Box 8
Contains 245 Results:
Item 6: Tow Carding
Black-and-white image shows female workers at a row of carding machines carding tow, which is the broken, matted fiber removed from flax, hemp, jute and the like. Carter's Series, No. 11. [Printed in Great Britain] [no earlier than 1902] 13.75 x 8.75 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 7: Carding room
Black-and-white image shows two machines with female workers guiding material, probably tow, into the carding machines. All the women wear long dusters over their clothes. Tow is the broken, matted fiber removed from flax, hemp, jute and the like. Carter's Series, No. 35. Printed in Great Britain. [no earlier than 1902] 13.75 x 8.75 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 8: Carding Room, Merrimack Mills [Merrimack Mfg. Co.], Huntsville, Ala., 1908
Color image of rows of carding machines. Published by International Post Card Co., New York. Made in Germany. Postmarked September 18, 1908 in Winchester, Tenn. 13.75 x 8.75 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 9: Arkwright Carding and Spinning Machinery, Higher Mill Museum, Helmshore
Black-and-white image shows row of carding machines. Bobbins hang in racks in background. Used in Arkwright's mills at Cromford for producing cotton yarn. On permanent loan from Platt Saco Lowell Ltd. [England]: (c) Lancashire Museum & Lancashire Library. ca. 1975-1979. 15 x 10.5 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 10: Slater's Carding Machine, 1793, at Old Slater Mill, Pawtucket, R.I.
Black and white image shows Samuel Slater's carding machine in place at the Old Slater Mill in Pawtucket, R.I. The Slater Mill was the first successful cotton spinning factory in the U.S. The Old Slater Mill has been open to the public as a historic site since 1925. Published by Artvue Post Card Co. 225 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. ca. 1950. 14 x 8.75 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 11: Carding room
Black and white image shows rows of carding machines, power driven. Location of mill is unknown. ca. 1880s. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 12: Carding room, Fall River, Mass.
Black-and-white image shows rows of power-driven carding machines. A workman is visible in the center of the image. Fall River location is suggested by the publisher. Published by Joseph W. Warren, No. 2 High Street, Fall River, Mass. ca. 1870s. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 13: The Carding Room, great Olympian [sic] Cotton Mills, Columbia, S.C.
The Carding Room, great Olympian [sic] Cotton Mills, Columbia, S.C. Black-and-white image shows rows of power-driven carding machines. Several male employees stand near their machines. Additional information is on reverse side. New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1914. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 14: Carding room, White Oak Mills, Greensboro, N.C., 1907
Black and white image shows rows of power-driven carding machines, where the laps (rolls) are put into slivers (loose, soft untwisted strands of fibers). A male worker stands in front of the machine in the foreground. Chicago, Ill.: H.C. White Co. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 15: The carding room in a cotton mill, Augusta, Ga., 1901
The carding room in a cotton mill, Augusta, Ga. Black-and-white image shows rows of power-driven carding machines. The cotton is delivered by the machines in slivers, which are collected in the cans seen in front of the row of machines on the right. The exact mill is unknown. North Bennington, Vt.: Published by H.C. White Company. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.