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Title: Panoramic photograph, view of Erwin Cotton Mills Date: 1926 Description: This photograph shows a panoramic view of the Erwin Cotton Mills, originally established in 1892 by Benjamin N. Duke and his partners. The mill complex contained manufacturing and storage facilities as well as a company town with millworker housing and a general store. Remaining structures from the Erwin Cotton Mill, are located near Main and Ninth Streets in Durham. This image appears in the 1926 Durham Chamber of Commerce publication entitled, Durham, North Carolina: A Center of Industry and Education. Source: Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce papers, oversize, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Library of Congress Subject Headings: Erwin Cotton Mills Durham (N.C.) -- History Industrialists -- North Carolina -- Durham -- 19th century Textile industry -- North Carolina -- Durham -- 20th century Company towns -- North Carolina -- History -- 20th century Industries -- North Carolina -- Durham -- 20th century Duke, Benjamin Newton, 1855-1929 Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce Photography -- History -- 20th century Photographs Geographic Term: Erwin Cotton Mills Durham (N.C.) |
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