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PCS 6.4
Hill Crest Hall was the female dormitory for employees of American Viscose.
PCS 6.3
Birds-eye view of American Viscose. American Viscose, once the world's largest producer of artificial silk, opened in 1917. By the 1920s, the plant employed more than 5,000 people. American Viscose remained in business until 1948. Hill Crest Hall, a…
PCS 6.2
Birds-eye view of American Viscose. American Viscose, once the world's largest producer of artificial silk, opened in 1917. By the 1920s, the plant employed more than 5,000 people. American Viscose remained in business until 1948.
PCS 6.1
Birds-eye view of American Viscose. American Viscose, once the world's largest producer of artificial silk, opened in 1917. By the 1920s, the plant employed more than 5,000 people. American Viscose remained in business until 1948.
PCS 6.0
Trolley tracks wind in front of Hill Crest Hall, the female dormitory for American Viscose.
RVNH40212 American Viscose
Aerial view of American Viscose.
RVNH4023 Hillcrest House
Hillcrest Hall was one of the dormitories for American Viscose employees.
RVNH4022 American Viscose
An unidentified woman in the reeling room at American Viscose.
RVNH4021 American Viscose
An unidentified man in the reeling room at American Viscose.
RVNH4020 American Viscose
An unidentified woman works with strands of silk at American Viscose.
PC 96.1 American Viscose
"Bird's eye view of the Viscose Silk Mills, Roanoke, Virginia"
Davis 4.214 American Viscose Parade
American Viscose employees with decorated car for a World War I drive parade.
Davis 4.213 American Viscose Parade
American Viscose employees at a World War I drive parade. Norfolk & Western shops visible in background.
Davis 4.212 American Viscose Parade
American Viscose employees with decorated car for a World War I drive parade. Norfolk & Western shops visible in background.
Davis 4.211 American Viscose Parade
American Viscose employees with decorated car for World War I drive parade. Norfolk & Western shops visible in background.
Underwood 25 American Viscose
Aerial view of American Viscose Corporation.
Davis 56.669 Viscose Life Saving Crew
Members of the American Viscose Life Saving Crew and First Aid.
Davis 56.667 Viscose Life Saving Crew
Members of American Viscose Life Saving Crew and First Aid.
Davis 56.6661 Viscose Life Saving Crew
American Viscose Life Saving Crew marches in a World War II victory parade.
Davis 56.666 Viscose Life Saving Crew
Members of the American Viscose Life Saving Crew & First Aid.
Davis 56.665 Viscose Award Winners
Winners of the first salvage award for the American Viscose Life Saving Crew, Bessie Mills and R. Nelson Sibold, aboard train bound for awards presentation in New York.
Davis 56.664 Viscose Life Saving Crew Officers
Officers of the American Viscose Life Saving Crew. Seated, L to R: Roy Martin, R. Nelson Sibold, L.W. Overstreet. Standing, L to R: Vic Angel, George Hash and L. Monroe.
Davis 56.663 Viscose 1900 Club
Members of the American Viscose 1900 Club. Seated, L to R: Tot Reynolds, Rawie Moomaw, George Boone, L. Whitenack, unknown. Extreme right is Marshall Garst. All others unknown.
Davis 56.662 Viscose Life Saving Crew Board
Members of the American Viscose Life Saving Crew Board. 1st row, L to R: George Hash, L.W. Overstreet, R. Nelson Sibold and William Barton. 2nd row, L to R: Guy Campbell, Frank Lackey, Otey P. Shillings, George Fore and William Franklin.
Davis 56.661 Viscose Life Saving Crew
Viscose Life Saving Crew members. Seated from L to R: L.W. Overstreet, __ Monroe, Walter Otey, Leroy Smith, R. Nelson Sibold, William Barton, Donald Thompson and unknown. All others uknown.
Davis 56.66 Viscose Life Saving Crew Board
Board members of the Viscose Life Saving Crew. 1st row, L to R: Donald Thompson, William Barton, Leroy Smith, John Cadden and Walter Otey. 2nd row, L to R: William Franklin, L.W. Overstreet, R. Nelson Sibold, ? Booker, George Hash and ? Monroe.
Davis 45.72 Roanoke Industrial Center
Aerial view of Roanoke Industrial Center, formerly American Viscose, including a listing of the businesses who occupied each building. American Viscose, once the world's largest producer of artificial silk, opened in 1917. By the 1920s, the plant…
Davis 4.21 American Viscose Car Parade
American Viscose car in World War I drive parade.