Textile machinery

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Photographs of employees and machinery in the production of rubber goods.

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Photographs of the interior of the Riggs & Lombard machinery factory.

Abstract Collection of two agreements, the first between Meritt Root, a minor, Florenda Root, his mother, and Chauncey Root, apprenticing Meritt Root as a stone and brick mason and the other between Chauncey Root and Henry Lyon, agent for the Otis Co., cotton manufacturers in Ware, MA, for the construction of a stone factory, an undated document entitled: Measurement for the Stone Work done by C.L. Root, with a listing on verso of debits and credits, and an inventory and appraisal of Root's...

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Collection of two volumes of notes containing information about textile machinery, especially bobbins, pirns, and tubes, as well as about various manufacturing processes and two of the company's cardboard shipping tags.

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Collection of graphics related to Crompton & Knowles including an image of the mill complex, "The Modern Loom", an ad from Textile World, exhibit material, and W-3 Loom and wire test.

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Collection of photographs and descriptions of corduroy machinery, including a corduroy dye jig and a cylinder brushing machine.

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Artwork of millworkers by K. Stephens. Also, loose newspaper clippings of advertisements and scrapbooks containing newspaper and periodical advertisements, mostly menswear.; cloth samples (swatches) appear in many ads.