Box 8

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Black-and-white image shows row of five automatic feeders, manufactured by the Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass. Each machine is filled with cotton; the purpose of automatic feeders is to further open and clean the cotton. No location given. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black-and-white image shows a row of cotton openers. The cleaned cotton is displayed at the edge of machine in the foreground. The opener loosens the lumps of cotton and removes impurities that remain after the ginning. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company. 18 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Promotional postcard advertised the Steel Feeder Apron as "Standard Equipment in almost 400 Textile Plants." The Sjostrom Machine Co. was located in the Everett Mills in Lawrence, Mass. Postmarked July 13, 1945 in Lawrence; addressed to the Universal Shoddy Co. in Worcester, Mass.; however the Sjostrom Machine Co. first appears in the Lawrence directories in 1940. 9 x 13.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image shows row of carding machines in the S.E. Clifton & Co. mill. S.E. Clifton & Co. opened in Cohoes in 1892 and made knit underwear. Photographer's name is obscured by the pasted photograph. ca. 1892-1899. 17.75 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image shows workman guiding cotton as it comes out of the opening machine, where the fibers were opened and impurities remaining from gin were removed. The result is a uniform blend of fibers. Printed on the reverse: "Alabama Textile Industry. Some of the world's largest and most modern textile mills are located in Alabama. Employing 54,000 people the industry is one of the state's three largest. This picture shows cotton from different bales being put through the opening...

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Black-and-white image of two Asian women winding silk threads on the winders in the background. Printed on reverse of card: "Souvenir card. Silk Production Exhibit - Hong Kong Section, British Empire Exhibition Wembley, showing methods used on the farms owned by Sir Robert and Lady Ho Tung in the New Territory at Kowloon." Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd., London. Printed in England. ca. 1924-1925. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image of two Asian women making silk stockings. Printed on reverse of card: "Souvenir card. Silk Production Exhibit - Hong Kong Section, British Empire Exhibition Wembley, showing methods used on the farms owned by Sir Robert and Lady Ho Tung in the New Territory at Kowloon." Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd., London. Printed in England. ca. 1924-1925. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of California silkworms crawling and feeding on mulberry leaves. Copyright 1907 by Curtis Silk Farms, Los Angeles, Cal. Published by Newman Post Card Co., Los Angeles, Cal. Made in Germany. Postmarked January 8, 1914. 13.5 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Image of a man traveling down a street atop an ox, which is pulling a cart loaded with manila hemp to the wharf. Printed on the reverse in English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish, and Russian: "A load of 'Manila Hemp' at Cebu, Philippine Islands." New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Underwood & Underwood, Publishers. Image of workers in the process of making rope outdoors, some of which is stretched across frames and some of which is spooled. Several children look on. Printed on reverse in English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish, and Russian: "Making the famous 'Manila' Rope, in Manila, Philippine Islands. New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.