Box 9

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In a Syrian silk plant--examining and weighing raw silk for export. Black and white image shows female workers examining and weighing skeins of raw silk. Two male supervisors are seen in the background. The silk ropes hanging from the wooden racks are then twisted and folded into small skeins for packing. New York: Underwood and Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image shows two women working with the skeins of silk. These women are opening the bales of silk and checking the weights and gradings assigned to the silk before it left Japan. A cart of materials labeled "Throwing Dept. Gum Silk," is in view to the right of them. Behind a screened wall two other workers are visible in the background. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1914. 17.75 x 8.5 cm. Copy A.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image shows two women working with the skeins of silk. These women are opening the bales of silk and checking the weights and gradings assigned to the silk before it left Japan. A cart of materials labeled "Throwing Dept. Gum Silk," is in view to the right of them. Behind a screened wall two other workers are visible in the background. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1914. 17.75 x 8.5 cm. Copy B.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image shows a workman holding a rod from which the combed silk is hanging. He is next to the dressing machine where rods hold uncombed batches of silk ready for the process of combing. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company. 17.75 x 8.5 cm. Copy A.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image shows a workman holding a rod from which the combed silk is hanging. He is next to the dressing machine where rods hold uncombed batches of silk ready for the process of combing. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company. 17.75 x 8.5 cm. Copy B.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Scope and Contents Black and white image shows rows of drawing machines. The strips of combed silk go through a number of drawing machines, each of which further combs out and evens the fibres. The product from the drawing machines is known as sliver, and is in the form of a very soft, loose ribbon. At the nearest machine here in the foreground, the product from the first drawing machine is entering to the left and coming out on the other side as sliver. Several women workers can be seen. Meadville, Pa.:...

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Black and white image shows rows of picking or drawing machines. Each machine has a number of plates of needles, which act as combs. The fibers come from the combs straightened, and then wrap about the drums to the right. Women workers visible. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1910. 17.75 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Scope and Contents Dressing Machine which practically completes the Combing Process - Silk Industry (Spun Silk). Black and white image shows boy removing a "lap" of short fibers from the surface of the dressing machine. The dressing machine consists of a large cylinder upon the surface of which the lengths of fiber are fastened, as they come from the picker machine. As the cylinder revolves, the fiber is carried past two rapidly revolving rollers, the surfaces of which are covered with a number of fine...

Scope and Contents Black and white image shows boy removing a "lap" of short fibers from the surface of the dressing machine. The dressing machine consists of a large cylinder upon the surface of which the lengths of fiber are fastened, as they come from the picker machine. As the cylinder revolves, the fiber is carried past two rapidly revolving rollers, the surfaces of which are covered with a number of fine needles. As the silk passes through the rollers the needles comb out all the chrysalis shells,...

Scope and Contents Black and white image shows female worker feeding the silk "roving" from a bobbin at the top of the frame into a spindle at the bottom of the frame. The bobbins at the top of the frame hold the silk known as "roving" (silk that has been cleaned, combed, and straightened so that its fibers are welded together). The roving passes down over the machine in such a way that the fibers are twisted into threads by these spindles. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1920-1924. 17.75 x 8.5...