GALLERY:: Farewell to Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007 Photo Gallery by Tim May at pbase.com

GALLERY:: Farewell to Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007

In my city there is an old Victorian build that started life as a silk mill and then in the 30's became Sunset Line and Twine. It has closed and the building has been sold to be converted to condos. One Saturday in August the building was open all day for an auction of its contents. These images are the results from my 5 hours wandering through the past. A former blogger at Petaluma360 includes a video about a movie being made at the Line and Twine. This may give you a taste of what the building is like: http://dane-golden.petaluma360.com/default.asp?item=524984

Limp Monofilament Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Twine Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Worker's Station Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Reading the Graffiti Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Insect Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007
Wornout Sign Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Skeins Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Spools Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Exploring Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Twining Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007
Tactile Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Potential Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Dirty Cleaners Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Mountains of Silk Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Machine Light Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007
Fouled Fan Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Light Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Ghost Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Chemical Eye Bath Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Skeins and Light Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007
'Ol Devil Time Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Windows Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	View Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Lights Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Fascination Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007
View Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Floor as Horizon Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Stacks Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Layers of History Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Ivy Window Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007
Broom Abstract Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Broken Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Skeleton Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Golden Roof Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007	Spirit of Line and Twine Sunset Line & Twine, Petaluma, California, August 2007

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Guest		12-May-2014 23:56
This old building had some political past when a strike occurred in about 1947 as a test case for the New Taft Hartley act. The ILWU complete with Harry Bridges struck the company which was nearly bankrupted but recovered with a non union personnel crew

Lonn		01-Mar-2014 15:15
I came across a full spool of vegetable fiber twine (hemp) for a dollar at a garage sale. This is quality material indeed, it has 70lb min breaking strength, here are the specs off the original label; TWINE VEGETABLE FIBER CONTRACT DSA 500-35276 MIL-T-713C TYPE N C.LASS 3 1LB. SUNSET LINE & TWINE

craig		06-Aug-2010 18:27
nice pix.........I actually have two rolls of waxed nylon "lasing tape" made here.....top quality...used in the electronics/electrical industry to lace wire harnesses together.....a lost art.....the standard went to plactic tie straps.....

Lowndes		17-Nov-2008 23:10
I sell Kraft Tools (that bought Sunset) and wondered where these old machines came from. I've seen the old machines in the new Kraft building (noisiest part of the plant) whirling away making twine for the masonry trade. The pics of the old building in Petaluma look just like the cotton mills in Canton, Ga., once owned by the family of Bobby Jones, the great golfer, and in many other old Georgia and South Carolina towns. Developers have made a bundle on these old structures, turning them into shops, stores, apartments. They sat vacant for so long. I'm glad to see new life in these stately old buildings.

glenda		30-Aug-2007 14:05
Thank you so much for the pictures. My family was stationed at Hamilton AFB in the 1960's and my mother took a job at the Sunset factory to help make ends meet. I remember as a child riding with my dad to drop off or pick up my mom from work and being enthralled with the building. These pictures brought back much happiness for me, thank you.

Guest		30-Aug-2007 14:04
Thank you so much for the pictures. My family was stationed at Hamilton AFB in the 1960's and my mother took a job at the Sunset factory to help make ends meet. I remember as a child riding with my dad to drop off or pick up my mom from work and being enthralled with the building. These pictures brought back much happiness for me, thank you.

Jan Vannucci		28-Aug-2007 13:20
Thank you for taking the time to "see". The images slowed me down and gave me much thought of the past. Jan V

Iris Maybloom (irislm)		14-Aug-2007 03:35
Tim, the previous comment was mine. I forgot to log in!!!

Guest		14-Aug-2007 03:34
Extraodinary gallery, Tim. It's a tribute to the past and a story about change. How many mills and factories have closed down across this country displacing workers, disrupting lives, and changing the face of many towns and cities. Your five hours of wandering produced a poignant farewell to what once was.

Phil Douglis		12-Aug-2007 01:03
You were very fortunate to have been able to see this place at this point in time. The most common kind of factory becomes a place of mystery and romance once it is shut down. (I found the same thing to be true when Dave Wyman took our Oregon tour to an abandoned meat packing plant. See my own interpretations of it athttp://www.pbase.com/image/62016405 ,http://www.pbase.com/image/62017892 , andhttp://www.pbase.com/image/62021317 )

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