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Sayles Biltmore Bleacheries Industries

 

Brief History:  Sayles Biltmore Bleacheries Industries was constructed between 1925-1927 of reinforced concrete by the architectural firm of J.E. Sirrine & Company. The company was also referred as the Riverbend Business Park. Factory closed circa 1993.

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Title Sayles Biltmore Bleacheries Industries
Creator E.M. Ball, Sr.
Alt. Creator Herbert Pelton
Identifier http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/photo/ball/sayles%20bleacheries/default.htm
Subject Key words :
Ewart M. Ball, Jr. ; Ewart M. Ball, Sr. ; Sayles Biltmore Bleacheries Photographs ;  manufacturing ; Riverbend Business Park ; J.E. Sirrine & Company
Subject LCSH :
Ball, Ewart M., Sr. (1894-1937)
Ball, Ewart M., Jr. (1918-1966)
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Pictorial works
Appalachian Mountains -- Pictorial works
Appalachian Mountains -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works
Architecture -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County -- History
Asheville (N.C.) -- History
Asheville (N.C.) -- Description and travel
Asheville (N.C.) -- Industries
North Carolina -- Pictorial works
Photographers -- North Carolina -- Biography
Photography -- Plateau Studio
Portrait photography -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Portrait photography -- North Carolina
Textile industry -- Southern States -- History
Description  Sayles Biltmore Bleacheries
Publisher D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Contributor Dr. Bruce Greenawalt ; Southern Highlands Research Center 
Date 2003-12-18
Type Collection ; Image 
Format

Nitrate and acetate negatives ; Approximately 38 items

Source P80.1
Language English
Relation Ewart Ball. III Oral History, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Greige Bales and Village Tales: History, Photographs, Contacts and Personal Stories Written by Sayles Employees and Villagers by Helen Jones Rice
Northside Graphics & Printing Co.;1st edition (January 2007). ISBN-10:1427607443
 
Coverage 1918-1969 ; Asheville, NC ; Western North Carolina  
Rights

Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville.
Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Donor Donor Number 48
Acquisition 1978-09-07 
Citation E.M. Ball Photographic Collection (1918-1969), D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Processed by  Special Collections staff, 1978 and 2001
Last update 2003-12-18

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