Employees of the National Straw Works

Employees of the National Straw Works

Straw Hats 1880-1890; Hat Industry; Westborough (Mass.); Industries -- Massachusetts -- Worcester County; Factories -- Massachusetts; Westboro (Mass.)

Operators in Hall No. 2 of the National Straw Works. The company was incorporated in 1869 by Henry Bernard and George Smalley. They employed 2,000 workers in 1880. The company burned down in 1917.

Howe, New York

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1883-1884

In the collection of the Westborough Public Library Westborough Room, Westborough, Massachusetts. http://www.westboroughlib.org

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