Founded in 1919...

 

R.K. Laros established Laros Industries for the manufacture of silk. His first locations for silk mills included the Broad Street and Miller Heights locations in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Laros set the standards internationally for the production of silk and employed thousands of employees over the almost four decades of the mills operation. The Laros extraordinary story is told on the Nylon Nostalgia website and can be viewed here.

The Helen & R.K.Laros Foundation has partnered with the Industrial Archives & Library in Bethlehem, PA to record the stories, memories & individual histories of Laros Industry employees and or their descendants, The project has resulted in the interviews of over 30 individuals associated with the Laros Silk Mills & the Laros Family. The link to the Industrial Archives and Library to view these interviews can be found here at IAL

Marge Tarola interviewed with IAL in 2019. She was a longtime employee at the Bethlehem Laros Silk Mill. Marge’s interview can be found using the IAL link above.

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The R.K. Laros History
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