Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 408802, member: 8267&quot;]They all look like stockings to me, in various stages of completion.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://c8.alamy.com/comp/BJFTEF/workers-at-their-machines-in-a-knitting-mill-1800s-hand-colored-woodcut-BJFTEF.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&quot;Workers at their machines in a knitting mill, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/knitting-mill.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/knitting-mill.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/knitting-mill.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yuGpjEac14s/UU83nbMlzcI/AAAAAAAAD60/m8HVjhq_V3o/s400/DSC_0118.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The<a href="http://www.pbase.com/lindasolan/seneca_knitting_mills" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pbase.com/lindasolan/seneca_knitting_mills" rel="nofollow"> Seneca Knitting Mill.</a> The imposing limestone structure, whose elegance lies in its simplicity and solid utility so characteristic of the country’s burgeoning Industrial Revolution, was built in 1844. It ran continuously for 155 years, employing mostly women (operating the knitting machines, sewing socks together, etc.) until it <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/keyraces2000/stories/hillary030399.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/keyraces2000/stories/hillary030399.htm" rel="nofollow">closed in 1999</a>.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/gerit-quealy/forgotten-women-knitters-_b_841759.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/gerit-quealy/forgotten-women-knitters-_b_841759.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.huffingtonpost.com/gerit-quealy/forgotten-women-knitters-_b_841759.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in