Box 10

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Black and white image of a handloom in a room. On the right is a small spinning wheel, along with some other unidentified equipment. Said to be in Deerfield, Mass. Written on the reverse: "Russell Kettell Jany 8, 1921" but this card manufactured between 1909 and 1911. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Attached display cards read: "Handloom/The Old Way, 1810" [and] "The Northrup Loom/The New Way [1910?]." Woman dressed in Colonial costume behind the hand loom; man standing next to the Northrop Loom. Location of parade unknown. Note written on back dated Aug. 2, 1910. 13.75 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Color image of a Navajo Indian hogan in front of which a woman works on a loom. Other Navajo women and children are nearby. Printed on reverse: "On the Navajo Indian Reservation the Hogan (Navajo Dwelling) supports the crude loom where the weaver makes up her design as she works. The other Navajo women here are carding the wool, spinning and preparing the yarn." N.M. Tourist Bureau Photo. Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Art-Colortone" Post Card. Distriburted by Southwest Post Card Co., Box...

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Black and white image of a weaving room in an unknown cotton mill in Augusta. Shown are rows of looms. No workers present. Washington, D.C.: J. F. Jarvis Publisher, ca. 1890. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image of a room filled with looms. In the foreground is the warp-bean type of loom, its threads drawn upward and forward to pass through the heddles of the various harnesses. The fabric in process of weaving here is to be much finer and closer than the size of the warp-threads would seem to indicate. Location of the largest weaving room in American is not given. New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Scope and Contents Color image shows men and women working at looms inside a brick mill building with woden floors and ceiling beams. Reverse of postcard is a form "letter" indicating that a salesman would call on the recipient. In this case, the salesman's name and the date of his visit have been stamped in the blanks. Brainerd & Armstrong Co. was a silk mill located in New London, Conn. Made by Chilton Printing Co., Phila., Pa., U.S.A. Postmarked March 25, 1913 in Boston, Mass. 13.75 x 9 cm....

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Black and white image of a woman (indicated as Magdalenna Smolak on the reverse of the card) at a loom in what has been tentatively identified as the North Monmouth Woolen Mill, North Monmouth, Maine. Magdalenna is shown standing at a loom, holding a bobbin and a shuttle. She wears a dark dress with a white apron and wears glasses. The loom at which she is standing is weaving a plaid design. ca. 1918-1930. 13.5 X 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black and white image of a woman working at a loom somewhere in Lancashire, England. She wears a dark blouse with the sleeves partially rolled up and a check skirt. Message on reverse of card reads in part: "A good Four Loom Weaver" which suggests she handled four looms at a time. Message dated Aug. 24, 1908 in Blackburn, England. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black and white image shows a woman standing at a loom in an unknown mill. She is wearing a long dark apron over a light-colored dress and is holding a shuttle in her left hand. ca. 1910. 13 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black and white image looking down the aisle of a large weave room in the Ponemah Mills, showing looms on either side. Postmarked Jan. 18, 1917 in Taftville. 8.5 x 13.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.