Box 10

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Black-and-white image depicts winding machines. A cop is a yarn package, usually cylindrical, slightly tapered at one or both ends, and about 5 or 6 inches long. Carter's Series, No. 56. [Printed in Great Britain] [no earlier than 1902] 14 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image depicts two women filling yarn on wheels. Quilling is the last process in the long-chain system for filling yarns, in which the threads forming the chain are wound on filling bobbins, or quills, ready for the shuttle. A man bends over as if to kiss the woman on the left. Both women are set up outside a rather ramshackle building, but the location is unknown. ca. 1900-1910. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Scope and Contents Color image depicting a skeiner and a twister inside the Barrington Woolen Mill. Printed on reverse of card: "Old Woolen Mill, Barrington, Nova Scotia. In the background the 'twister,' which combined single strands of wool into several ply yarns is shown, and in front of it the 'skeiner' which wound the proper lengths of twisted yarn into skeins. A part of the Nova Scotia Museum complex." Nova Scotia Museum Photograph. Published and Distributed by the Book Room Ltd., Halifax, N.S. ca....

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Black-and-white image depicts a female textile worker quilling yarn. Quilling is the last process in the long-chain system for filling yarns, in which the threads forming the chain are wound on filling bobbins, or quills, ready for the shuttle. This image was most likely taken at the Cheney Bros. silk mill. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Unknown publisher, original image dates from 1940s? but date of postcard publication unknown, possibly 1970s. Black and white image shows Indian leader sitting cross-legged beside a spinning wheel. 15.25 x 11 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Tolson Memorial Museum, Huddersfield, England. [no later than 1962] Black and white image shows a bobbin winder. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Tolson Memorial Museum, Huddersfield, England. [no later than 1962] Black and white image shows a winding frame on the left and a swift on the right. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Tolson Memorial Museum, Huddersfield, England. [no later than 1962] Black and white image shows a skein winder, also known as a hank-winding machine. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Museo didattico della Seta Como. Ph. Congiu/Farabolafoto - stampa Tip. Ed. Nami.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image depicts dressing machines starching linen. Starching is a finishing process in which the fabric is treated with a solution consisting mainly of starch together with other ingredients such as softeners, etc. Starching is usually done in a mangle, which commonly consists of several rolls of differeent types and an open vat for holding water or some solution. The material can be seen here being run through several rollers. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone Viewing Company, ca....