After Lowe Mill closed, it reopened as a shoe factory after the Great Depression. This photo depicts several of the workers making shoes that were used across the country.
The paymaster's office was built in 1910 and was an addition to Lowe Mill to provide the office staff a place to work separately. This photo depicts several of the workers who would have used the office located just outside Lowe Mill.
Lowe Mill featured a variety of departments in the 1920s and produced a variety of textiles. This photo, taken in 1925, highlights the Weaving department of the textile mill.
This M.E. Williams customer account page is on page 55 of Harrison Brothers Hardware Company customer account ledger 1, 1897-1904. Transactions and payments on this ledger page correspond to Harrison Brothers Hardware Company daybook 2, 1898-1902, and date from September 29, 1900 to October 12, 1901. "Col." was written after M.E. Williams' name to indicate that the customer was Black.
This image of an M.E. Williams transaction from August 13, 1900, is cropped from page 474 of Harrison Brothers Hardware Company daybook 2, 1898-1902. The transaction on this page was paid for by note and does not correspond to a customer account page. M.E. Williams purchased a lamp in this transaction. "Col." was written after M.E. Williams' name to indicate that the customer was Black.
