The Future….
Simeon had a home built for his son George Herbert as a wedding present in 1878..
George Herbert Clark (1848-1924)
George Herbert Clark…
George Herbert Clark would take over from his father …
Family…
Celia Carr was married to George Herbert Clark
Celia Carr descended from one of the earliest settlers in Rhode Island…
George Perry Clark: 9th Generation (1879-1984)…
George Perry Clark…
George Herbert Clark’s son, George Perry Clark in overalls….
Brother Henry, Garfield, affectionally referred to as “Shan”, Sister Harriet, George P.,and Florence, ready for the future….
Anxious to get to work….
First a little schooling…
East Greenwich Academy ….
Marriage to Anne O’Neil
Young George P.’s first crew!
Ready to go…..
Evolving….
Management…
George Perry Clark With Workers…
The Office….
Posing…
Motley Crew…
Hardscrabble….
Close knit….
Friends…
Inside the mill…
More posing…
Man and Machine…
The Columbia Narrow Fabric Company….
Product ready for delivery…
Expansion: 1907-1914
Mill Office…
Christmas Card circa 1910
The Water Tower…providing fresh clean water from what the Villagers referred to as the “Boiling Spring”…
Chapter 7: Full Speed Ahead
TBA