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Title	Photograph of Kinderhook Knitting Co. employees outside the Hoes Building, Kinderhook, N.Y., 1882 - 1905.
Creator	unknown
Date.Original	1882 - 1905
Description	35 men, women, and children outside the Kinderhook Knitting Mill. A high wheel bicycle is in the center of the image. Written on front of image: "My father Mike L. Hickey [with an arrow pointing to the second man from left] Kinderhook Knitting Mill (Frank Hoag Sup't) [with an arrow pointing to man on far right edge of photo]"
Notes	The Kinderhook Knitting Company was organzied in 1881 by Curtis F. Hoag. His brother, Frank Hoag, worked as the mill superintendent and is pictured on the far right in this image. The Kinderhook Knitting Company occupied the Hoes Building (built 1882) in downtown Kinderhook. The Kinderhook Knitting Company manufactured knitted caps and mittens when it opened and moved to making knitted underwear in the early twentieth century. The operation became the Kinderhook Knitted Cap Company sometime after World War I and returned to manufacturing knitted caps and mittens until it closed prior to World War II.
Subject.TGM	Textile industry Mills Men Women Children Photographic prints
Personal Name	Hickey, Mike L. Hoag, Frank Hoag, Curtis F.
Corporate Name	Kinderhook Knitting Co. (Kinderhook, N.Y.) Kinderhook Knitted Cap Co. (Kinderhook, N.Y.)
Location	Kinderhook (N.Y.) Columbia County (N.Y.)
HRVH Topic	Business & Industry People Work & Labor
Format.Original	Photograph: Print, photographic, b&w; 8 3/8 x 5 1/8 in. (21.29 x 13 cm.)
Type	Still Image
Resource Identifier	cchs.1989.072.0121 (X)
Publisher.Digital	Columbia County Historical Society
Date.Digital	2006-06-14
Format.Digital	image/jpeg
Digital Collection	Columbia County Historical Society Collection
Holding Institution	Columbia County Historical Society, Kinderhook, New York
Contact Information	5 Albany Avenue P. O. Box 311 Kinderhook, New York 12106 518-758-9265 www.cchsny.org
Rights	Prior written permission is required for use of this digital image. Contact the holding institution for information.
Technical Data	Archival TIFF - MicroTek ScanMaker 8700; MicroTek ScanWizard Pro 6.52; Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0; 24 bit color; 350 ppi; RGB; 16.1 MB; 1877 x 2991 pixels; no compression Acess JPEG - Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0; 150 ppi; RGB; 235 KB; 377 x 600 pixels

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