Box 10

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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...

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Black and white image of the interior of a shawl factory. Female workers are lined up at the end of each row of looms. Excelsior Stereoscopic Tours. ca. 1900. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image of a weaving room at Cheney Brothers in South Manchester, Conn. In the immediate foreground is a woman bending over a loom. The silk industry has expanded so that in 1914 about 85% of the silk used in the U.S. was manufactured in the U.S., as opposed to 13% about fifty years previous. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image of two looms facing each other. These looms are the lastest development in weaving machinery and are specially constructed with a view to high speed. They are run at speeds ranging from 180 to 250 revolutions a minute, whereas ordinary looms run about 150 revolutions a minute. Although not specified, this is in the Cheney Brothers plant in South Manchester. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image showing a loom in an unknown factory. A striped material is being woven on the loom. "Photo'ed by L. Apland" on front of card. "Partly showing the machinery with [ ] May 17, 1907 L. A." on reverse. Card addressed but not mailed to Mr. Lars Apland Paxton Illinois, which suggests an Illinois location for this image. 14 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Location unknown. ca. 1910-1918. Worker is dressed in dark shirt and pants with striped half-apron (very dirty) held up with suspenders. 13.75 x 8 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black and white image of a mill with a man standing at a roller chain loom. Location of mill is not given. History of the beginning of the mechanized loom in this country due to Samuel Slater on reverse of card. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image of three male weavers at their looms. The man in the foreground is looking towards the patterns on the wall; the other two men are facing toward their looms. The Gobelins tapestry works in Paris were famous for their tapestries. New York: Underwood & Underwood. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.