American Thread Company

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The American Thread Company threw a celebratory barbecue for the opening of their Tallapoosa mill in 1944. Soon, they would employ a fifth of the town's population.

Courtesy of Special Collections & Archives, Georgia State University Library, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, #LBCE2-005b.

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A crowd of people gather in front of a brick building bearing a sign that reads "American Thread Company." On the left is a man in a suit at a podium.