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Contains 250 Results:

Item 124: Ring Spinners in a Fall River Cotton Mill [Fall River, Mass.], 1910

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Ring Spinners in a Fall River Cotton Mill [Fall River, Mass.]. Color image of employees posing next to (and sitting on) ring spinning frames in an unidentified mill in Fall River, Mass. Employees are primarily female, but two men are in the foreground. Ring spinning is a system of spinning on a ring frame in which the drafting of the roving, twisting of the yarn and winding it on the bobbin take place simultaneously and continuously. Published by F.P. Charlton Co., Fall River, Mass. Made in...
Dates: 1910

Item 125: Ring spinning machine: one of the mechanical processes in changing cotton to cloth in the Lowell mills [Lowell, Mass.]

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Color image shows a closeup of a ring spinning frame, with three spindles visible. Color photo by Jim McKay. Copyright Eastern National Park & Monument Association; distributed by Lowell National Historical Park, Lowell, Mass. Printed by Consolidated/Drake Press. ca. 1990-1997. 15 x 11 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 126: Spinning room, Bates Mill, Lewiston, Maine

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Black and white image shows rows of many ring spinning frames with filled bobbins. Published by Rideout & McFadden, Lewiston, Me. ca. 1870s. 17.75 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 127: Spinning Room, Cotton Mills, Orizaba, Mexico, 1900

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Black and white image shows rows of ring spinning frames in an unidentified cotton mill in Orizaba, Mexico. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, B. L. Tingley. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1900

Item 128: Cotton spinning room, Lowell, Mass. (throstle spinning machines)

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
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Black and white image shows two facing rows of throstle spinning frames in an unknown cotton mill in Lowell, Mass. Published by H. Ropes & Co., N.Y. ca. 1870s. 17.25 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 129: Mill interior showing throstle spinning frames, 1890

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Black and white image shows the interior of an unknown mill, possibly in Lowell, Mass., showing two facing rows of throstle spinning frames. Other examples of this view not owned by ATHM indicate that it was produced by L.O. Churchill, Lowell, Mass. 18 x 10 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1890

Item 130: 120-Spindle Flyer Spinner, 1974

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
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Color image depicts a 120- spindle flyer spinner, manufactured by Smith & Sons, Keighley, [Yorkshire, U.K.]. Published by the Bradford Art Galleries and Museums [Bradford, England], Bradford Industrial Museum, Textile machinery Collections. Printed by Colin Richardson Printers Limited, Brighouse, Yorkshire [U.K.] 15 x 10.25 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1974

Item 131: Mule spinning room, Continental Mills, Lewiston, Me.

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
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Black and white image shows rows of mule spinning frames. A mule is a type of spinning frame that has an intermittent action, generally used for spinning wool. Lewiston, Me.: Pubilshed by Rideout & McFadden, ca. 1870s. 17.5 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 132: Spinning mule machinery, possibly in Lawrence, Mass.

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Black and white image of rows of mule spinning frames in an unknown mill. A mule is a type of spinning frame that has an intermittent action. It has been suggested this was taken in Lawrence, Mass., but that has not been confirmed. ca. 1870s. 17.5 x 10 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 133: A Mule Spinning Room in a Fall River Cotton Mill [Fall River, Mass.], 1909

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Color image of male employees posing in front of mule spinning frames in an unidentified mill. A mule is a type of spinning frame that has an intermittent action. Mule spinning was used in cotton only for very fine counts or waste yarns. Published by F.P. Charlton Co., Fall River, Mass. Made in Germany. Postmarked Nov. 18, 1909 in Fall River. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1909