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Contains 245 Results:

Item 16: Carding room, Continental Mills, Lewiston, Maine

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Black-and-white image shows rows of power- driven carding machines. The Continental Mills were incorporated in 1866. Lewiston, Me.: Published by Rideout & McFadden, ca. 1870s. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 17: Interior of cotton mill, Lowell, Mass.

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Black-and-white image shows top of cotton carding machine (in bottom of image) and drawing frames in background. Exact mill is unknown. ca. 1890 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 18: Interior of a Lowell, Massachusetts, Cotton Mill-Carding Room, 1909

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Color image shows the slivers of wool pouring into cans after going through carding machines. Several male employees are posed by equipment. Reichner Bros., publishers, Boston, Munchen, Leipzig. Made in Germany. Postmarked Oct. 6, 1909, in Lowell, Mass. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1909

Item 19: Carding Cotton, Dallas Cotton Mills, Dallas, Texas, 1905

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Black-and-white image shows rows of power-driven carding machines. A male worker tends to the machine in the foreground. Additional details are on the reverse side. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company. 17.5 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1905

Item 20: Carding room, cotton mills, Orizaba, Mexico

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Carding room, cotton mills, Orizaba, Mexico. Black- and-white image shows two rows of carding machines. Cotton rolls (laps) are visible on the right. The purpose of carding is to make the cotton fibers lie parallel to each other. Additional information, particularly about cotton production in Mexico, is on the reverse. Meadville, Pa.: Published by Keystone View Company, ca. 1913. 18 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 21: Card Room, Langdon Mills, Manchester, New Hampshire

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Black-and-white image shows carding machines in background. In foreground on left, slivers are being delivered into cans. One male and two women workers are visible, the women behind the machinery in the left foreground. Lawrence, Mass.: A. B. Hamor, 271 Essex Street, ca. 1872-1880. 17.5 x 8.5 cm. Copy B.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 22: Card Room, Granite Mills, Fall River, Mass.

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Stereoscopic Views, made and for sale, wholesale and retail, by Joseph W. Warren, No. 2 High Street, Fall River, Mass. Gelatin silver print, ca. 1880s. Black and white image shows a man standing among rows of carding machines. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 23: Card Room, Intermediate, Stevens & Co.'s Woolen Mills

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Haverhill, Mass.: Anderson, ca. 1890. Gelatin silver print. Black and white image shows carding machines in the intermediate stage of carding in the Stevens & Co. mill in Haverhill, Mass. (formerly known as the Haverhill Flannel Factory). 17.75 x 10 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 24: Card Room, Finisher, Stevens & Co.'s Woolen Mills

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Haverhill, Mass.: Anderson, ca. 1890. Gelatin silver print. Black and white image shows a row of carding machines in the Stevens & Co. mill in Haverhill, Mass. (formerly known as the Haverhill Flannel Factory). 17.75 x 10 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 25: Card Room, Langdon Mills, Manchester, New Hampshire

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Black-and-white image shows carding machines in background. In foreground on left, slivers are being delivered into cans. One male and two women workers are visible, the women behind the machinery in the left foreground. Lawrence, Mass.: A. B. Hamor, 271 Essex Street, ca. 1872-1880. 17.75 x 8.75 cm. Copy A.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003