Box 5
Container
Contains 149 Results:
Item 7: No. 7. Speeders, White Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N.C., 1909
File — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents
H.C. White Co., N. Bennington, Vt. Gelatin silver print. No. 7 in a set of 25 stereocards. Text on reverse: "The large bobbins of roving from the Slubbers are taken to other machines known as Speeders, and are unwound through the machine, again drawn out finer and finer, and re-wound on smaller bobbins. The strand of cotton known as speeder roving is now ready to be taken to the spinning room for the final draft and twist necessary to turn it into yarn." The White Oak Cotton Mills made...
Dates:
1909
Item 8: No. 8. Spinning frames, White Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N.C., 1909
File — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents
H.C. White Co., N. Bennington, Vt. Gelatin silver print. No. 8 in a set of 25 stereocards. Text on reverse: "The roving from the Speeders is placed on the Spinning Frames and now undergoes its final draft as it passes through the spinning rolls. The attenuated fibres are then twisted firmly together by the action of the spindles which turn at a speed of about 10,000 revolutions per minute. The yarn thus formed is wound on bobbins and is ready to be dyed and weaved." The White Oak Cotton...
Dates:
1909
Item 9: No. 9. Spoolers, White Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N.C., 1909
File — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents
H.C. White Co., N. Bennington, Vt. Gelatin silver print. No. 9 in a set of 25 stereocards. Text on reverse: "Two kinds of yarn are delivered at the spinning frames, known as warp and filling, which make respectively the lengthwise and crosswise threads of the cloth. The filling is in its completed form ready for the loom, the warp must first be gotten into shape for dyeing and then arranged in parallel rows or sheets of thread for weaving. The first of these processes is spooling, and...
Dates:
1909
Item 10: No. 10. Warpers, White Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N.C., 1909
File — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents
H.C. White Co., N. Bennington, Vt. Gelatin silver print. No. 10 in a set of 25 stereocards. Text on reverse: "The spools of warp yarn are placed in large wooden racks or creels from which they can conveniently unwind. The separate threads are drawn through little wires in the warpers, and are gathered into a bunch or rope of threads, which is wound in a large cylindrical ball known as a warp. If any thread breaks while passing through the warper, the little wire drops and stops the machine....
Dates:
1909
Item 11: No. 11. Dyehouse, White Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N.C., 1909
File — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents
H.C. White Co., N. Bennington, Vt. Gelatin silver print. No. 11 in a set of 25 stereocards. Text on reverse: "Here the warps, after being boiled and softened to enable the dye to penetrate, are passed through the indigo vats. Several runs are made to get the beautiful depth of color. The White Oak Dyehouse is equipped with one hundred indigo vats, and is one of the best-lighted and cleanest-kept dyehouses in the world." The White Oak Cotton Mills made denim. 17.75 x 8.75 cm....
Dates:
1909
Item 12: No. 12. Beaming frames, White Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N.C., 1909
File — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents
H.C. White Co., N. Bennington, Vt. Gelatin silver print. No. 12 in a set of 25 stereocards. Text on reverse: "After being dyed, the warps are washed and then passed through drying machinery, from which they are delivered in coils. These are brought to the beaming frames, where they are again spread out into sheets of parallel threads, passed through the teeth of a steel comb which separates the threads and prevents tangling, and in this form they are wound on huge iron spools knowns as...
Dates:
1909
Item 13: No. 13. Slashers, White Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N.C., 1909
File — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents
H.C. White Co., N. Bennington, Vt. Gelatin silver print. No. 13 in a set of 25 stereocards. Text on reverse: "From the Beaming Frames the warps are taken to machines known as Slashers, where they are sized or stiffened to enable them to stand the chafing at the looms incidental to the process of weaving. The Slasher Beams are placed in an iron frame at the back of the slashers and unwound together through the machine. With them some additional threads of white yarn are unwound at either side...
Dates:
1909
Item 14: No. 14. Weave room, White Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N.C., 1909
File — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents
H.C. White Co., N. Bennington, Vt. Gelatin silver print. No. 14 in a set of 25 stereocards. Text on reverse: "The sheet of warp threads unwinds from the loom beam, receives the filling threads and is wound into a roll of cloth at the front of the loom. The White Oak Weave Room contains 2,000 looms. It is 904 feet long by 180 feet wide, (about four acres), and is the largest single weave room in the world. Overhead is the roof, which forms one vast skylight, being of what is known as...
Dates:
1909
Item 15: No. 15. Inspecting tables, White Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N.C., 1909
File — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents
H.C. White Co., N. Bennington, Vt. Gelatin silver print. No. 15 in a set of 25 stereocards. Text on reverse: "Before going to the baling presses, every yard of denims made at the Proximity and White Oak Mills, passes under the vigilant eyes of the cloth inspectors, who mark as seconds and lay aside all pieces containing imperfections. This inspection is not a mere formality, but is conducted most carefully, and this department at both Proximity and White Oak Mills is specially located to get...
Dates:
1909
Item 16: No. 16. Boiler house, White Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N.C., 1909
File — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents
H.C. White Co., N. Bennington, Vt. Gelatin silver print. No. 16 in a set of 25 stereocards. Text on reverse: "The Boiler House is equipped with three batteries of Heine Safety Water Tube Boilers, composed of thirteen double units or twenty-six boilers. There are two smoke stacks, each 176 feet high, built of radial fire brick. Over the boilers are installed a net work of pipes known as Fuel Economizers, in which the feed water is heated almost to boiling temperature by the waste gases...
Dates:
1909