Eagle Knitting Mills

Eagle Knitting Mills was a knitted textiles company located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, widely known in the early 20th century as the manufacturer of the original patented earlap cap.[1]

Eagle Knitting Mills
Defunct1991
Fateclosed
SuccessorZwicker Knitting Mills
Headquarters
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
,
United States
The main factory building, 2022

In 1930, Eagle bought Stern Knitting Mills of Peoria, Illinois, and moved the entire production to Milwaukee.[2] During the Great Depression, Eagle was one of many companies in Wisconsin that proclaimed it would guarantee their employees' jobs, ensuring some stability for the workers.[3] In 1937, the company president, David Karger, was reported as receiving an annual salary of $24,000 (equivalent to $488,556 in 2022).[4]

In 1952 Eagle was awarded a Federal contract worth more than $250,000 to produce wool mufflers.[5]

The company was sold in 1963 to Zwicker Knitting Mills in 1963. The plant in Milwaukee was finally closed in 1991.[6]

The main factory building was added to the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places on August 14, 2020,[6] and to the National Register of Historic Places on November 12, 2020.[7]

References
  1. "Eagleknit Cap Advertising Campaign This Fall". Dayton Daily News. November 10, 1924. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  2. "Badger Briefs". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Associated Press. December 6, 1930. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. "Executives Guarantee Jobs To Workers; Kohler Is Among Company Officials". Wausau Daily Herald. Associated Press. January 7, 1931. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  4. "Industries Account for Most of Large Salaries". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Associated Press. January 15, 1937. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  5. "Federal Contract To Manitowoc Firm". Green Bay Press-Gazette. June 9, 1952. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  6. Wisconsin Historical Society (August 28, 2020). "Eagle Knitting Mills Listed in the State Register of Historic Places" (Press release). Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  7. "Weekly listing". National Park Service.
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