Item 55: Close-up view of F Model Loom, Draper Company, 1900

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A55. Image depicts a close-up view of an F-model loom seen from one end, showing the picker stick. (The picker stick, by delivering a sharp blow to the shuttle, causes the shuttle to be thrown from one shuttle box, across the race plate, into the opposite shuttle box.) The F model loom was designed for an extra heavy pattern for goods 72 inches and wider. A notation on the back of the print reads: "F Model Loom Feb 1900." See Item 48, in this folder, for a broader view of an F model loom. The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. 25 x 20.25 cm.