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Contains 105 Results:

Item 22: Close-up view of battery on Draper Company loom, Model E, with duflex (?) harness

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A22. 1894-1900. Image depicts a close-up view of the battery on a Draper Company Model E loom with a duplex (?) harness. A battery is a mechanism found on single box automatic looms. The battery holds a plentiful supply of filling bobbins and transfers them, one at a time, to the shuttle as the need arises. The Draper Company, located in Hopedale, Massachusetts, manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. See Item 27, in this folder, for a...
Dates: 1882-1920

Item 27: Draper Co. loom, Model E, with duflex (?) harness

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A27. 1894-1900. Image depicts a Draper Company Model E loom with a duplex (?) harness. The loom has been photographed against a temporary background set up within an unknown mill. According to a 1900 catalog published by Draper, the E model loom had a regular pattern for prints and sheetings. The Draper Company, located in Hopedale, Massachusetts, manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. See Item 22, in this folder, for a close-up view of...
Dates: 1882-1920

Item 31: Loom: D Model LH, Draper Company, 1898

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.A31. Image depicts a view of a Draper Company D Model LH Loom, photographed against a sheet, most likely within an unknown mill. This model appears very similar to the D Model loom seen in Box 1, Folder 3, Item 73, but is not exactly the same. A notation on the back of the print reads: "Draper Loom - D Model LH Mar 1898." The Draper Company manufactured textile machinery, primarily looms. 25 x 20.25 cm.

Dates: 1898