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Joseph Bancroft and Sons Company photographs
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Collection
Accession: 1969-025
Abstract:
Joseph Bancroft (1803-1874), an Englishman trained in textile weaving in Lancashire, established his own cotton mill on the Brandywine near Wilmington in 1831. The operation became the Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company in 1889. The photographs consist of images related to the Joseph Bancroft & Sons textile mills in the Rockford and, later, Kentmere areas on the banks of the Brandywine River. These images include plant exteriors and interiors, officials and employees, aerials, workers' housing, machinery, floods, and dams and races on Brandywine Creek.
Dates:
1888-1952
Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co. textile mill panoramic photograph
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Accession: 2004-240-1
Abstract:
Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company manufactured, bleached, dyed, and finished a variety cotton-made goods. A panoramic view of Bancroft Mills in Wilmington, Delaware.
Dates:
circa 1930
