All posts tagged "textile manufacturing"
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6.5KBusiness and LaborSix Places Products Were Made
Back in the day, products were made in New England — a lot of products. The early cod fishermen and Yankee traders...
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6.4KBusiness and LaborThe Great India Rubber Panic Launches Charles Goodyear on a Crusade
Charles Goodyear might have live out his life as an obscure hardware store owner if the Great India Rubber Panic never took...
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7.5K1Politics and MilitaryRowland Hazard Gets 100 People Out of Jail for Free
Rowland Hazard was a well-known philosopher, politician and businessman, but he was proudest of something he did in the shadows: He released...
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21.4K4ConnecticutSix New England Presidential Visits and the Stories Behind Them
New England is full of sites that hosted past presidential visits as the country’s leaders came north in search of votes, campaign...
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10.0K1Crime and ScandalRhode Island’s Sprague-Conkling Affair (or the 1879 Episode at Narragansett)
The Sprague-Conkling affair started on a pleasant day in August of 1879 at Narragansett Pier, a fashionable resort, in Rhode Island. The...
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14.5K6Business and LaborThe Brunswick Children Strike the Cabot Mill
In the summer of 1881, eight-year-old children working in a Brunswick, Maine, textile mill found out eight-year-old children working in a Lewiston,...
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10.6K7Business and LaborThe Bates Bedspread of Maine, America’s Favorite Counterpane
The Bates Bedspread, once found in nearly every household, has links to presidents, First Ladies, a famous midwife and countless women who...
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8.5K1Arts and LeisureHelen Metcalf, The Mom Who Founded RISD With Some Leftover Dough
In 1877, a Providence mom named Helen Metcalf persuaded her women’s club to spend money left over from a fair to found...
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50.7K39ConnecticutThe Little Canadas of New England
Dozens of Little Canadas have contributed a significant but often ignored part of the character and history of New England since the...
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5.4K4Business and LaborAmerica Gains Its First Map, the Mapmaker Gains Back His Ear
Abel Buell was an uncommonly ingenious cartographer who created the first map of the United States, but only after part of his...
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