Item 5: Drawing-In, 1952

Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a female employee drawing in threads through a heddle. Text: "Drawing-In. Before a loom beam is placed into a loom, each thread must be drawn through a heddle. The heddle is a small metal rod having an eye in the center of it. These heddles are held by a frame or harness. Several harnesses are used in one weave; therefore, the operator must be exceedingly careful to draw the thread through the proper heddle. As these harnesses are lifted in the loom, the threads are raised allowing the shuttle to pass between them thus forming the required weave." 25 x 20.5 cm. (w/out mount); 27 x 20.5 cm. (w/mount).