Item 66: Loom: A Model, side view showing battery, Draper Company, 1900
Scope and Contents
Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A66. Image depicts the side view of an A Model loom by Draper Company, this side showing the battery. Photographed against a sheet, probably in an unknown mill. Note the short drop box beneath the battery. The A Model loom was the first loom sent out to various manufacturers by Draper; it had a shorter lay and shuttle box than later used, a Mason take-up, and plain rocker motions. By 1900 it was obsolete. A notation on the back of the print reads: "Loom - A Model Mpv 25, 1900." The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. 20.25 x 25 cm.
Dates
- 1900
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