All posts tagged "textile mills"
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64.1K42ConnecticutThe 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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89.7K27Arts and LeisureHow Portuguese Immigrants Came to New England
In 1915, four Madeiran men organized a feast at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in New Bedford, Mass. They did it...
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6.0K4Business 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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12.3K7Arts and LeisureThe 40 Angels of St. Ann, the Sistine Chapel of Woonsocket
St. Ann Roman Catholic Church in Woonsocket, R.I., was built from nickels and dimes donated by poor French-Canadian millworkers and their families...
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6.7K7MassachusettsBetsey Guppy Chamberlain Promotes the Radical Notion That Indians Are People
Betsey Guppy Chamberlain, a half-Algonquian mill girl, published some of the first – if not the first — criticisms of the way...
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4.7K2Business and LaborFlashback Photos: Farm Auction in Derby, Conn., 1940
These photos of a farm auction in Derby, Conn., were taken in September 1940 by Jack Delano. Delano worked for the Farm...
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