Box 9

Scope and Contents Black and white image shows rows of drawing machines used for combing out and straightening the silk fibers. The machine in the foreground, where the female operator is seated, shows the product from the first drawing machine entering to the left and coming out on the other side of the machine as a sliver. Twelve continuous strips are being fed into the drawing machine, and pulled out into a single strip of continuous length, of the same size as one of the original twelve strips that make it...

Scope and Contents Black and white image shows rows of drawing frames. Cotton fibers (called slivers) are being fed from the cans on the floor into the drawing frame, whose function is to improve the uniformity of the sliver and arrange the fibers more nearly in parallel order. In general, six slivers are fed into each frame. Speeder is a term that refers to the third roving frame in a series of frames; they are somewhat visible in the background. There were ten cotton mills in Augusta in 1892, the date of...

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Black and white iimage shows a male worker seated at a drawing machine. A bin of rollers is next to him; he may be perhaps replacing rollers on the frame? In the worsted system, drawing covers a whole series of operations between combing and spinning. Handwritten line on the reverse is in French. Location is unknown. ca. 1910-1918. 8.75 x 13.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of employees, mostly female, standing by drawing equipment. Drawing is the process of straightening the fibers to make them smaller and more uniform. Specific mill is not identified. Published by F.P. Charlton Co., Fall River, Mass. Made in Germany. ca. 1907-1909. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of male employee at drawing frame. Drawing is a process in yarn manufacturing that is designed to straighten the fibers being treated and make them smaller and more uniform. Specific mills is not identified. Published by F.P. Charlton Co., Fall River, Mass. Made in Germany. ca. 1907-1909. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of male employee at drawing frame. Drawing is a process in yarn manufacturing that is designed to straighten the fibers being treated and make them smaller and more uniform. Specific mills is not identified. Published by F.P. Charlton Co., Fall River, Mass. Made in Germany. ca. 1907-1909. 14 x 9 cm. Copy B.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image shows female worker adjusting thread at roving machine. Another roving machine sits behind her. L. Pickles & Co., Bradford, [England]. ca. 1910. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Black and white image (somewhat tinted) shows a close-up view of a roving frame, which draws out and twists strands of cotton fibers. Printed on reverse: "New England's Textile Industry. Noted particularly for the quality of its products, New England, birthplace of the textile industry in the United States produces nearly 20 per cent of all American cotton goods plus millions of yards of materials from synthetic fibers. In each of the six states skilled craftsmen, working in modern mills on...

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Littleton, New Hampshire: Photographed and published by Kilburn Bros., ca. 1875-1885. Gelatin silver print. Black and white image depicts the card room (cotton) at Mechanics Mill in Fall River, but what is actually being shown, from back to front, are: cards, drawing (1st), drawing (2nd), and slubbers (coarse roving). Item 4, in this folder, is of the same room but taken from an entirely different angle. No employees visible. 17 x 8.25 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Littleton, New Hampshire: Photographed and published by Kilburn Bros., [1875-85?]. Gelatin silver print. Black and white image depicts the card room at Mechanics Mill in Fall River, but what is actually being shown are the drawing and roving processes, which follow the carding process. Item 3, in this folder, is of the same room but taken from an entirely different angle. No employees visible. 17 x 8.25 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.