(Courtesy of Sarah Saylor)

Shown above is a photo of the Charles T. “Dory” Saylor Shirt Factory taken from the air and put on a post card, taken in the early 1940s. The house attached on the right was a residence, while the factory is on the left. This was traditionally our town’s second largest employer for over 50 years.

(What was in this building before the shirt factory? Answer next month.)

Answer to Last Month

The Isabella Steam Tannery was located on the east side along South Center Street where Ira Bobb lived (now owned by Davy Jones) and where Clarence “Roundy” Walker used to live. The location for the tannery buildings were from 225 South Center Street southward for about two more lots along that street, and it had an eastward depth of at least 180 feet. East of Chris Weller’s it owned land along the S&L RR and it had its own railroad siding.