Box 10

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...

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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. 1910-1918. 8.75 x 13.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Gelatin silver print. Black and white image of an interior room in the Pacific Mills in Lawrence, Mass., showing the drawing-in process. Drawing-in is the operation of entering the warp ends from the warp beam through the eyes of the correct heddles on the respective harnesses, which is what the woman seated in the foreground is doing. Both male and female laborers are visible. ca. 1900-1920. 17.5 x 8.5 cm. Copy A.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Gelatin silver print. Black and white image of an interior room in the Pacific Mills in Lawrence, Mass., showing the drawing-in process. Drawing-in is the operation of entering the warp ends from the warp beam through the eyes of the correct heddles on the respective harnesses, which is what the woman seated in the foreground is doing. Both male and female laborers are visible. ca. 1900-1920. 17.5 x 8.5 cm. Copy B.

Format: Stereoptic print.