Item 2: Winding the fine raw silk in a large American Silk Throwing Plant, Paterson, N.J.
File — Box: 9, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Black and white image shows female workers working with raw silk to clean it of some of the animal gum and the threads made ready for weavers by being wound, doubled together and spun. The skeins are put over the hexagonal reels and the silk filaments wound from them on to the small spools under the watchful direction of the winders. New York: Underwood & Underwood, Publishers, ca. 1900-1905. 17.75 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
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Extent
6.33 cubic feet
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository