Box 9
Container
Contains 250 Results:
Item 12: Roving frame - Silk Industry (Spun Silk), [Cheney Bros.], So. Manchester, Conn.
File — Box: 9, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Roving frame - Silk Industry (Spun Silk), [Cheney Bros.], So. Manchester, Conn. Black and white image shows a female operator working with the silk bobbins at the top of the frame, known as roving. The roving passes down over the machine in such a way that the fibers are twisted into threads by the spindles seen at the bottom of the frame. Although not specified here, this is the Cheney Bros. plant in South Manchester, Conn. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1911-1915. 17.75 x 8.5...
Dates:
1842-2003
Item 13: Slubbers in a Fall River Cotton Mill [Fall River, Mass.], 1909
File — Box: 9, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Color image of two male employees posing with slubbers. A slubber is the first of the roving frames used in the cotton system of yarn manufacturing. Specific mill is not identified. Published by F.P. Charlton Co., Fall River, Mass. Made in Germany. Postmarked Nov. 5, 1909 in Fall River. 14 x 9 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Dates:
1909
Silk Preparation
File — Box: 9, Folder: 1
Yarn Preparation
File — Box: 9, Folder: 2
Drawing
File — Box: 9, Folder: 3
Roving
File — Box: 9, Folder: 4
Spinning
File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Twisting
File — Box: 9, Folder: 6
Yarn and Thread Treating
File — Box: 9, Folder: 7
Item 14: Cotton Roving Frames
File — Box: 9, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Black and white image shows a large room filled with cotton roving frames. No workers visible. Location unknown. ca. 1910-1918. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Dates:
1842-2003