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The American Thread Company sells the Oaks community, built under William Barrows as the Village of Oakgrove, at auction.

American Thread Company, a British conglomerate, takes over the Willimantic Linen Company.

Colorized postcard of American Thread Company Mill No. 2 and No. 6, Main Street, in Willimantic, Connecticut.

Black and white photograph of the annual outing of the Konomoc Hose Company from New London in Willimantic on Labor Day 1903. The Alert Hose Company No.1 is escorted as they prepare to march by the Warren Drum Corps of Putnam

Architectural Plans of the Elms Boarding House renovations, 1909

The Army of the Unemployed camps outside of Willimantic Town Hall, seeking work. The state of the city is compared to that of the tenements of New York.

Connecticut's House and Senate reject the state constitution amendment giving voting rights to African American men.