Willimantic Linen Co. Opens Company Store

Title

Willimantic Linen Co. Opens Company Store

Description

William Barrows opens the Willimantic Linen Company store, hoping to capitalize on the manufacturer's large workforce. Through tickets, vouchers, and tokens, mill workers are virtually forced to shop at the establishment.

Source

Thomas R. Beardsley, Willimantic Industry and Community: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Textile City (Willimantic, CT: Windham Textile & History Community, 1993), 35.

Date

1877-10

Contributor

hall_tyler

Collection

Digital Windham

Citation

“Willimantic Linen Co. Opens Company Store,” History Digitized, accessed October 24, 2024, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/775.