Box 1

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a male employee at work in a chemical laboratory. The employee wears a long white lab coat, and is standing in front of a table with a beaker of a chemical in front of him. A row of jars (presumably containing other chemicals) is on the shelf above the table. Text: "Chemical Laboratory. This is one of the Chemical Laboratories used in testing shipments of chemicals to determine if they meet purchasing specifications. We also test new chemical products to...

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print. Image depicts two female employees at work in the physical testing laboratory. Both employees wear white lab coats; one has her back to the camera and is involved with something against the wall; the other works on something on the table in the center of the room. The lettering on the door in the background reads "Conditioning Testing." Text: "Physical Testing Laboratory. This Laboratory has to be maintained at standard atmospheric condition, namely, 70 [degrees] F, 65%...

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print. Image depicts two male employees at work in the calender coating operation at the Reading, Mass., division of Goodall-Sanford, Inc., of Sanford, Me. The Reading division handled dyeing and finishing. Calendering is a cloth finishing process, whereby a fabric is pressed between rollers. In this case, a plastic film is being applied. Text: "Calender Coating Operation, Reading Division. This operation shows a cotton fabric being passed between the rolls of a plastic...

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Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a male employee standing next to one of the printers in the plastic printing operations at the Reading, Mass., division of Goodall-Sanford, Inc., of Sanford, Me. The Reading division handled dyeing and finishing. Text: "Plastic Printing, Reading Division. This machine deposits a plastic ink, by means of an engraved roll, onto the surface of the plastic coated fabric." 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 at work at an embossing machine at the Reading, Mass., division of Goodall-Sanford, Inc., of Sanford, Me. The Reading division handled dyeing and finishing. Note the large rolls of plastic fabric standing on the left. Text: "Embossing, Reading Division. Here is shown a machine which embosses plastic fabric utilizing a steel engraved plate. The designs are usually of two classes--leather-like or simulated fabric patterns." 25 x 20.5 cm....

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U.S.Department of Agriculture; Negative #20397.

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U.S.Department of Agriculture; Negative #20398.

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Desizing worsted cloth from loom: cloth moves fro right to left. U.S.Department of Agriculture; Negative #20399.

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Shearing: cutting off excess lengths of fibers projecting from surface of cloth. U.S.Department of Agriculture; Negative #20400.

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Worsted cording the wool, long fibers. Producing a "ball" of card sliver. U.S.Department of Agriculture; Negative #20401.