A History of Tufted Rugs

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Dalton, Tufted Textile Manufacturing Association

Dalton, Tufted Textile Manufacturing Association

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Made by
Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers (Atlanta, Ga.)
Date
1949-01-03
Place
Dalton, Georgia
Held by
Georgia State University. Special Collections
Collection
Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976
Number
gsu_lane_3971 (also 3972, 3973, 3974)
Size
photograph
Themes
Machine tufting & Dalton

Cite this source

Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers (Atlanta, Ga.). “Dalton, Tufted Textile Manufacturing Association,” 1949-01-03. gsu_lane_3971 (also 3972, 3973, 3974), Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976, Georgia State University. Special Collections. dlg.usg.edu/record/gsu_lane_3971.

Research notes

Four press photographs, 3 January 1949, by Lane Brothers, Atlanta. Envelope description: "Dalton; Tufted Textile Manufacturing Association". Subjects not described further; check images for who and what is shown. Why it matters: Dalton bedspreads / Building the machine: a dated event of the Tufted Textile Manufacturers Association in 1949, just as the industry turned from spreads to carpet. Found: Digital Library of Georgia, search "tufted", 2026-10-28.