Box 9

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Color paper currency, "5 Wu Jiao" dated 1972 (on reverse). Image shows a woman working at a spinning frame on the left. Another woman is pushing a cart in the center. More spinning frames and another worker are visible in the right background. Possibly a 5 yuan note? Reverse side of bill reads: Zhongguo Renmin Yinhang, which is printed on all Chinese currency since 1949. 11 x 5 cm.

Format: Memorabilia.

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Albumen print stereocard, ca. 1870-1890. Image shows two men posing at a spinning jack in the interior of a mill in Harrisville, New Hampshire Light spills in from windows on the right side and in the back. On the reverse: D.S. Rice, Photographer, Harrisville, New Hampshire 16.5 x 8.25 cm. (w/out mount); 17.25 x 8.75 cm. (w/mount).

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image shows rows of hundreds of spinning machines. A female worker in the foreground watches for broken threads or empty bobbins; two others are visible further back. Most likely the Pacific Mills in Lawrence. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1910-1920. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Photographed and published by B. W. Kilburn , Littleton, New Hampshire Gelatin silver print, ca. 1890s. Black and white image shows rows of spinning machinery in the Mechanics Mills in Fall River, Mass. No employees visible. 17.75 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Scope and Contents Black and white image shows rows of hundreds of ring spinning frames in a cotton mill. Chicago, Ill.: Lovejoy & Foster, ca. 1870s. Pencilled on reverse: {J.S. Moulton, Salem, Mass. Publr.? #510 Spinning room, Merrimack cotton mill, Lowell, Mass.] Lovejoy & Foster appear to have been active in the 1870s, but their name appears on many stereocards which they did not actually publish, which may be the case here. Possibly part of the "Views of Lowell, Mass., and Vicinity" series...

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ca. 1880s. Black and white image shows rows of spinning machinery. No workiers visible. 17.75 x 10 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Views of Manchester, New Hampshire, published by G. Frost & Co. ca. 1880s. Black and white image shows long rows of spinning machinery. No workers visible. 17.75 x 10.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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In a great spinning room (104,000 spindles), Olympian [sic] Mills, Columbia, S.C. Black and white image shows rows of hundreds of ring spinning frames in the Olympia Cotton Mills. Young boys are removing the bobbins; one is in view with bare feet. Adult supervisors are nearby. New York: Underwood & Underwood, [no later than 1913]. 17.75 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image shows rows of ring spinning frames in the White Oak Cotton MIlls. The workers visible are primarily female. A little girl is barely visible standing in the main aisle in the background. Chicago, Ill.: H.C. White Co. 18 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Color image shows a female worker between two rows of ring spinning frames in Lancashire, England. Bradford, Eng.: L. Pickles & Co. Printed in Britain. Strictly Copyright No. 7. ca. 1902-1910. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.