Naumkeag Steam Cotton Mills: Pequot Mill

"Mills of the Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co., Salem, Mass", photograph, circa 1908, Nelson Dionne Photograph, Nelson Dionne Collection, Salem State University Archives & Special Collections 

This is a photo of the mills near The Point in Salem, MA. These mills were heavily employed by Franco-Americans immigrants that had just come from Canada. These cotton mills paid low wages but still gave the workers an opportunity to provide for and build up their new life in Salem.