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Box 6

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Contains 122 Results:

Item 18: Plain Braider, Textile Machine Works, Reading, Pa.

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Sommerville [sic], Mass. [Photographer]: Professor A[lfred] Krauth. Made in Germany. Black and white image shows braiding machine. ca. 1924. 11.6 x 8.4 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 19: Machine for Making Elastic Braid, Textile Machine Works, Reading, Pa.

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Sommerville [sic], Mass. [Photographer]: Professor A[lfred] Krauth. Made in Germany. Black and white image shows elastic braiding machine. ca. 1924. 11.5 x 8.3 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 20: Blanchard Grinder - 5' Table Diameter, Textile Machine Works, Reading, Pa.

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Sommerville [sic], Mass. [Photographer]: Professor A[lfred] Krauth. Made in Germany. Black and white image shows man in cap and overalls standing next to grinder machine. ca. 1924. 11.3 x 8.1 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 1: Old Woolen Mill and the Fatal Trees, Johnstown, Pa., 1889

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Photographed and Published by B.W. Kilburn. "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1889 by B.W. Kilburn, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C." printed on front. Image shows 4-story L-shaped mill building in background. The building has broken windows. Tall tree on left has missing top. An additional tree is in the foreground on the right. Ground between viewer and mill building is covered with downed trees, all damage probably caused by the Great...
Dates: 1889

Item 1: Wissahicon Woolen Mill

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Wissahicon [Wissahickon], Pa. Rochester, N.Y.: F.W. Woodward, n.d. "Wissahicon Creek Scenery Pa." [Manayunk, Pa.] Image shows creek with trees on left and 1 to 4-story mill buildings on right. Smokestack is in front of buildings. There is also a retaining wall. Creek has section with many rocks on left and a person (a boy?) can be seen crouching on a rock with his hand in the water. 17.6 x 8.8 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 21: One Thread Lace Machine, Textile Machine Works, Reading, Pa.

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Sommerville [sic], Mass. [Photographer]: Professor A[lfred] Krauth. Made in Germany. Black and white image shows lace machine with many spools of thread. Additional machines can be seen in background. ca. 1924. 11.5 x 8.2 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 22: Group of One Thread Lace Machines, Textile Machine Works, Reading, Pa.

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Sommerville [sic], Mass. [Photographer]: Professor A[lfred] Krauth. Made in Germany. Black and white image shows lace machines with many spools of thread. Additional machines can be seen in background. ca. 1924. 11.5 x 8.3 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 23: Radial Drill Press, Textile Machine Works, Reading, Pa.

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Sommerville [sic], Mass. [Photographer]: Professor A[lfred] Krauth. Made in Germany. Black and white image shows close-up of a radial drill press inside a factory building. ca. 1924. 11.6 x 8.4 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 24: Automatic Screw Machine at Work, Textile Machine Works, Reading, Pa.

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Automatic Screw Machine at Work, Textile Machine Works, Reading, Pa. Sommerville[sic], Mass. [Photographer]: Professor A[lfred] Krauth. Made in Germany. Black and white image shows very close-up view of a screw machine. ca. 1924. 11.7 x 8.4 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 1: Ashaway Mill, Ashaway, R.I.

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

O. Langworthy & Co., n.d. C. Seaver, Jr., Photographer. Part of the "Rhode Island Series". Image shows several wooden buildings. Building on left in foreground is 1-story with yard enclosed by a picket fence. Yard has several small trees and a trash or discarded lumber pile. Buildings across road are 2 and 3-story mill buildings. Part of a bell tower is in the upper left corner. There is a square smokestack on the right. 17.5 x 8.2 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003