Photographs of Standard Felt Company, Alhambra, California, photCL 241
Suzanne Oatey
The Huntington Library
August 2021
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San Marino, California 91108
reference@huntington.org
Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library Photo Archives
Title: Photographs of Standard Felt Company, Alhambra, California
Identifier/Call Number: photCL 241
Physical Description:
1.17 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1910s-1930s
Abstract: Photographs of the felt manufacturing
process and male and female factory workers, 1910s to 1930s, at the Standard Felt Company,
Alhambra, California.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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Photographs of Standard Felt Company, Alhambra, California, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Galbraith and Mr. and Mrs. William R. Zimmerman, 1981.
Standard Felt Company in Alhambra, California grew out of the Alfred Dodge Manufacturing
Company, which began in 1903 with the financial backing of Henry E. Huntington, William G.
Kerckhoff, and associates. The company was built in Alhambra on land purchased in 1903 that
had previously held the San Gabriel Wine Company. The manufacturing of felt began in 1904,
and in 1910, the company changed its name to Standard Felt Company. (See also two-page
history of company with collection.)
A group of 76 photographs, 1910s to 1930s, of the Standard Felt Company, 29-115 Palm
Avenue, Alhambra, California. Images depict buildings, workers, and the felt manufacturing
process, including workers picking through bales of wool and using heavy machinery. Some
images are of women workers, and products made by the company. A two-page typed history of
the company by an unknown author accompanies the collection.
Processed by Huntington Library staff, 1986. In 2021, Suzanne Oatey created a finding
aid.
Photographs of felt processing and advertisement for felt slippers, Standard Felt Company,
photPF 10119-10120.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Employees -- California -- Los Angeles County
Felting
Industrial buildings
Textile industry -- California -- Los Angeles County
Textile factories -- California -- Los Angeles County
Women employees
Alhambra (Calif.)
Photographs
Box 1
Photographs of Standard Felt Company, Alhambra, California