Box 15

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B872. February 15, 1911. Image depicts an unidentified man demonstrating how mill operatives would suck the thread through the eye of a shuttle by using a shuttle and a skeleton. The hand of the skeleton (the skeleton's arm is supported by the hand of the man) holds the shuttle to its mouth (the shuttle is supported by the man's other hand). Mill operatives would draw the thread through their mouths to help smooth it and make it easier to draw...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B873. February 15, 1911. Image depicts an unidentified man demonstrating how mill operatives would suck the thread through the eye of a shuttle by using a shuttle and a skeleton. The hand of the skeleton (the skeleton's arm is supported by the hand of the man) holds the shuttle to its mouth (the shuttle is supported by the man's other hand). Mill operatives would draw the thread through their mouths to help smooth it and make it easier to draw...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B874. February 15, 1911. Image depicts an unidentified young man demonstrating how mill operatives would suck the thread through the eye of a shuttle by using a shuttle and a skeleton. The man holds a shuttle to the mouth of the skeleton. Mill operatives would draw the thread through their mouths to help smooth it and make it easier to draw through the eye of the shuttle. However, sucking on cotton thread could eventually cause lung problems and...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B883. April 3, 1911. Image depicts a view of the scrap iron pile outside one of the Draper Company buildings. Two workmen stand in front of the pile, which gives the viewer a sense of the size of it (at least three stories high). See also Item 896 through Item 898, in this folder, which show the pile a month later, and Box 15, Folder 3, Item 934, Item 935, and Item 937 which show the pile two months later. The Draper Company manufactured textile...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B896. May 12, 1911. Image depicts a view of the scrap iron pile outside one of the Draper Company buildings. One man stands in front of the pile, which gives the viewer a sense of the size of it (at least three stories high); two others can be glimpsed at the far right end of the pile. See also Item 883, in this folder, which shows the pile a month earlier. See Item 897 and Item 898, in this folder, for other views of this man in front of the...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B897. May 12, 1911. Gelatin silver print, [1974], from a glass plate negative, May 12, 1911. Image depicts a view of the scrap iron pile outside one of the Draper Company buildings. One man stands in front of the pile, which gives the viewer a sense of the size of it (at least three stories high). See also Item 883, in this folder, which shows the pile a month earlier and is a closer view that does not show the extent of the pile shown here. See...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B898. May 12, 1911. Gelatin silver print, [1974], from a glass plate negative, May 12, 1911. Image depicts a view of the scrap iron pile outside one of the Draper Company buildings (which are off to the right in this image). One man stands in front of the pile, which gives the viewer a sense of the size of it (at least three stories high). See also Item 883, in this folder, which shows the pile a month earlier and is a closer view that does not...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B915. Image depicts an exhibit of Draper Company looms at Mechanics Hall in 1910. The location of Mechanics Hall is unknown, but it does not seem to resemble the interior of Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts Image is taken from the balcony of the hall, looking down on a display of Draper Company looms, but from a slightly different angle than seen in Item 916, in this folder,. Two signs for Draper Company hang above the display. The...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B916. Image depicts an exhibit of Draper Company looms at Mechanics Hall in 1910. The location of Mechanics Hall is unknown, but it does not seem to resemble the interior of Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts Image is taken from the balcony of the hall, looking down on a display of Draper Company looms. Two signs for Draper Company hang above the display. The balcony across from the photographer is hung with banners and an American flag;...

Scope and Contents Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B918. Image depicts a woman identified as Mrs. Hardwick standing in a room with tables, possibly for meals at the exhibit at Mechanics' Hall. She is wearing a light-colored dress with dark stripes in a V-shape on the bodice, and one dark stripe down the skirt to again split into a V-shape on the edges of her overskirt. She is wearing an elaborate dark hat. Mrs. Hardwick was at an exhibit of Draper Company looms at Mechanics Hall in 1910; see Item...