Documenting the Scranton Lace Company

First 50 Years of the Scranton Lace Company

This 48-page document gives an overview of the history of lace generally and the specific achievements of the Scranton Lace Company in its first 50…

Birds Eye View

This collaged shot shows the Scranton Lace Factory in the existing context of the site. This shot predates the large clocktower, which was added to…

Lace Trade Booming

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1906-1907 Scranton Lace Works Football/Soccer Team

When people hear “The Scranton Lace Company”, they typically think of the largest producer of Nottingham lace in America; a company that operated for…

Article about the laceworks

Newspaper article about the reason behind a dining trip. In 1907 the mayor of Scranton took the laceworks football club to dinner.

Image of men in front of laceworks

A photograph of a group of men taken in front of the laceworks in 1899. There is a mixture in types of attire, most likely representing the different…

Small image of men's soccer team

The Scranton Lace Company pushed for a community type environment for their company. One of these many community like activities was a men’s soccer…

Men at a dining table

12 men surrounding a fine dining table, all dressed well. These were most likely higher members of the factory and we could assume that meetings such…

Large group of workers, mostly women

This is a photograph of approximately fifty workers for the Scranton Lace Company, taken in 1899. This image highlights the separation between…

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