Item 15: Spinning silk - showing roving frame, [Cheney Bros.], So. Manchester, Conn.
File — Box: 9, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Black and white image shows a female worker adjusting fibers being fed through the roivng frame onto spindles. The roving passes down over the machine in such a way that the fibers are twisted into threads by the spindles seen at the bottom. Although not specified here, this is the Cheney Bros. plant in South Manchester, Conn. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. mid-1920s. 18.75 x 8.75 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Dates
- 1842-2003
Language of Materials
Collection material in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian
Conditions Governing Access
From the Collection:
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Extent
6.33 cubic feet
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository