Box 10

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Black and white image of two men working on a tapestry loom. In the foreground is a box of bobbins. "Savonnerie" refers to soap, so the context is unclear in this image. [no earlier than 1904] 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image depicts male and female workers at work in the weaving shed, showing rows of looms. Printed on reverse: In the 'Weaving Shed' where the noise was almost deafening, the warp and weft yarns were carefully woven together to make up the lengths of cloth which could be anything from 500 to 5,000 yards." Postcard by Armley Mills, Leeds Museum of Science and Industry. Printed by E. T. W. Dennis & Sons Ltd., Scarborough, England. This postcard was printed in 1982 as the...

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Black and white image of Mrs. Wiley Oakley of Gatlinburg, Tenn., weaving on a handloom. Exline. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of scene on a plate, showing a man weaving on a hand loom in the center. Border of plate is decorated with flowers. Musee des Arts Decoratifs - Lyon. Le tisseur a son metier [the weaver has his trade], detail d'un plat a barbe en faience de Lyon, XVIII siecle [detail of an earthenware dish of Lyon, 18th century]. Photo A. Basset, Lyon - Reproduction interdite - Imp. Sezanne, Lyon-Bron. ca. 1980s. 15 x 10.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image shows a detail of a white, red, dark blue, and gold pattern. The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. Printed in Canada. ca. 1970-1979. 15 x 10 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of weave room in an unidentified textile mill in Greenville County, S.C., showing rows of looms. Printed on reverse: "Greenville, S.C., is widely known as 'THE TEXTILE CENTER OF THE SOUTH.' Within a radius of 100 miles of the city there are 467 cotton mills, with 300,176,638 spindles, 162,618 looms and 9,361 knitting machines." Palmetto News Co., Inc., Greenville, S.C. ca. 1930-1944. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of a large weave room in the Avondale Mills, showing rows of looms. No workers visible. Santway Photo-Craft Company, Watertown, N.Y. ca. 1917-1930. 14 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black and white image of the weave room in the Talbot Mills, showing two rows of power looms. Man in frock coat stands at one of the looms, probably an overseer as a frock coat would not be worn by a worker. Another man is barely visible in the background. ca. 1870-1880. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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1990?-1997. Reproduction of color image of mill girls working in weave room. Eastern National Park & Monument Association (Publisher); Lowell National Historical Park (Distributor); Consolidated/Drake Press (Printer). See Collection 6524/002 P, Box 4, Folder 1, Item 1, for the original photograph from which this postcard was made. 15 x 11 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image from Boott Cotton Mills Museum, representative of a typical early 20th-century mill weave room, ca. 1990. James Higgins (Photographer); Lowell National Historical Park (Distributor); Eastern National Park & Monument Association (Publisher). 15.25 x 10.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.