Box 8
Contains 245 Results:
Item 26: Card Room, Langdon Mills, Manchester, New Hampshire
Item 27: A tour through Messrs Lupton and Co's Woolen Mills, Leeds, 1773-1958: carding
Item 1: Cotton Industry: First Process, Breaking Up, 1909
Item 2: The Holden Comb, 1974
Item 3: The Lister Comb, 1974
Item 4: Close-up view of the Lister Comb, 1974
Item 5: Noble Comb
Image depicts two rows of combing equipment in operation. Noble is the principal comb used in the Bradford [Yorkshire, England] system of making worsted yarns from medium to long crossbred wools. ca. 1910. 13.75 x 8.75 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 6: Hand wood combing, late 18th Century
Black-and-white image depicts a demonstration of how a workman would comb wool by hand in preparation for spinning in the late 18th century. [Published by] Textile Department, Bankfield Museum, Halifax [Yorkshire, England]. Formerly a private residence, Bankfield was sold in 1887 and was transformed into a museum. ca. 1930-1960. 8.75 x 14 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 8: Operating Combers in a Fall River Cotton Mill, Fall River, Massacusetts
Color image of male employees operating combing equipment. Combing removes fibers below a desired length, combs the fibers that are retained and arranges them in parallel order, taking out dirt, etc. not previously removed. Specific mill is not identified. Published by F.P. Charlton Co., Fall River, Mass. Made in Germany. ca. 1907-1909. 14 x 9 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 9: No. 1 Mill Carding Room showing drawing frames, Cocheco Manufacturing Co., Dover, New Hampshire
ca. 1880s. Black and white image actually shows row of drawing frames. Drawing is a process that further refines the card slivers (subsequent to carding). 17.75 x 10 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.