Silk and Explosives: The Rise and Fall of the Real Silk Hosiery Mills
Hosted by Indianapolis Public LibraryLearn the history of Indianapolis’s Real Silk Hosiery Company, from its rise in the door-to-door market to its decline during the Great Depression.
Event Details
The Real Silk Hosiery Company was started in Indianapolis in 1922 and occupied several acres of land just south of the intersection of College Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue. This in-person lecture, presented by Indianapolis historian and 2024 Indiana Authors Award winner Edward Fujawa, explores the company’s rise in the door-to-door market (it sold more than 12 million pairs of women’s hosiery annually) to its decline due to the Great Depression and a 1934 strike.
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Note that the program takes place in the Indianapolis Special Collections Room (ISCR) on the 6th floor within Central Library.
For more information, contact Montoya Barker at mbarker@indypl.org or call the library at 317.275.4100.
This program is presented as part of the Indianapolis Public Library’s Culture, History, and Society series, which received support from an Indiana Humanities Mini-Grant.