Record #:

12007

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

In 1880 John Q. Gant formed a partnership to build Glen Raven Mills, Inc., a cotton mill located on the Haw River near Burlington. Through the years the company created many products, but its most famous was a stocking garment developed in the 1950s and known worldwide as pantyhose.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 38 Issue 11, Nov 1980, p76, 78, por

Subject(s):

Hosiery; Hosiery industry--Alamance County; Gant, John Quinton, 1847-1930