Item 9: Dressing Machine which practically completes the Combing Process - Silk Industry (Spun Silk), [Cheney Bros. Silk Manufacturers], South Manchester, Conn., 1914
Scope and Contents
Black and white image shows boy removing a "lap" of short fibers from the surface of the dressing machine. The dressing machine consists of a large cylinder upon the surface of which the lengths of fiber are fastened, as they come from the picker machine. As the cylinder revolves, the fiber is carried past two rapidly revolving rollers, the surfaces of which are covered with a number of fine needles. As the silk passes through the rollers the needles comb out all the chrysalis shells, sticks, and foreign matter from the silk fibers. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company. 17.75 x 8.5 cm. Copy B.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Dates
- 1914
Language of Materials
Collection material in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian
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Extent
6.33 cubic feet
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository