Item 47: Slasher Room of a Fall River Cotton Mill [Fall River, Mass.]
Scope and Contents
Color image of male employees posing next to slasher equipment in an unidentified mill. Slashing is the operation of sizing a warp on a slasher. The object is to give each warp thread a coating of size mixture, to dry the threads, and to run the desired number of threads on a loom beam (seen in the front of each slasher). Published by F.P. Charlton Co., Fall River, Mass. Made in Germany. ca. 1907-1909. 14 x 9 cm.
Format: Postcard.
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
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