The document discusses how textile mills functioned and changed America, providing examples of mills that later became other developments like condominiums and taverns. It also describes how some mills, like the R&G Corset Factory and Hat Corporation of America, evolved into different types of manufacturers over time. The document includes information on how the hat industry declined until John F. Kennedy began carrying Cavanagh Hats to support the industry at the request of his friend who was vice president of sales for the Hat Corporation of America.

2. Social Studies
learning target:
• I will be understand how textile mills
functioned and how they changed
America

6. 1903 Joseph Loth Co. (silk ribbons) –
became American Hat Company
What is it now?

7. Clocktower CloseClocktower Close condominiums –
Grand St. behind Main St & 123

8. Silvermine Tavern was originally a mill
(1811). This is its mill dam.

9. What is this now?

10. What is this now?

11. Was an iron works factory 1860

13. R&G Corset Factory (founded 1887) Ann St. in Sono became
Manhattan Shirt Co, then several different manufacturers,
then Corset Factory Apts in 1990s

14. The Corset Factory Apartments, 21 Ann St.

15. Hat Corporation of America

16. The Cavanagh line of hats –
Hat Corporation of America

17. Cavanagh Hats John F. Kennedy meeting with Eisenhower, April 22, 1961
Al Webb (b. February 15, 1920), who joined the company after the Second World War, was by 1961 Vice President of Sales for
the Hat Corporation of America.[5]
Like J. Garvan Cavanagh, he was a close personal friend of John F. Kennedy, whose dislike of
wearing hats had led to a downfall in hat sales.[4][5]
At a 1961 PT reunion in Washington, DC, Webb accused his friend of having
ruined the American hat industry, and in response, Kennedy began carrying a hat around with him with the Cavanagh Hats label
clearly visible.[5]
The first incidence of this was when Kennedy met with Dwight D. Eisenhower on April 22, 1961, at Camp David

18. Mill Pond – East Norwalk

19. “No wonder you’re late. This watch is exactly 2 days
slow!” Mad Hatter’s Syndrome