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Title	Rossie Velvet Mill and Mystic Manufacturing Company, Mystic.
Creator	E.B. Seamans.
Place	Greenmanville (Mystic, Conn.) Mystic River (Conn.) Greenmanville Avenue (Mystic, Conn.)
Topic	Velvet industry Woolen and worsted manufacture Textile industry Industrial buildings
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Rossie Velvet Company Mystic Manufacturing Company
Genre	Postcards
Theme	Environment Infrastructure Livelihood
Description	Two scenes along the Mystic River, the top section depicts the Rossie Velvet Mill on Greenmanville Avenue, Mystic, a one story brick building with arched doorway, attached structures and smokestack. It is labeled "VELVET MILLS". The lower section depicts Mystic Manufacturing Company, a complex of wood and brick buildings on the shore of the Mystic River. It is labeled "WOOLEN MILLS". In the left corner is printed "PUBL. BY/ E.B. SEAMANS" and in lower left margin "MYSTIC, CONN." Handwritten message on front bottom of card "Received your letter this morning, will expect you/all Saturday, all are well. 6-25-13 S. W."
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. The Rossie mill (built 1898) produced quality velvet and at its height, employed over 200 workers using 150 looms. The mill building was expanded a number of times. It is now part of Mystic Seaport. Mystic Manufacturing Company occupied the site of earlier textile enterprises, including a mill owned by George Greenman & Company. The brick buildings have survived and include the gambrel-roofed building in the center of the complex, now called the Stillman Building; all are presently part of Mystic Seaport. The area along the Mystic River on the Stonington side north of downtown Mystic was known as Greenmanville. The Greenman brothers lived and had their shipyard and mill in this area in the nineteenth century. Reverse of card lists a Waterbury, Conn. address.
Date created	[between 1900 and 1913]
Physical format	1 photolithographic postcard ; 3 1/2 x 5 5/8 in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 1993.17.33 File name: IMG0040-4204.PCD
Source	Mystic Seaport
Rights	Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image are available from Mystic Seaport.
Sub-collection	Postcards

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