Box 10

Scope and Contents Black and white image of the weave shed of an otherwise unidentified Lancashire [England] cotton mill on the left side of the card. On the right side is an image of a man and woman shown on the deck of a ship at sea. Their luggage is at their feet. At the bottom of the card is printed, "OH, WHAT A DIFFERENCE! 'Ne'er mind, Betsy, we's bi o' reight when we ged back to weaving'," perhaps a reference to their windblown look on ship. Printed in Great Britain. ca. 1902-1910. 14 x 9 cm....

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Black and white image of a large room filled with weaving machines. [Newmarket Manufacturing Company]. Frank W Swallow Post Card Co. Inc. Exeter New Hampshire [post 1911] See also Item 155, in this folder, for another view of this room, but with the same caption. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Newmarket Manufacturing Company. Black and white image of a large room of weaving machines. Message in German. Frank W Swallow Post Card Co. Inc. Exeter New Hampshire Pen notation indicates date of December the 4th Sunday 1927. See also Item 154, in this folder, for another view of this room with the same caption. 14 x 9.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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ca. 1860-1880. Color image shows a detail of a brown, red, tan, and white overshot coverlet pattern. Woven by Mina Misener Morton. The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. Printed in Canada. ca. 1970-1979. 15 x 10.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image shows a detail of red and white pattern of an overshot coverlet. The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. Printed in Canada. ca. 1970-1979. 15 x 10.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image shows a detail of a brown and white floral pattern on a jacquard coverlet. Woven by Wilhelm Armbrust for a marriage in 1842. The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. Printed in Canada. ca. 1970-1979. 15 x 10.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black and white image of a young man with shuttle binder(?) in his hand; standing at loom with Jacquard attachment. Round image; image is overexposed. Location of mill is unknown. ca. 1910-1918. 8.5 x 13.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image depicts reeling process in a cotton mill in England. Reeling is the process of unwinding yarn from cones, bobbins, etc. and rewinding it onto a revolving reel in the form of skeins or hanks. Location of mill is unknown. Written on reverse: "From England. View in cotton mill." ca. 1900-1920. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image depicts a female textile worker standing in front of a winding machine, which is redrawing the thread onto spools. The woman wears a light-colored blouse and a dark skirt; she also wears a pendant around her neck. Location unknown. Dated 1913 on reverse. 8.75 x 13.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.