description: Looping department on the second floor of Durham Silk Hosiery Mill. The man in the picture is Loftin C. Buchanan (“Buck” Buchanan), a “fixer”—the person who maintained the machines. The loopers pictured, including some Black workers, received one stocking at a time rolled up in a long string. (If it were ironed out, it would be flat, since it had no seams yet). The loopers put the stitches at the toe end on a round wheel of needles, and the machine knit the toe seam, joining it front to back. It then went to seamers to do a seam up the back. Stockings with a seam up the back were called “full-fashioned." The building was located at the corner of Corcoran and Ramseur streets on the former site of the Hotel Carrolina.
Identifier(s): NCC.0055 (CollectionNumber)
NCC_0055_1405 (Identifier)
NCC_0055_1405.TIF (FileName)
h057 (Legacy)
Note(s):

Preferred Citation: Item description, identifier (if applicable), Box and Folder information. Durham historical photograph collection (NCC.0055). North Carolina Collection, Durham County Library, NC.
Subject(s): Durham County (N.C.)
Restrictions on Access: Copyright Not Evaluated
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