Granby Cotton Mill, Columbia, South Carolina, 1909 – Antique Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Granby Cotton Mill, Columbia, South Carolina, 1909 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Granby Cotton Mill, Columbia, S.C.
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Granby Cotton Mill, Columbia, South Carolina, 1909
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Columbia, the South Carolina capital, was in 1909 one of the state's leading centers of cotton manufacturing, and the Granby Mill stood among the factories that had turned the Piedmont's raw cotton into finished cloth since the 1890s. Like most Southern mills of the period, it drew its workforce from nearby mill villages, where families often worked long shifts and sent children into the spinning and weaving rooms. The mill's whistle and the rhythm of its looms set the daily schedule for a large part of the surrounding neighborhood. Across the state, the mill economy was reshaping towns that had once depended on farming and the railroads, and Columbia's growth was tied closely to that shift. For residents, the Granby works was less a landmark than a source of wages, and the labor conditions that came with it would soon draw national attention.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | haines photo co. (conneaut, ohio) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--South Carolina |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,499 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Granby Cotton Mill, Columbia, S.C. |
| Reference | SC 1909 Granby Cotton Mill, Columbia |
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