Box 8
Contains 245 Results:
Item 11: Working girls with trays of silk-worms
Black-and-white image showing two young Asian women, both holding trays of silkworms. 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.
Item 12: Removing silk from cocoons
Black-and-white image of two Asian women removing silk from cocoons. 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.
Item 18: Interior of a Lowell, Massachusetts, Cotton Mill-Carding Room, 1909
Color image shows the slivers of wool pouring into cans after going through carding machines. Several male employees are posed by equipment. Reichner Bros., publishers, Boston, Munchen, Leipzig. Made in Germany. Postmarked Oct. 6, 1909, in Lowell, Mass. 14 x 9 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 19: Carding Cotton, Dallas Cotton Mills, Dallas, Texas, 1905
Black-and-white image shows rows of power-driven carding machines. A male worker tends to the machine in the foreground. Additional details are on the reverse side. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company. 17.5 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 20: Carding room, cotton mills, Orizaba, Mexico
Carding room, cotton mills, Orizaba, Mexico. Black- and-white image shows two rows of carding machines. Cotton rolls (laps) are visible on the right. The purpose of carding is to make the cotton fibers lie parallel to each other. Additional information, particularly about cotton production in Mexico, is on the reverse. Meadville, Pa.: Published by Keystone View Company, ca. 1913. 18 x 8.5 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 21: Card Room, Langdon Mills, Manchester, New Hampshire
Black-and-white image shows carding machines in background. In foreground on left, slivers are being delivered into cans. One male and two women workers are visible, the women behind the machinery in the left foreground. Lawrence, Mass.: A. B. Hamor, 271 Essex Street, ca. 1872-1880. 17.5 x 8.5 cm. Copy B.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 22: Card Room, Granite Mills, Fall River, Mass.
Stereoscopic Views, made and for sale, wholesale and retail, by Joseph W. Warren, No. 2 High Street, Fall River, Mass. Gelatin silver print, ca. 1880s. Black and white image shows a man standing among rows of carding machines. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 23: Card Room, Intermediate, Stevens & Co.'s Woolen Mills
Haverhill, Mass.: Anderson, ca. 1890. Gelatin silver print. Black and white image shows carding machines in the intermediate stage of carding in the Stevens & Co. mill in Haverhill, Mass. (formerly known as the Haverhill Flannel Factory). 17.75 x 10 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 24: Card Room, Finisher, Stevens & Co.'s Woolen Mills
Haverhill, Mass.: Anderson, ca. 1890. Gelatin silver print. Black and white image shows a row of carding machines in the Stevens & Co. mill in Haverhill, Mass. (formerly known as the Haverhill Flannel Factory). 17.75 x 10 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 25: Card Room, Langdon Mills, Manchester, New Hampshire
Black-and-white image shows carding machines in background. In foreground on left, slivers are being delivered into cans. One male and two women workers are visible, the women behind the machinery in the left foreground. Lawrence, Mass.: A. B. Hamor, 271 Essex Street, ca. 1872-1880. 17.75 x 8.75 cm. Copy A.
Format: Stereoptic print.