Box 10
Contains 237 Results:
Item 107: Hall Park Shawl Factory, Alloa Scotland
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.
Item 108: General view of a weaving room--silk industry, So. Manchester, Conn., 1914
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.
Item 109: High speed French "broad goods" looms--silk industry, So. Manchester, Conn., 1914
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.
Item 110: Loom (machine), 1907
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.
Item 111: Male worker standing at narrow fabric loom
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.
Item 112: Close view of a modern loom in a great woolen mill
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.
Item 113: Tapestry weavers at their looms (patterns on wall at left), Gobelins Works, Paris [France], 1907
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.
Item 114: Manufacture des Gobelins, atelier de tapis - savonnerie [Gobelins Manufactory carpet workshop] [Paris, France]
Black and white image of two men working at tapestry looms at the Gobelins tapestry and carpet works in Paris. Note the tapestry (or carpet) rolled up over their heads. "Savonnerie" translates into "soap factory" so the meaning of that is unclear in the context of this image. J. L. edit, Paris. [no later than 1903] 14 x 9 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 115: Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins, atelier du tapis [Gobelins Manufactory, carpet workshop] [Paris, France]
Black and white image of five men working at a tapestry loom. The man in the foreground is shown handling bobbins. Note the tapestry (or carpet) rolled up above their heads. Propriete de la Societe de Secours Mut.[Property of the Mutual Relief Society]. M. Desgranges, phot. edit., Paris. ca. 1917-1919. 8.75 x 14 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 116: Making Gobelins tapestry (weavers behind loom see results in mirrors), Paris [France]
Making Gobelins tapestry (weavers behind loom see results in mirrors), Paris [France]. Black and white image of a man shown working on a tapestry loom. Some hands can be seen behind the warp threads; they see their work in the mirrors fastened to the cloth beam. A skillful man can weave from one to three square yards a year. New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.