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Box 1

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Contains 10 Results:

Nashawena Mills Photographs, 1916-1929

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Interior and exterior views of Nashawena Mills, New Bedfort, Massachusetts. Included are images of the buildings, machinery, male and female workers, and male executives.

Dates: 1916-1929

Item 1: Personnel of the Nashawena Mills, 1929

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

June 17, 1929. Gelatin silver print. Image depicts the management personnel posed in front of what is presumably the Nashawena Mills building. Two rows of men in shirts and ties; the back row has 13 men standing, the front row has 9 seated. Written on the photo is "Personnel of the Nashawena Mills, New Bedford, Mass. John L. Burton, Agent, June, 27-1929" but it is unknown if Burton is in this photo or which one of the men might be him. 42.5 x 17.5 cm.

Dates: 1929

Item 2: Exterior view of the Nashawena Mills, 1916

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Gelatin silver print. Image shows exterior view of mills, with four-story brick building on the left, and a two-story building on the right; complex takes up most of a city block. 21.5 x 17 cm. (w/out mount); 30.5 x 25.5 cm. (w/mount).

Dates: 1916

Item 3: Warping room, 1916

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Gelatin silver print. Image shows posed group of female workers and two male overseers in the warping room; warping machinery on either side of group. 21.5 x 17 cm. (w/out mount); 30.5 x 25.5 cm. (w/mount).

Dates: 1916

Item 4: Spooling room, 1916

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Gelatin silver print. Image shows posed group of male workers and boys in front of the spooling machinery; two supervisors in the group. 20.5 x 15.5 cm. (w/out mount); 30.5 x 25.5 cm. (w/mount).

Dates: 1916

Item 5: Slashing Room, 1916

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Gelatin silver print. Image shows interior view of slashing room with male workers posed in front of slashers. 20.5 x 15.5 cm. (w/out mat); 30.5 x 25.5 cm. (w/mat).

Dates: 1916

Item 6: Employees of the Nashawena Mills, 1916

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Gelatin silver print. Image shows posed group of male and female (primarily female) employees in an interior room of the Nashawena Mills. 20.5 x 15.5 cm. (w/out mount); 30.5 x 25.5 cm. (w/mount).

Dates: 1916

Item 7: Office of the Nashawena Mills, 1916

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Gelatin silver print. Image shows male worker seated at desk and female worker standing in office of mill; calendar turned to March 1916. 20.5 x 15.5 cm. (w/out mount); 30.5 x 25.5 cm. (w/mount).

Dates: 1916

Item 8: Spooling room with female employees, 1916

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Gelatin silver print. Image shows female workers standing beside machines; bins of spools are on the left. 20.5 x 15.5 cm. (w/out mount); 30.5 x 25.5 cm. (w/mount).

Dates: 1916

Item 9: Spooling room with four employees, 1916

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Gelatin silver print, ca. 1916. Image shows two female employees standing by machines and two male overseers in foreground of spooling room of Nashawena Mills. 22 x 17 cm. (w/out mount); 30.5 x 25.5 cm. (w/mount).

Dates: 1916