yesterday's tennessee

Parsons Salant & Salant Shirt Factory - c. 1944

from the photograph collection of Mary Lynn Butler Montgomery

click on people in the picture for a larger view and names (if available) - 800x600 screen resolution

This picture was taken about 1944 and features the workers in the shirt factory at the Salant & Salant operation in Parsons, TN.  There was also a pants factory in operation at the same time that is probably featured in a second photograph.

If you can identify people in the picture above, please contact me.

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