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Box 11

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Contains 129 Results:

Item 1: Finishing processes for silk cloth, breaking, folding and pressing in a Paterson Silk Mill.

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Black and white image of men completing the finishing processes for silk cloth. The man in the foreground is operating a machine that is "breaking" the silk into patterns, in this case deep spiral flutings. A number of men are in the background, some of them folding silks. No specific mill is given, but Paterson, N.J., was a center of the silk industry in the U.S. New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 1: Bleachery, Willimantic Linen Co.'s Thread Works, Willimantic Conn.

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Hartford, Conn.: Prescott & White, Photographers, ca. 1880s. Gelatin silver print. Black and white image shows the bleachery in the Willimantic Linen Co. Fabric is piled up on the right between large vats; what may be yarn or thread is piled up on the left. A male employee in the background stirs one of the vats; two other men are on the right. 17.25 x 8.25 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 2: Bleaching Linen, Near Belfast, Ireland

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Black and white image of of men either loading linen onto a horse-drawn cart or unloading it. Linen can be bleached after being woven by having it spread out in the fields to be bleached by the sun and dew, as can be seen in the background here. [Meadville, Pa.]: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003