Box 10

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Color image shows a woman in the foreground, wearing a long white apron, weaving on a Jacquard loom that was made in 1909 by Hutchinson, Holllingworth & Co. of Dobcross. Another woman can bee seen in the background. Photo Precision Limited, St. Ives, Huntington, Cambs. ca. 1982-1983. 10.5 x 15 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black and white image of a large loom on display at the Mass. Charitable Mechanic Association's 13th exhibition in 1878. A large sign hanging over the loom reads in part "fancy looms." Unknown location, but probably Boston, Mass. 18 x 10.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image of two women working at looms in a large weave room. A male employee stands behind the women, and another male and female worker can be seen in the background. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Keystone View Company, Manufacturers. Gelatin silver print, ca. 1900. Image depicts a woman weaving linen at a Jacquard loom in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Text on the back explains the weaving process with weft and warp threads. 15.25 x 7.5 cm. (w/out mount); 17.75 x 8.75 cm. (w/mount).

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Gelatin silver print postcard, ca. 1906-1908. Black and white image depicts three female workers, two of whom are standing and one of whom is sitting, in an aisle between Jacquard looms. Location is unknown. Note the Jacquard cards in the upper right corner. 14 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image depicts a man at work at a Jacquard loom weaving silk brocade. Text on the reverse explains the process of a Jacquard loom. Although not specified, this is the Cheney Brothers plant in South Manchester. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company. 15.25 x 8 cm. (w/out mount); 17.75 x 8.75 cm. (w/mount).

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image of the beginning of a row of jacquard looms used to weave Damask linen. Mill not identified. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1906. See Item 104, in this folder, for a colorized, photomechanical version of this image, which was copyrighted in 1906. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Color image of linen weaving in an unknown factory in Belfast, Ireland. A photomechanical print in the format of a stereograph card, made from an original stereocard photograph. American Stereoscopic Co., N.Y. See Item 103, in this folder, for the original photo from which this image was made, which identifies these as damask weaving looms. 17.5 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image of a Jacquard loom. [Paris, France]: Musee du Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, [no later than 1968]. 10.25 x 15 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Color image of a humorous poastcard showing on the left (Sunday night) a young couple sitting on a park bench, kissing (with a smiling moon in the background), and on the right (Monday morning) the same couple in a weave room, each holding a shuttle close to their mouths, possibly demonstrating how some workers would run the thread through their mouths. Looms and other workers can be seen in the background. Underneath the two images is the caption "Oh! What a difference in the morning." The...