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Black-and- white image shows male worker standing by a row of roving machines. He holds a spindle of thread in his right hand and a tool (?) of some sort in his left. Location of mill is unknown, but the plaque on the end of the row indicates the machinery was manufactured by Higgins & Sons of Manchester (Salford), England. ca. 1900. 17.5 x 10 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image shows rows of speeders and slubbers with carding machines in the background. Speeder is a term applied to the third machine in a series of roving frames; a slubber is the first of the roving frames in the cotton system. Albany, N.Y.: Haines, ca. 1870. 17 x 8 cm.

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Black and white image shows rows of speeders, a term used for the third machine in a series of roving frames. Roving frames reduce the size of the stock, even it, and insert a twist into it. Two female workers are seen operating the machinery. North Bennington, Vt.: H.C. White Co. 17.75 x 8.5 cm.

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Black and white image shows rows of slubbers, which is another term for the part of the roving process used in the cotton system of yarn manufacturing. Slubbing is the intermediary step between drawing and roving. Here a male worker is feeding sliver from cans into the frame where it is elongated, twisted, and wound upon bobbins. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company. 17.75 x 8.5 cm.

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Color image shows two workmen, each standing by a row of slubbers. Slubbing is another term for part of the roving process in the cotton yarn system. Slubbers elongate the sliver and twist it into thread, which is then fed onto bobbins. Published by F.P. Charlton Co., Fall River, Mass. Printed in Germany. ca. 1907-1912. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Roving frame - Silk Industry (Spun Silk), [Cheney Bros.], So. Manchester, Conn. Black and white image shows a female operator working with the silk bobbins at the top of the frame, known as roving. The roving passes down over the machine in such a way that the fibers are twisted into threads by the spindles seen at the bottom of the frame. Although not specified here, this is the Cheney Bros. plant in South Manchester, Conn. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1911-1915. 17.75 x 8.5...

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Color image of two male employees posing with slubbers. A slubber is the first of the roving frames used in the cotton system of yarn manufacturing. Specific mill is not identified. Published by F.P. Charlton Co., Fall River, Mass. Made in Germany. Postmarked Nov. 5, 1909 in Fall River. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black and white image shows a large room filled with cotton roving frames. No workers visible. Location unknown. ca. 1910-1918. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black and white image shows a female worker adjusting fibers being fed through the roivng frame onto spindles. The roving passes down over the machine in such a way that the fibers are twisted into threads by the spindles seen at the bottom. Although not specified here, this is the Cheney Bros. plant in South Manchester, Conn. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. mid-1920s. 18.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image shows rows of roving frames involving jute. Roving elongates and twists the sliver into thread and onto spindles. Note the roving cans clustered around the end of each set of machines. Carter's Series, No. 54. [Printed in Great Britain] [no earlier than 1902] 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.