Item 22: Close-up view of battery on Draper Company loom, Model E, with duflex (?) harness
Scope and Contents
Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A22. 1894-1900. Image depicts a close-up view of the battery on a Draper Company Model E loom with a duplex (?) harness. A battery is a mechanism found on single box automatic looms. The battery holds a plentiful supply of filling bobbins and transfers them, one at a time, to the shuttle as the need arises. The Draper Company, located in Hopedale, Massachusetts, manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. See Item 27, in this folder, for a view of the entire loom. 25 x 20.25 cm.
Dates
- 1882-1920
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
10.11 cubic feet
Format:
black and white photograph
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository