Items

• Spencer's: Time tested Recipes from Southern Appalachia

  Cookbook produced and printed in 1989 from the Spencer's Infant's and Children's Wear company, founded in Mount Airy, NC. Recipes were contributed by the employees. The company was founded on July 8, 1926 as Mount Airy Knitting Company, by W.E. Lindsay, John Banner, and J.H. Crossingham. F.L. Hatcher and G.C. Lovill later became partners in the business. The name was changed to Spencer's Infant's and Children's Wear in 1963, and local production closed in 2006. The cookbook is housed at the Mount Airy Museum for Regional History.
  

• photograph of Frank Leslie "Les" Hatcher

  photograph of Frank Leslie "Les" Hatcher
  

• photograph of F.L. "Les" Hatcher, a founder of Spencers

  photograph of F.L. "Les" Hatcher, a founder of Spencers
  

• Spencer's Infant's and Children's Wear sign

  Spencer's Infant's and Children's Wear sign
  

• Spencer's Infant and Children's Wear toy truck

  Spencer's Infant and Children's Wear toy truck
  

• photograph of Spencers Inc. plant #4

  photograph of Spencers Inc. plant #4
  

• photograph of Spencer's Infant and Children's Wear employee inspecting machinery

  photograph of Spencer's Infant and Children's Wear employee inspecting machinery
  

• photograph of James H. Crossingham "Jim" of Spencer's Infant and Children's Wear

  photograph of James H. Crossingham "Jim" of Spencer's Infant and Children's Wear
  

• photograph of James H. Crossingham Sr. one of the founders of Mount Airy Knitting which became Spencer's Infant and Children's Wear

  photograph of James H. Crossingham Sr. one of the founders of Mount Airy Knitting which became Spencer's Infant and Children's Wear
  

• photograph of F.L. "Les" Hatcher one of the founders of Mount Airy Knitting which became Spencer's Infant and Children's Wear

  photograph of F.L. "Les" Hatcher one of the founders of Mount Airy Knitting which became Spencer's Infant and Children's Wear
  

• photograph of F.L. "Les" Hatcher one of the founders of Spencer's Infant and Children's Wear

  photograph of F.L. "Les" Hatcher one of the founders of Spencer's Infant and Children's Wear
  

• Spencer's boxed 2 piece creeper suit size 6 month

  Spencer's boxed 2 piece creeper suit size 6 month
  

• Letter from Scott and Williams Knitting Machinery to J.H. Crossingham

  Letter from Scott and Williams Knitting Machinery to J.H. Crossingham dated January 3, 1946, with a price quote for machinery
  

• Telegram to Mount Airy Knitting Company confirming Government Contract

  Telegram to Mount Airy Knitting Company confirming Government Contract to produce winter drawers dated March 26, 1951
  

• Box with Spencer's logo.

  Box with Spencer's logo. Used for merchandise
  

• Spencer's playing card

  A playing card with Spencer's logo
  

• Mount Airy Knitting Company 1938 Employee photograph

  photograph of Mount Airy Knitting Company employees dated 1938
  

• Spencer's Infant's and Children's Wear- 1926-1988

  Book celebrating the history of Spencer's Infant's and Children's Wear from 1926 to 1928. Includes information on early history and growth, employees, and the families that founded the business. Also include photos of the manufacturing plant and it's buildings as well as advertisements from the Spencer's clothing line.