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Silk and Explosives: The Rise and Fall of the Real Silk Hosiery Mills

Indianapolis Special Collections Room (ISCR) Program

Join us at the Central Library in the Indianapolis Special Collections Room (ISCR) to learn about the Real Silk Hosiery Mills (1922-1957) and the 1934 Strike.

Culture, History, and Society: Historic Indianapolis—The Real Silk Hosiery Company was started in 1922 and occupied several acres of land just south of the intersection of College Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue in Indianapolis, under the direction of J.A. and L.L. Goodman. This in-person lecture explores the company's rise in the door-to-door market, selling more than 12 million pairs of women’s hosiery annually, to its decline during the Great Depression and the 1934 Strike. Registration is required. 

Presenter: Indianapolis historian and 2024 Indiana Authors Award winner Edward Fujawa.

Age Group: Adults

Location: This program will be held in person in the Indianapolis Special Collections Room (ISCR) on the 6th floor of the Central Library.

Parking: The Central Library has a parking garage available to patrons during their time there. Garage pricing information is detailed here. The garage can be accessed on Pennsylvania Street.

This program is part of the Culture, History, and Society: Historic Indianapolis programs hosted by the Indianapolis Special Collections Room (ISCR). Made possible by The Indianapolis Public Library Foundation.

Contact: Special Collections Librarian Montoya Barker

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