Box 10

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Black-and-white image depicts male textile workers drawing the warp. On the left of the view you see the hundreds of spools of silk. From these the men draw threads, one at a time, through reeds that look like fine combs, on top of the spool frame. The threads are then wound on the large reels, seen at the right of the view. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Albumen print, ca. 1880. No. 17 in the series, Interior Views of the Washington Mills. Published by A. B. Hamor. Image shows warping machinery on the left and center. 17.5 x 10 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Color image shows women standing in a room with sloping ceilings that have pendant light fixtures and open beams. The women on the left are all facing away from the viewer and the women on the right are facing towards the viewer. Each stands next to a warp beam on which the silk thread is being wound for the looms. Brainerd & Armstrong was located in New London, Conn. Chilton Printing Co., Philadelphia, Pa. ca. 1907-1915. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image depicts a male textile worker standing by a reel used in sectional warping. Sectional warping is a system of warping, often called the silk systerm, in which the warp is built up in sections by winding it on a large reel. After the required length has been run off for the first section the reel is moved a short distance and the second section is built up beside the first. After obtaining the necessary number of sections in this way all are run off simultaneously on a...

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Black-and-white image depicts a male textile worker operating a slasher. The work of the slasher is to pass the yarn, or warp as it is now called, through a starch box, dry it, and rewind it onto a loom beam (seen here in the foreground). Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black-and-white image depicts a slashing machine (slasher). Slashing is the operation of sizing a warp on a slasher. The objects are to give each warp thread a coating of size mixture, to dry the threads, and to run the desired number of threads on a loom beam. Stamped on reverse: "San Bernardino Country Free Library" but the location of this image is unknown. New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black-and-white image depicts a female textile worker operating a mechanical twister. The machine is run by power and duplicates the motion of the human twister's thumb and fingers by running the threads together between two rubber pads. It then cuts off the loose ends with a knife. This photo was most likely taken in the Cheney Bros. plant in South Manchester. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image depicts a warp tying machine used in the process of tying-in, during which the machine unites the threads of a new warp and the ends remaining from a former warp, in order to avoid hand drawing-in. The machine selects an end of the old warp and knots it to the corresponding end in the new warp, then trims the knot. The Barber-Colman Company was based in Rockford, Ill. ca. This image is identical to those of Items 41 and 42, in this folder. ca. 1910-1918. 13.75 x 8.75...

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image depicts a warp tying machine used in the process of tying-in, during which the machine unites the threads of a new warp and the ends remaining from a former warp, in order to avoid hand drawing-in. The machine selects an end of the old warp and knots it to the corresponding end in the new warp, then trims the knot. The Barber-Colman Company was based in Rockford, Ill. This image is identical to those of Items 40 and 42, in this folder. ca. 1910-1918. 13.75 x 8.75 cm....

Scope and Contents Warp tying machine, Model E, Barber-Colman Company. Black-and-white image depicts a warp tying machine used in the process of tying-in, during which the machine unites the threads of a new warp and the ends remaining from a former warp, in order to avoid hand drawing-in. The machine selects an end of the old warp and knots it to the corresponding end in the new warp, then trims the knot. The Barber-Colman Company was based in Rockford, Ill. This image is identical to those of Items 40 and...