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Box 7

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Contains 194 Results:

Item 67: American woolen mill--assorting raw wool into three grades

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Black-and-white image shows male workers at tables sorting batches of wool and placing them in appropriate baskets depending on grade. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company; copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. See Item 68, in this folder, for same image issued by Underwood & Underwood. 18 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 68: Assorting wool into three grades prior to its manufacture into cloth, New England

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Black and white image shows male workers at tables sorting batches of wool and placing them in appropriate baskets depending on grade. Location unknown but information on reverse indicates a New England mill. New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. See Item 68, in this folder, for same image issued by Keystone View Co. using the Underwood & Underwood copyrighted image. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 69: Smithfield, England, Drover, 1971

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Color image of an illustration from Pyne's "Costumes of Great Britain," 1808, shows drovers bringing live cattle and sheep to sell at Smithfield Market in London. Printed on reverse: "London Characters: Smithfield Drover. Markets for live cattle and sheep were held at Smithfield every Monday and Friday. Drovers brought the stock for sale from Islington on the previous day; to avoid unnecessary cruelty, each drover was licensed and wore a numbered armplate. From Pyne, 'Costumes of Great...
Dates: 1971

Item 70: Indian women and children sorting wool for twenty cents a day in market at Arequipa, Peru

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Black and white image shows Indian women sorting wool from enormous burlap bags into stacks. One child visible in the background. New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 71: Wool Room, Worsted Mill, Sanford, Maine

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Black-and-white image shows interior room lined with bins and bales of raw wool. Written on reverse: "Worsted Mill Wool Room Sanford, Me." Possibly the Goodall Mills, which was a worsted mill, but that is not confirmed. ca. 1907. 14 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 1: Making patterns to be used in the weaving looms--linen industry, Canada, 1908

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Black-and-white image depicts man working at one of the pattern machines, punching the card with the design to be used in the looms. It is only when fancy designs are being woven that a pattern must be punched. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1908

Item 2: Examining a field of flax, Saskatchewan [Canada]

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Black and white image shows a male worker examining the stems and flowers in the middle of a large field of flax. Toronto, Canada: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 3: Flax in great stacks curing in sunny fields near Courtrai, centre of Belgium's linen industry

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Black and white image shows rows of stacks of harvested flax left to cure in the sun. A young boy stands in the foreground while some cows graze behind him, just in front of the harvested flax. "In a single year, Belgium exports raw flax and linen yarns to the amount of nearly forty million dollars, besides immense quantities of woven linen and lace." Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.5 cm. Copy A.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 4: Retting flax, Courtrai, Belgium

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Black and white image shows workers preparing to soak the bunches of flax stems that have been dried in the field and then stacked during the winter. After soaking in the river for two weeks, the outer bark can be removed from the inner fibre, which is used for producing flax and linen. Courtrai is the center of the Belgian linen industry. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 5: Rolls for crushing flaxseed, Guelph, Canada

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Black and white image shows a workman standing on a ladder to reach the top of the roller. The machine appears to have a series of rollers powered by giant pulleys. These rollers are apparently used to crush the flaxseed in flax plants. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003