Box 9

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Marked "Clipper Spinner". patented by Timothy Dewey Brown in 1883 in Canada. Andover, MA: The Spinning Wheel Sleuth.

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The Spinning Wheel Sleuth. Similar to one market "J. Farnham" for Joel Farnham [1774-1858], Owego, NY. Andover, MA: The Spinning Wheel Sleuth.

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Andover, MA: The Spinning Wheel Sleuth.

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Probably by Daniel Danner [1803-1881], Mannheim, PA. Andover, MA: The Spinning Wheel Sleuth.

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Marked S P for Solomon Plant [1741-1822], Stratford, CT. Andover, MA: The Spinning Wheel Sleuth.

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Black and white image shows female worker standing at a twister. Two or more threads of yarn may be twisted together with a given number of turns to the inch. The yarn passes from the large rollers at the top, through the small rings below, and under the iron rollers in front of the operator's hand. New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1910. 17.75 x 8.5 cm.

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Black and white image shows female workers working with raw silk to clean it of some of the animal gum and the threads made ready for weavers by being wound, doubled together and spun. The skeins are put over the hexagonal reels and the silk filaments wound from them on to the small spools under the watchful direction of the winders. New York: Underwood & Underwood, Publishers, ca. 1900-1905. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

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Black and white image shows female workers working at machinery that doubles three and four silk threads together and then spins them for the warp, the threads that run the long way of the piece. The filaments are still too thin for weaving, so must be doubled together and spun. The speicific mill is not identified. New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1910. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

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Black and white image shows skeins of raw silk being opened on reels in preparation for winding onto the large spools lying horizontally along the upper part of the machinery. Although not specifically identified, this is in the Cheney Bros. Silk Manufacturing Co. plant. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

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Scope and Contents Black and white image shows two rows of machinery in the act of winding the thread so that as many ply may be combined and twisted as desired for the various uses. The bobbins of single strand silk, according to the number of ply wanted, are arranged on a creel on the doubling frame, and then wound on the single bobbins seen lying horizontally along the top of the frame. The plant is the Cheney Bros. Silk Manufacturing Co. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company. 17.75 x 8.75 cm....