Box 9

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Color image of a young woman at her spinning wheel. Rhyme on the card reads: "Her eyes are bright, her heart is light, she spins at her wheel, from morn till night." L. Anthony, Photographer, Killarney, but this image is not a true photograph, possibly a photograph of a painting. Printed in Germany. ca. 1907-1915. 9 x 14 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image shows a woman operating a spinning jenny of about 1820 at the Higher Mill Museum, Helmshore [England]. Printed on reverse: "An improved spinning jenny of about 1820. This fifty-spindle jenny was used for spinning wool in a Saddleworth loomshop until 1916." Platt Collection; copyright Lancashire Museum. Printed in England by Beric Tempest & Co., Ltd., Cornwall. ca. 1975-1980. 10.5 x 14.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black and white image shows a woman spinning wool by hand on a spinning wheel. A basket of washed wool is on the floor by her feet and more wool hangs from the ceiling, along with laundered items. A wood-burning cast iron stove is used for both heat and cooking. Although carding is referred to in the title and in the information on the reverse, no one is shown carding in this image. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image of a replica of Hargreaves' spinning jenny. Printed on reverse: Replica of the Spinning Jenny, invented by James Hargraves between 1750 and 1757, by which a spinner could spin several threads simultaneously." Science Museum; printed in England; Crown copyright. "Aug. '65" written on reverse but card acquired in 1962. [no later than 1962] 15 x 10.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black and white image of spinning jenny. Printed on reverse: Richard Haworth & Co., Ltd., Cotton Spinners, Manufacturers & Doublers; Tatton Mills, Ordsall, Manchester [England]. Printed in Berlin. ca. 1902-1915. 13.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black and white image shows rows of ring spinning frames in a vast spinning room. A system of pulleys lines the ceiling along with a pipe fitted with sprinkler heads. Fall River had many textile mills; the specific mill is not identified here. Photographed and published by B. W. Kilburn, Littleton, New Hampshire. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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ca. l790. Higher Mill Museum, Helmshore, England. Black and white photo shows two pieces of equipment. Detail on reverse reads: "An original water powered cotton spinning machine from Cromford. (creel and bobbins are later modifications). On permanent loan from Platt Saco Lowell, Ltd. Copyright Lancashire Museum & Lancashire Library." No date given. 15 x 10 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black and white image shows rows of spinning equipment made by Dawson & Sons, Leeds [England]. Based on the caption, this equipment presumably spins rope yarn and twine. Four workers are also visible. Carter's Series No. 36. Printed in Britain. [no earlier than 1902] 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image depicts male workers standing by a spinning mule. Printed on reverse: The slubbings of carded wool were transferred to the 'Spinning Mule' where the delicate fibres were carefully drawn out and twisted, to form threads suitable for weaving." Postcard by Armley Mills, Leeds Museum of Science and Industry. Printed by E. T. W. Dennis & Sons Ltd., Scarborough, England. This postcard was likely printed in 1982 as the Leeds Museum of Science and Industry was created in...

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Black and white image shows rows of hundreds of spinning machines and stacks of bobbins filled with thread. The specific mill in Fall River is not identified. No workers visible. Photographed, published, and copyrighted by B. W. Kilburn, Littleton, New Hampshire ca. 1890. 18 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.