Salant & Salant

Salant & Salant was founded in New York City in 1893 by Solomon Salant, a Russian emingrant.  This information is found on the web site Descendants of Solomon Salant - 5 Generations.

Salant & Salant began operations in the local area in 1933 with the opening of a shirt factory in Lexington, TN.  A shirt factory was opened in Parsons, TN on April 11, 1938.  By 1944, the Parsons operation included both a shirt factory and a pants factory.  During World War II, the plant had many government contracts and made uniforms for the military.  Growth continued through 1979 with more than 1000 workers employed at the Lexington and Parsons factories combined.

Both of these local factories are now closed and the Salant Corporation was acquired by Perry Ellis in June 2003.

Salant Stories

• My Year at Salant - 1954/1955 , Justine Moore Chance
• Salant & Salant - 1954, Debra Fesmire

Employee Recognition Events

• Ten Year Service Award
• 20 Year Recognition
• Banquet 1 - second view
• Banquet 2 - second view
• Banquet 3 - second view
• Banquet 4 - second view
• Recognition
• Recognition 2
• Salant Group

Newspaper articles

• The Beginning of Salant & Salant in Lexington, Tennessee - 1932
• Salant & Salant Shirt Factory in Full Operation - May 12, 1933
• Salant & Salant To Get Additional Storage Space - October 20, 1939
• Salant Baseball - August 9, 1940
• Salant Sets Changing of Plants - October 29, 1959
• Oldest Plant In Area Is Salant - October 8, 1970
• Employees publish Salant Shirts, Pants

History

• Depression and Economic Recovery
• Depression Recovery in Henderson County
• Salant & Salant Corporate History

Factories

• Factories in Henderson County - 1941
• Parsons Shirt Factory - 1944

Pictures

• Salant Mechanic Shop - July 1946

Salant & Salant Items Needed!

Please visit our new Salant & Salant section.  Wouldn't it be great to preserve more of the history of the local Salant & Salant operations?  We need your newspaper clippings, photographs and just good stories about the Salant and Salant factories that were formerly located in Lexington and Parsons.  We need much more material for this section of this web site.

If you can contribute to this effort in any way, please contact me.