Box 9

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ca. 1840. Color image shows a plantation cotton spinner, manufactured by J&T Pearce, Cincinnati, Ohio, for southern slaveholders. From the collections of the Merrimack Valley Textile Museum, North Andover, Mass. Published by H. K. Barnett, Allison Park, Penn. ca. 1980-1984. 10 x 15 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image shows Arkwright's original spinning machine. [London]: Science Museum, printed in England, Crown copyright. "Aug. '65" written on reverse of card but card was acquired in 1962. [no later than 1962] 10 x 15 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black-and-white image shows male workers in a hemp spinning walk, probably in Great Britain. One man in the right background holds the long strands of hemp, while two others, in the left foreground and center, hold baskets, from which thinner fibers are drawn. Carter's Series, No. 32. Printed in Great Britain. [no earlier than 1902] 13.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Black and white image shows a row of spinning machines (mules) feeding yarn onto spools. Mules are a type of spinning frame used primarily for spinning wool. The rate at which the spindles (holding the bobbins) revolve is something that has to be carefully graded. Coarser, heavier threads are produced by a slower rate of revolution; finer, lighter threads require more rapid revolution. The specific mill is not identified. New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. 18 x 8.5 cm....

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Black and white image shows rows of spoolers. Spoolers are machines for winding yarn on a spool; generally used for warp yarn in order to get long lengths in one package for warping, twisting, etc. ca. 1912-1918. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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ca. 1785. Color image shows Richard Arkwright's water frame, an original water- powered cotton spinning machine from Cromford (creel and bobbins are later modifications) at the Higher Mill Museum, Helmshore [England]. Platt Collection; copyright Lancashire Museum. Printed in England by Beric Tempest & Co., Ltd., Cornwall. ca. 1975-1980. 14.25 x 10.25 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black and white image shows rows of spinning machines driven by a system of pulleys in a woolen mill in the French city of Tourcoing. Two workers are in view. A man, dressed rather formally, stands by one of the pulleys in the center right. Another worker, who may be female but the image is blurred, is towards the center left. [no earlier than 1907] 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black and white image shows an unidentified woman standing in an aisle between rows of spinning frames. She is dressed in dark clothes with a white apron over her skirt and is holding what appears to be a wooden spool. No location given. ca. 1907. 9 x 13.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black and white image shows rows of spinning frames in an unidentified mill. "American Series." No further publication information available. ca. 1880s. 17.75 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image rows of spinning frames (mules) driven by a system of pulleys overhead. Fall River location suggested by publisher. "Mule Room" handwritten on reverse. Tentatively suggested to be the Granite MIlls, but that cannot be confirmed. Fall River, Mass.: Joseph W. Warren, ca. 1880s. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.