Box 6
Contains 122 Results:
Item 5: Drafting and Engineering Department, Textile Machine Works, Reading, Pa.
Sommerville [sic], Mass. [Photographer]: Professor A[lfred] Krauth. Made in Germany. Black and white image shows men in 3-piece suits doing paperwork at their desks. Some men in background working in shirt sleeves. One man is talking on telephone. ca. 1924. 11.3 x 8.4 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 6: Part View of Foundry, Textile Machine Works, Reading, Pa.
Item 7: Pouring Iron in Foundry, Textile Machine Works, Reading, Pa.
Sommerville [sic], Mass. [Photographer]: Professor A[lfred] Krauth. Made in Germany. Black and white image shows man in work clothes pouring molten iron. There are other men standing behind him watching. ca. 1924. 11.3 x 8.5 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 7: Drawing sliver, Dallas Cotton Mills, Dallas, Tex., 1905
Black- and-white image depicts rows of equipment with operators in the background. In the foreground is a close-up view of a young man drawing the sliver lengthwise through the machine to bring the fibres nearly parallel and carry on the attentuation by which the strand ultimately becomes a thread. This process takes place after the carding and before the slubbing steps. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 8: Machine Shop - Building No. 27 with Plant Fire Apparatus, Textile Machine Works, Reading, Pa.
Sommerville [sic], Mass. [Photographer]: Professor A[lfred] Krauth. Made in Germany. Black and white image shows exterior of 5-story building. Image is taken from across the tree-lined street. There is a fire truck parked on the near side of the street with 3 men in it. There is a small child standing on the sidewalk looking up at the fire truck. There are additional cars parked on the far side of the street. ca. 1924. 11.3 x 8.5 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 9: Main Office, Textile Machine Works, Reading, Pa.
Sommerville [sic], Mass. [Photographer]: Professor A[lfred] Krauth. Made in Germany. Black and white image shows men in 3-piece suits, some in shirt sleeves, sitting at desks working. Some have typewriters or adding machines on their desks. ca. 1924. 11.2 x 8.4 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 10: Medical Dept. - Dispensary, Textile Machine Works, Reading, Pa.
Sommerville [sic], Mass. [Photographer]: Professor A[lfred] Krauth. Made in Germany. Black and white image shows interior of medical department. Standing man dressed in white with stethoscope hanging from his arm is taking the pulse of a woman seated in a chair. Woman dressed in white (nurse?) is standing on far left in doorway. ca. 1924. 11.3 x 8.5 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 11: Milling Machine Department, Textile Machine Works, Reading, Pa.
Sommerville [sic], Mass. [Photographer]: Professor A[lfred] Krauth. Made in Germany. Black and white image shows men in work clothes working in background with machines and carts in foreground. ca. 1924. 11.3 x 8.5 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 12: Planer Department, Textile Machine Works, Reading, Pa.
Sommerville [sic], Mass. [Photographer]: Professor A[lfred] Krauth. Made in Germany. Black and white image shows machines and carts in manufacturing area. Room has brick floors and I-beam near ceiling crosses image from left to right. There are men working at the various machines. ca. 1924. 11.3 x 8.5 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 13: Shop Office, Textile Machine Works, Reading, Pa.
Sommerville [sic], Mass. [Photographer]: Professor A[lfred] Krauth. Made in Germany. Black and white image shows men in 3-piece suits, some with hats on, sitting at desks working. One man is standing and talking on telephone. One man, wearing a cap, is standing in background. Box on first desk reads "Co-operative Service." ca. 1924. 11.3 x 8.5 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.