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Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a male textile worker standing next to a ring spinning frame. Text: "Ring Spinning. This shows a close-up view of the ring spinning frame. On the top of the machine the roving will be seen as it passes through a series of rolls driven at varying speeds."

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Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a line of cap spinning frames. Cap spinning is a different process from ring spinning and is used more often for spinning worsted yarns. Text: "Cap Spinning. Yarn produced by this process is spun with the aid of metal caps which differ from the rings. This process produces yarn of a different character which may be desired in certain fabrics."

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print. Image depicts an automatic winder. Text: "Automatic Winder. Bobbins of yarn taken from the spinning frame are usually of relatively small size. In order to increase the efficiency of the subsequent operation, these bobbins are wound on larger packages. The winder automatically feeds bobbins into the machine as the yarn runs out and ties the yarn to the larger package. All the operator has to do is remove the large package from the machine, which is then ready for the...

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Gelatin silver print. Image depicts twisting machines. Text: "Twisting. For certain fabrics two-ply yarns are required. Therefore, single yarns, as they come from the spinning frame, have to be plied and twisted. In this twisting operation two ends of single yarn are combined, twisted, and wound onto bobbins."

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Gelatin silver print. Image depicts winders. Yarn from the smaller bobbins is wound into larger packages, seen at the top of the machines. Text: "Ply Winding. The two-ply yarns, as received from the twister, are wound onto large packages in order to increase the efficiency of subsequent operations."

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a room of winding machines. Note the row of bins placed beneath the machines to receive the filled bobbins. Text: "Filling Winding. In order to prepare filling yarn for weaving, it has to be wound on quills or filling bobbins. The yarn is wound from large packages onto wooden quills in such a manner that all of them are of the same diameter so that they will fit into the shuttle. This winder performs the operation automatically, that is, as a bobbin is...

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a room where female employees inspect the yarn for defects before it is wound onto spools. Each woman sits in front of a spooler inspecting numerous yarns as they pass over an inspection board in front of her. Text: "Jackspooling. Large yarn packages are placed in a creel behind each spooler. These individual yarns are pased over an inspection board to be observed for yarn defects. The yarns are ultimately wound on jack-spools at the bottom of the frame."...

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Gelatin silver print. Image depicts the process of section beaming. Ten jackspools are combined to make one section beam. Note the size of the jackspools at the rear of the machine in contrast to the size of the beam being created at the front. Text: "Section Beaming. Usually 10 jackspools are combined to make one section beam of 400 ends. The yarns are run over lease rods and through a comb to get them straight on the section beam." 25 x 20.5 cm. (w/out mount); 27 x 20.5 cm. (w/mount).

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a male employee standing by a slasher, a machine that applies a sizing mixture to warp yarns. The sized and dried yarns are being wound onto a loom beam in the foreground. Text: "Slashing. Depending upon the amount of warp ends required for a fabric, a number of section beams are set up on a creel behind the slasher. These yarns are then passed through a size box containing starch solution of carefully controlled temperature. After the size has been...

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a female employee drawing in threads through a heddle. Text: "Drawing-In. Before a loom beam is placed into a loom, each thread must be drawn through a heddle. The heddle is a small metal rod having an eye in the center of it. These heddles are held by a frame or harness. Several harnesses are used in one weave; therefore, the operator must be exceedingly careful to draw the thread through the proper heddle. As these harnesses are lifted in the loom, the...