Hosiery Mill

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A hosiery mill at Union Point, in Greene County, produces socks in 1941. Textile mills in Georgia began producing a variety of cotton products, including hosiery, carpet yarn, and twine, after 1900.

Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

Hosiery Mill

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