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| Keywords: kalamazoo public library michigan history photography workers women factory manufacturing interior machines sew sewing corset grace Interior of Grace Corset Company, the sewing room. Original caption reads, "Grace Corset Company. Sewing room with 125 girls at machines. Some machines equipped with two needles which are capable of taking 3000 stitches per minute. Output: 100 dozen per day." The Kalamazoo Corset Company was renamed the Grace Corset Company in 1922. For more information about the corset industry in Kalamazoo read: www.kpl.gov/local-history/business/kalamazoo-corset.aspx KPL catalogue number P-100. Interior of Grace Corset Company, the sewing room. Original caption reads, "Grace Corset Company. Sewing room with 125 girls at machines. Some machines equipped with two needles which are capable of taking 3000 stitches per minute. Output: 100 dozen per day." The Kalamazoo Corset Company was renamed the Grace Corset Company in 1922. For more information about the corset industry in Kalamazoo read: www.kpl.gov/local-history/business/kalamazoo-corset.aspx KPL catalogue number P-100. | ||||
