Box 11
Contains 129 Results:
Item 9: Vats for dyeing Cloth in the Piece- Silk Industry, So. Manchester, Conn., U.S.A., 1914
Black and white image of vats for dyeing cloth in the piece- dyeing room of the Cheney Bros. factory. The vats are filled with dyes and the cloth is run through them over the reel in the center. The cloth is then compared with the sample and if the color is not right, colors are added to the dye until the right shade is reached. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 10: Bleaching Vats for Cloth in the Piece-Silk Industry, So. Manchester, Conn., U.S.A., 1914
Black and white image of bleaching vats for cloth in the piece. The vat is filled with the bleaching liquor and the cloth run back and forth through it over the reel in the center. One male employee is visible in the right background. Although not specified, this is the Cheney Bros. plant in South Manchester, Conn. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 11: Dyehouse with Hydro-extractor: Extractors (left center), Dye Becks (both sides)
Item 12: "Stripping" and color dyeing skeins, in an immense silk dyeing works, Paterson, N.J.
Item 13: Livre de teinturier, avec echantillons et recettes, XVIIIe - XIXe s. [Book of dyers with samples and recipes]
Musee de la View Wallonne. Liege, Belgium.
Format: Postcard.
Item 1: Raising frame or "nelly"
Tolson Memorial Museum, Huddersfield, England. [no later than 1962] Black and white image shows a raising frame, used to raise the nap on fabric. 9 x 14 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 1: Hand cropping shears and board
Tolson Memorial Museum, Huddersfield, England. [no later than 1962] Black and white image shows a set of hand cropping shears, in this case used to shear the nap of fabric, laid on a board. 14 x 9 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 2: Lewis cross-cut machine (shearing)
Tolson Memorial Museum, Huddersfield, England. [no later than 1962] Black and white image shows a Lewis cross-cut machine used for shearing the nap of fabric. 14 x 9 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 3: "Perpetual" or "Jerry" shearing machine
Tolson Memorial Museum, Huddersfield, England. [no later than 1962] Black and white image shows a shearing machine used for shearing the nap of fabric. 14 x 9 cm.
Format: Postcard.