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Box 9

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Contains 250 Results:

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
Scope and Contents

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
Scope and Contents

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

Item 134: Spinning Mule

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

Trade card from the Arbuckle Brothers Coffee Company. [no later than 1889]

Format: Trade card.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 135: Cotton Spinning, England

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

Black and white image shows a spinning room in an unidentified cotton mill in England, with two male workers at mule spinning frames. A mule is a type of spinning frame that has an intermittent action. Image is overexposed and in poor condition. [no earlier than 1902] 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 136: One of the vast (mule) spinning rooms in the Cotton Mills, Adams, Mass., 1909

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

Black and white image shows hundreds of rows of mule spinning frames in an unidentified cotton mill in Adams, Mass. One man is visible in the foreground at the machinery. A mule is a type of spinning frame that has an intermittent action. Chicago, Ill.: H.C. White Co. 18 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1909

Item 137: Spinning Room, Mechanics Mill, Fall River, Mass.

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

Littleton, New Hampshire: Photographed and published by Kilburn Bros., ca. 1875-1885. Gelatin silver print. Black and white image depicts the spinning room at Mechanics Mill in Fall River, showing rows and rows of spinning machinery. No employees visible. 17 x 8.25 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 138: Mule Room, Granite Mills No. 2, Fall River, Mass.

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

Stereoscopic Views, made and for sale, wholesale and retail, by Joseph W. Warren, No. 2 High Street, Fall River, Mass., ca. 1880s. Gelatin silver print. Black and white image shows rows of mule spinning machinery in Granite Mills. Two men barely visible on extreme right. Foreground is blurry. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003