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The Corticelli Silk Company closed its Northampton area mills in the early 1930's, a victim of rayon, short skirts, and the Great Depression. Gone, but not forgotten: myserious place names like Corticelli Street, a few gnarled old mulberry trees, and a large mural depicting the wide range of women's work in early twentieth century Northampton (off Masonic Street in downtown Northampton) remind us that Northampton was an important stop on America's own Silk Road. This scene from the mural shows women winding silk in the Corticelli Silk Company.
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