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Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a female employee preparing a dye solution in an office in the company. Bottles of dyes and solutions on table and windowsill; spools of thread on table. Number 1 in a series of photographs on the dyeing process.

Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a male employee at a mixing tank. The dye solution is made up in the tank. A powered agitator stirs the mix. The employee's scoop probably contains sizing. no.2 in a series of photographs on the dyeing process.

Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a male employee (see also items 16-18 in this folder for views of this worker) adding size mix to the dye applicator's bath. A size mixture would make the yarn smoother and stronger to stand the strain of weaving. Number 3 in a series of photographs on the dyeing process.

Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a dye kettle or dye tank in the foreground, where the dye solution is stored. On the right is a dye applicator. Number 4 in a series of photographs on the dyeing process.

Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a pressure dye tank or kettle in which yarn packages are dyed. Number 5 in a series of photographs on the dyeing process.

Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a male employee working at a dye kettle. The operator is working the controls for lifting the dyed yarn on the tray out of the dye kettle. Number 6 in a series of photographs on the dyeing process.

Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a dye kettle (left), dye tank (right) and dyeing controls with recorders (center). Dyed spools of yarn are being lifted out of the dye kettle on the left. Number 7 in a series of photographs on the dyeing process.

Gelatin silver print. Image depicts the interior of a dye vat or dye kettle. The heating coils and the circulator pump are located at the bottom of the kettle where the dye is stored and then pumped to the adjacent package dye machine. Number 8 in a series of photographs on the dyeing process.

Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a close-up view of spools of yarn on a package tray to be dyed. The yarns are wound on dye-tubes or cloth-covered springs to form a dye package; the packages are then stacked on the tray spindles (shown here). The tray is then fed into the dye kettle and the cover closed and sealed before the dye is pumped into the kettle. Number 9 in a series of photographs on the dyeing process.

Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a close-up view of spools of yarn in a dye vat. The kettle is loaded with dye packages on the tray. The image here shows the retainers on the top of the spindles. Number 10 in a series of photographs on the dyeing process.