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Box 6

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Contains 122 Results:

Item 1: Old Woolen Mill and the Fatal Trees, Johnstown, Pa., 1889

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Photographed and Published by B.W. Kilburn. "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1889 by B.W. Kilburn, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C." printed on front. Image shows 4-story L-shaped mill building in background. The building has broken windows. Tall tree on left has missing top. An additional tree is in the foreground on the right. Ground between viewer and mill building is covered with downed trees, all damage probably caused by the Great...
Dates: 1889

Item 1: Wissahicon Woolen Mill

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Wissahicon [Wissahickon], Pa. Rochester, N.Y.: F.W. Woodward, n.d. "Wissahicon Creek Scenery Pa." [Manayunk, Pa.] Image shows creek with trees on left and 1 to 4-story mill buildings on right. Smokestack is in front of buildings. There is also a retaining wall. Creek has section with many rocks on left and a person (a boy?) can be seen crouching on a rock with his hand in the water. 17.6 x 8.8 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 2: Wissahickon Lane Woolen Mills, Wissahickon, Pa.

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

n.d. No. 1084 in the series, Wissahickon Creek Scenery, Penn'a. C. W. Woodward, Rochester, N.Y. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 1: Log Cabin Studies, "Silk Weaving", 1876

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

International Exhibition, 1876, Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia, Pa.: Centennial Photographic Co. Edward L. Wilson, W. Irving Adams, Proprietors, Registered 1876. View of woman in colonial costume & setting weaving with narrow fabric loom in her lap. 17.8 x 10.9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1876

Item 2: Woolen Mill, Philadelphia, Pa.

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, n.d. Part of the "Geography Unit No. 15" Image is taken at ground level looking across shrubs and a field and shows 3 and 4 story mill buildings with water towers and smokestacks. Back of image has 3 paragraphs of text regarding this mill and textile mills in general. 17.8 x 8.7 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 3: Brazilian Cotton Exhibit, Agricultural Hall, 1876

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

International Exhibition, 1876, Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia, Pa.: Centennial Photographic Co., 1876. Image was taken inside a building with pointed arches. Display has bales of cotton on the wooden floor. Display also has two tall frames covered with wads of cotton, 5 flags and two circular badges. Badge on left says Rio De Janeiro. Right hand image has title at bottom in white letters. 17.8 x 10.8 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1876

Item 1: Administration Building, Textile Machine Works, Reading, Pa.

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

[Photographer]: Professor A[lfred] Krauth, Sommerville [sic], Mass. Made in Germany. Black and white image is looking down road at 3-story building on opposite side of street. Building has two square 4-story towers on corners of building and water tower in background. Street is lined with bare trees and there are trucks and cars on the street and two men are standing on the street corner. 11.2 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 2: Assembling Department for Small Parts, Textile Machine Works, Reading, Pa.

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

[Photographer]: Professor A[lfred] Krauth, Sommerville [sic], Mass. Made in Germany. Black and white image shows men in work clothes (some with caps) working at benches with stacks of small machine parts. Bins of parts can be seen on the floor in the foreground. 11.3 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 3: Construction Department, Textile Machine Works, Reading, Pa.

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

[Photographer]: Professor A[fred] Krauth, Sommerville [sic], Mass. Made in Germany. Black and white image shows men working at drafting tables. Two men are in suits. One man is wearing a white lab-type coat. ca. 1924. 11.3 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 4: Part View of Engine Room, Textile Machine Works, Reading, Pa.

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Sommerville [sic], Mass. [Photographer]: Professor A[lfred] Krauth. Made in Germany. Black and white image shows large machines with one man working in the background. ca. 1924. 11.1 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003