Furniture Industry & Trade
Dublin Core
Title
Furniture Industry & Trade
Subject
North Carolina - Furniture Industry & Trade
Description
Some associated information was received with the image or discovered through research while some is speculative and based on context. Corrections are welcome.
Collection Items
Man with Chair Frames
Photograph of a man inspecting a wrapped crate inside a storage area. In the background are stacked chair frames.
On the back of the photograph the number "7" has been stamped.
On the back of the photograph the number "7" has been stamped.
Cleaning the Factory Floor
Photograph of three people sweeping debris on a wet floor. The building appears to be a furniture manufacturing floor or a storage area.
Southern Furniture Summer Recreation Baseball Team
Reprint of a photograph form the Observer-News-Enterprise newspaper of the 1966 Southern Furniture baseball team. The image is captioned with team information and player names.
Broyhill Furniture Co. Girl's Softball Team
Photograph of the 1970 Broyhill Furniture Company Girl's Softball Team. Associated note lists player names and team information.
35 Years Broyhill, Cecil Darden and John J. Beard
Photograph of L. Cecil Darden and John J. Bard celebrating 35 year anniversary of employment. Darden was the Director of Personnel at the Conover Broyhill factory.
On the reverse of the photograph is a handwritten note
"35 years: L. Cecil…
On the reverse of the photograph is a handwritten note
"35 years: L. Cecil…
35 Years Broyhill Furniture, Troy Williams
Photograph of Troy Williams, machine room supervisor at the Conover Furniture Company, and unnamed person celebrating 35 years of employment.
On the reverse of the photograph is a handwritten note
"1977
Troy Williams
35 years
mach. Room…
On the reverse of the photograph is a handwritten note
"1977
Troy Williams
35 years
mach. Room…
18 Years Broyhill, Woodrow Burris and Fay "Cookie" Black
![18 Years Broyhill, Woodrow Burris and Fay "Cookie" Black](https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/62731/archive/square_thumbnails/a9196c02a8bc8b8a0b75fd3556af1dce.jpg?Expires=1715817600&Signature=NDuduf4Z6pBdB2u%7EexIDCQDGrbXaE69jenRCZ3eDR-stNxPUtXtBwjGj3zFQFFt6y5UN5aObMy5mNamyhEgNwfI8FmwUMor55xrNIHjBnE2gNRrkrBpB9VWiR0CMGV8Do2ULp18xdWBrwwNa089-m8Bdm9r9AxmzoKxEKwsLZh17-xL3hqK4eKbcGM9IHXSOQcvb3fs2G0Zegyb8Lwa0-zEXj-FF8DwQm1QqTaeOxN2K4JPCkZPb2NTQuVZ0gfQYbZcgkxHWAp1c4VelgMPRDu3mfwWSGFavf4nB-DDr3izd%7Epdp2PA2XZBTfUxPT5j3g7jiZEfX-Xi6Z2OEFggMaA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM "18 Years Broyhill, Woodrow Burris and Fay "Cookie" Black")
Photograph of Woodrow Burris (left) shaking the hand of Fay "Cookie" Black (right) as Burris is awarded for 18 years of employment at the Broyhill Furniture factory shipping department.
On the reverse of the photograph is a handwritten note…
On the reverse of the photograph is a handwritten note…
Charles C. C. Bost
Portrait photograph of Conover resident Charles C. C. Bost. Bost was the head of the Conover Chair Company formed in 1927 from the Conover Mattress Company.
The Saunders Building
Photograph of the exterior of the Saunders Building in downtown Conover, NC. Built by J. A. Isenhower in the 1940s for T. W. Saunders and his son Walter's furniture store, Saunder's Furniture.