Box 10

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Black and white image of a weaving shed in Burnley, England. Shown in foreground is a woman working a cam loom. A male workers is about halfway down the aisle behind her. The location is unknown; there were numerous textile mills in Burnley around the turn of the 20th century. Burnley, England: Excelsior Stereoscopic Tours, M. E. Wright, Publisher, ca. 1900. 17.75 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image of 1000 plain weaving looms (cam looms) in an unknown linen factory in Belfast. Two male workers have their backs to the camera; another is barely visible in the aisle in the background, with a fourth behind him. New York: Underwood and Underwood. 17.5 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image of a large weave room filled with cam looms. On either side of the center aisle, female workers stand by their looms. A man in a white shirt and vest, possibly a supervisor?, stands on the far left. Tentatively identified as the Androscoggin Mills in Lewiston. ca. 1890. 17 x 8 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image, taken from a somewhat elevated position, showing a large weaving room containing cam looms with an overhead picker motion (British style), in the Ewart factory in Belfast. These looms produce, plain, simple weaving. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image depicts a vast weave room in an unknown mill, showing hundreds of looms. A clock hangs down from the ceiling in the background of the image, but the clock itself is probably in the center of the room. Possibly Lawrence, Mass.? ca. 1890. 18 x 10 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image of a weave room in an unknown cotton mill in Augusta, Ga., showing rows of cam looms. Washington, D.C.: J. F. Jarvis, Publisher, ca. 1892. 17.75 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image of a weave room showing silk ribbons woven in the same fashion as broadgoods. The chief difference is due to the narrower width of ribbons. Twenty to thirty ribbons may be woven at the same time. Specific mill not identified. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1916-1920. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image of a man working at a carpet loom. Unknown location. Postmarked March 3, 1910 but location is illegible. 13.75 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Looms that produce woolen fabrics, in the largest weaving room in America. Black and white image of a weave room showing a line of dobby looms. A dobby is a mechanism attached to a loom for controlling the operation of the hearnesses. Dobbies are made so that they can operate up to 25 harnesses; by this means figured cloths can be woven. In the foreground is the warp-beam of one of the looms, its threads drawn upward and forward to pass through the heddles of various harnesses. New York:...

Scope and Contents Black and white image of a woman working at a ribbon loom weaving silk neckties. Goods running from very narrow baby ribbon up to twelve inches wide are known as ribbons and are manufactured on a special loom. A number of pieces of goods are woven side by side in such a loom with a separate shuttle for each piece of goods. Thirty ties are woven at one time in each loom in long strips like ribbons. Although not specified, this is the Cheney Brothers plant in South Manchester. Meadville, Pa.:...