Comments on: Marchant’s Manufacturing Company http://www.locohistory.org/blog/albemarle/2007/03/19/marchants-manufacturing-company/ One faces the future with one's past — Pearl S. Buck Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:30:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Harry Poindexter http://www.locohistory.org/blog/albemarle/2007/03/19/marchants-manufacturing-company/#comment-3437 Harry Poindexter Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:32:45 +0000 http://www.locohistory.org/blog/2007/03/19/marchants-manufacturing-company/#comment-3437 Broadcloth was a fine napped woolen cloth while cassi- mere was of a medium weight, soft texture. Flannel was also soft, but loosely woven. Satinet had a cotton warp with wool filling and was of coarser quality. Of the coarse cloths, jeans were a type of cotton outer-garmets, linseys were made of cotton and wool, and kerseys were all wool, but ribbed.--Harry Poindexter 1955 Broadcloth was a fine napped woolen cloth while cassi- mere was of a medium weight, soft texture. Flannel was also soft, but loosely woven. Satinet had a cotton warp with wool filling and was of coarser quality. Of the coarse cloths, jeans were a type of cotton outer-garmets, linseys were made of cotton and wool, and kerseys were all wool, but ribbed.–Harry Poindexter 1955

]]> By: Victoria Dunham http://www.locohistory.org/blog/albemarle/2007/03/19/marchants-manufacturing-company/#comment-26 Victoria Dunham Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:45:40 +0000 http://www.locohistory.org/blog/2007/03/19/marchants-manufacturing-company/#comment-26 Indeed, this is the singular Henry Clay Marchant (1838-1910). It's sad that many in Charlottesville (including city leaders) are not aware of the many valuable contributions he made to the area. Marchant was a very forward-thinking individual for his time, a philanthropist, and caring and generous employer whose company greatly raised the financial profile of Charlottesville begining with the post-Civil War years. He was also the "father" of the Woolen Mills Village. So thank you for mentioning the Marchant Manufacturing building! (By the way, the turn of the century Woolen Mill building also looked very similar, and I've often wondered if Marchant used the same architect for both.) Indeed, this is the singular Henry Clay Marchant (1838-1910). It’s sad that many in Charlottesville (including city leaders) are not aware of the many valuable contributions he made to the area. Marchant was a very forward-thinking individual for his time, a philanthropist, and caring and generous employer whose company greatly raised the financial profile of Charlottesville begining with the post-Civil War years. He was also the “father” of the Woolen Mills Village.

So thank you for mentioning the Marchant Manufacturing building! (By the way, the turn of the century Woolen Mill building also looked very similar, and I’ve often wondered if Marchant used the same architect for both.)

]]> By: bill emory http://www.locohistory.org/blog/albemarle/2007/03/19/marchants-manufacturing-company/#comment-25 bill emory Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:40:16 +0000 http://www.locohistory.org/blog/2007/03/19/marchants-manufacturing-company/#comment-25 http://historicwoolenmills.org/notes/HCM_manufacture.html In the early seventies I used to buy coal for my "Warm Morning" brand stove at the corner of Harris Street and Preston Avenue. The URL above is a detail from Sanborn's 1907 map showing this building. http://historicwoolenmills.org/notes/HCM_manufacture.html

In the early seventies I used to buy coal for my “Warm Morning” brand stove at the corner of Harris Street and Preston Avenue.

The URL above is a detail from Sanborn’s 1907 map showing this building.

]]> By: Jocelyn http://www.locohistory.org/blog/albemarle/2007/03/19/marchants-manufacturing-company/#comment-24 Jocelyn Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:21:33 +0000 http://www.locohistory.org/blog/2007/03/19/marchants-manufacturing-company/#comment-24 http://www.apparelsearch.com/Glossary_k.htm I'll assume the advertisement for kerseys is for coarse woolen fabric or a blend. I don't really know, though, and I'm not a textile expert. http://www.apparelsearch.com/Glossary_k.htm

I’ll assume the advertisement for kerseys is for coarse woolen fabric or a blend. I don’t really know, though, and I’m not a textile expert.

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