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Box 11

 Container

Contains 129 Results:

Item 1: Drive from turbine, No. 3 Mill wheel pit, Harmony Mills, Cohoes, N.Y.

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

ca. 1880s. J. H. New, Photographer, 31 Remsen St., Cohoes, N.Y. Image shows drive from turbine. 17.5 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 2: The Old Burden Water Wheel, Troy, N.Y., 1907

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Color image of the Burden Water Wheel in Troy, N.Y. The wheel was designed and erected in 1838 by Henry Burden to propel the machinery of his immense iron works. The wheel is 60 feet in diameter with buckets 22 feet long and six feet deep. The Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co., Ltd. Printed in Gt. Britain. Handwritten date of May 31, 1907. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1907

Item 3: Armley Mills, The Museum of Leeds, 1820s waterwheel

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Color image of waterwheel outside the Armley Mills in Leeds, England. The 1820s waterwheel originally powered Frog Hall Flint Mills in Staffordshire. Three visitors--a man, a woman and a young boy--stand on a little balcony over the raceway, pointing to the waterwheel. Photo Precision Ltd., St. Ives, Huntington, Cambs. ca. 1982-1983. 10.5 x 15 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 4: Old Mill at Fingle Bridge, Devonshire

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Black-and-white image shows giant water wheel at an old mill at Fingle Bridge in Devonshire, England. A man in a hat can be seen in the right background. Image is overexposed. ca. 1880s. 17.5 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 5: Trump Turbine Company turbines

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print, [1980?]. Shows large turbines in the interior of what is presumed to be the Trump Trump Turbine Company turbines. Gelatin silver print postcard, ca. 1913-1922. Shows large turbines in the interior of what is presumed to be the Trump Turbine Co. The Trump Mfg. Co., which manufactured turbines in the early part of the 20th century, was located in Springfield, Ohio, but it is not clear if this is the same company or the same location. Probably mailed shortly before March...
Dates: 1842-2003

Item 6: Engine Room, Mechanics Mill, Fall River, Mass.

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Littleton, New Hampshire: Photographed and published by Kilburn Bros., ca. 1875-1885. Gelatin silver print. Black and white image depicts some of the engines in the engine room at Mechanics Mill in Fall River. Note the giant wheel in the left background. 17 x 8.25 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 1: Marking cloth with patterns before cutting by machinery, clothing factory, New York, N.Y.

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

Black- and-white image depicts three men in shirtsleeves marking cloth on long tables. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 2: Morotock Mfg. Company's New Factory, Danville, Virginia, costing $40,000

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents Color image of female textile workers at sewing machines. Piles of cloth draped over lengthwise pole behind each row of workers. [Sales message on reverse]: I will call on or about____with a complete line of "Indian Head" Pants, Overalls and Work Shirts. "Union made by Union Maidens" Please hold your orders for me. These goods are better and better. Yours truly, Jas. H. Bell, Waynesboro, Virginia. Made by Chilton Company, Phila., Pa. ca. 1912-1915. 13.5 x 8.5 cm. Format:...
Dates: 1842-2003

Item 3: The Free, 1909

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

The Free Sewing Machine Co. The Free. Rockford, Ill.: The Free Sewing Machine Co. Color image of woman standing at a Free machine. Postmarked Huntingdon, Pa., Nov. 9, 1909, addressed to S.E. Kenyon, Huntingdon, Pa., with message from E.S. Free "Machines have arrived." Free Slogans printed on reverse of card. 8.75 x 14 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1909