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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.

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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...