Box 11
Contains 129 Results:
Item 3: View of electric stop motion, a mechanism enabling a weaver to produce perfect cloth-- silk industry, So. Manchester, Conn., 1914
Black and white image of loom showing electric stop motion. Most likley from Cheney Bros. Meadville, Pa: Keystone View Company. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 4: Designing for the Jacquard
Black-and-white image of man working on a design for the Jacquard loom. Printed on reverse: "Designing for the Jacquard. The design is transferred to the squared print paper." Castle Hedingham is located near Halstead, Essex England. ca. 1970s. 15 x 10 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 5: Jacquard card cutting.
Black-and-white image of man cutting jacquard patterns for eventual weaving. Printed on reverse: "Jacquard Card Cutting - Each card represents one row of Squares on the print paper. Castle Hedingham handloom weavers." Castle Hedingham is located near Halstead, Essex England. ca. 1970. 10 x 15 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 1: Knitting - flat bed machines
Black and white image of interior of unknown knitting mill. Men are using flat bed knitting machines. A few women are seated in the foreground and may be stitching by hand? The women wear long smocks over their clothing. Overseer stands in the center, wearing a long white apron over his shirt, vest, and tie. Possibly a British mill? ca. 1925-1935. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 2: Worker next to knitting machine
Black and white image of elderly male worker standing next to a knitting machine in an unknown mill. He is balding, wears glasses, has a mustache, and is wearing an overall over his shirt, vest, and tie. He is holding a hat in his right hand. ca. 1907. 8.5 x 14 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 3: Knitting machines at the work in the Wolsey Woolen Factory, Leicester, England.
Knitting machines at the work in the Wolsey Woolen Factory, Leicester, England. Black and white image of tubular knitting machines. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1920. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 4: Knitting machine, ca. 1770
Black and white image of hand-operated knitting machine from about 1770. Printed on reverse: "A hand-operated machine similar to the original stocking frame invented by William Lee in 1589." [London]: Science Museum, Printed in England, Crown Copyright. ca. 1950s. 10.5 x 15.5 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 5: Knitting Machines (Tubular knitting)
Black and white image of tubular knitting machines. Image probably photographed in a Cohoes, N.Y., knitting mill. Cohoes, N.Y.: J. H. New, photographer, ca. 1880. 17.5 X 10 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 6: Knitting Works, Wis. State Prison - Waupun, Wis.
Black and white image of knitting machinery in the Wisconsin State Prison, Waupun, Wis. The machinery is for making the leggings for hosiery. No workers visible, but room is quite extensive. ca. 1910-1920. 14 x 9 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 7: Knitting machines (Hosiery- leggers)
Black and white image of two men using knitting machines. Location and mill unknown. ca. 1907-1914. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.
Format: Postcard.