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Box 12

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Contains 155 Results:

Item 5: Cotton spinning "doffer" girl

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Pacific Mills, Lawrence, Mass.: Cotton spinning "doffer" girl. Black and white image of young girl with a bin full of bobbins. As a "doffer," she is responsible for removing "sets of full bobbins from a machine and start[ing] a new set of empty packages." Cotton spinning frames are visible in the background. See Item 8, in this folder, for a virtually identical image. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 6: Cotton spinner

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a female spinner as she reaches atop a cotton ring spinning frame. She wears a cap on her head and what appears to be a striped dress, but may be a duster of some sort. See Item 10, in this folder, for a virtually identical image. This woman can also be seen in Item 3, in this folder,. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 7: Cotton spinning

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image of a woman handling a bobbin from a bin full of bobbins. She appears to be wearing a smock over her dress. In the background are cotton spinning frames. This woman can also be seen in Items 4 and 9, in this folder, (which is virtually an identical image). 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 8: Cotton spinning "doffer" girl

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Pacific Mills, Lawrence, Mass.: Cotton spinning "doffer" girl. Black and white image of young girl with a bin full of bobbins. As a "doffer," she is responsible for removing "sets of full bobbins from a machine and start[ing] a new set of empty packages." Cotton spinning frames are visible in the background. See Item 5, in this folder, for a virtually identical image. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 9: [spinning frame].

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image of a woman handling a bobbin from a bin full of bobbins. She appears to be wearing a smock over her dress. In the background are cotton spinning frames. This woman can also be seen in Items 4 and 7, in this folder, (virtually identical to this image). 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 10: Cotton spinner

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a female spinner as she reaches atop a cotton ring spinning frame. She wears a cap on her head and what appears to be a striped dress, but may be a duster of some sort. See Item 6, in this folder, for a virtually identical image. This woman can also be seen in Item 3, in this folder. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 11: Cotton spinners examining yarn [doffer girls with bobbins]

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows two "doffer" girls examining yarn on a bobbin together. As "doffers," they are responsible for removing sets of full bobbins from a machine and starting a new set of empty packages. See Item 12, in this folder, for a virtually identical image. These two girls can also be seen in Item 13, in this folder. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 12: Cotton spinners examining yarn [doffer girls with bobbins]

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows two "doffer" girls examining yarn on a bobbin together. As "doffers," they are responsible for removing sets of full bobbins from a machine and starting a new set of empty packages. See Item 11, in this folder, for a virtually identical image. These two girls can also be seen in Item 13, in this folder. 18 x 9 cm

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 13: Doffer girls with bobbins

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows two "doffer" girls examining yarn on a bobbin together. As "doffers," they are responsible for removing sets of full bobbins from a machine and starting a new set of empty packages. These two girls can also be seen in Items 11 and 12, in this folder. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 14: No. 617. Spinning Room, Mechanic's Mill, Fall River, Mass.

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Photographed and Published by Kilburn Brothers, Littleton, New Hampshire ca. 1900. View of long expanse of machinery. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003