Box 10

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Black-and-white image depicts reeling process in a cotton mill in England. Reeling is the process of unwinding yarn from cones, bobbins, etc. and rewinding it onto a revolving reel in the form of skeins or hanks. Location of mill is unknown. Written on reverse: "From England. View in cotton mill." ca. 1900-1920. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image depicts a female textile worker standing in front of a winding machine, which is redrawing the thread onto spools. The woman wears a light-colored blouse and a dark skirt; she also wears a pendant around her neck. Location unknown. Dated 1913 on reverse. 8.75 x 13.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image depicts female textile worker winding linen yarn. The skeins, or hanks, hanging to the right are placed on the winders near the floor to the left, and from these are wound on the bobbins. Toronto: Keystone View Company, ca. 1920-1930. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black-and-white image depicts female textile workers winding linen. The hanks of yarns are being wound upon the large spools which we see near the top of the machine. The spools piled at the top of the machine have already been wound. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black-and-white image shows female textile workers winding bobbins in a linen mill in Canada. Hanks of roving are hanging on the right. The woman on the left is placing one of the hanks on a spindle. From these spindles the thread is wound onto the bobbins. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1910. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Sepia image depicts a female textile worker winding yarn on a Foster winder. The process is to take yard from the bobbins (upright) in front and wind it onto the parallel tubes above. New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Scope and Contents Comic card labelled "Sunday Evening-Cop Winders-Monday Morning." The black-and-white image on the left depicts a young woman, all dressed up and wearing a hat, presumably a cop winder, embracing a gentleman. The black-and-white image on the right depicts three female cop winders wearing work clothes, standing by a winding machine. A cop is a yarn package; the body of the package is cylindrical, slightly tapered at one or both ends, and about 5 or 6 inches long. A paper tube is commonly used...

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Black-and-white image depicts a female textile worker standing in front of a spooling machine. Other women sit and stand in the background. Location is unknown. ca. 1913-1922. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image depicts skeins of yarn sitting by winding machines. View appears to be taken from above, possibly from a balcony of some sort. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black-and-white image depicts a woman working at a silk winding machine. In silk winding, each skein is put onto a swift and wound onto bobbins for warping. Castle Hedingham is located near Halstead, Essex, England. ca. 1970s. 10.25 x 15.25 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.