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Gelatin silver print. Image depicts two male employees inspecting fabric. The fabric is draped over a roller and drawn down by hand as they inspect for defects. Text: "Final Inspection. Before shipping, every yard of fabric must be carefully inspected to insure that it meets our high quality standards." 25 x 20.5 cm. (w/out mount); 27 x 20.5 cm. (w/mount).

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Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a room where new machinery has been installed to investigate different spinning methods. Text: "Yarn Development. This shows installation of Pilot Plant machinery where different spinning methods are being investigated." 25.25 x 20.5 cm. (w/out mount); 27 x 20.5 cm. (w/mount).

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Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a room with employees (all male) working on narrow looms, weaving sample pieces of fabric,. Text: "Product Development. Prior to full production runs, sample pieces are woven on narrow looms to insure that fabrics are correctly constructed for their respective end use." 25 x 20.5 cm. (w/out mount); 27 x 20.5 cm. (w/mount).

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print. Image depicts the main laboratory. The view, taken from a slightly high perspective, shows a room with glassed-in cubicles, one of which holds a loom. Text: "Main Laboratory. This Laboratory is divided into several sections comprising Chemical Control Laboratory, Physical Control Laboratory, Chemical Research Laboratory, Dye Laboratory, Application Laboratory, Microscopic Laboratory, Physical Research Laboratory, and Color Fastness Laboratory. Tests are performed...

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a male employee at work in the chemical control laboratory. Man is wearing a white lab coat and dark pants, standing in front of a row of extractors. Text: "Chemical Control Laboratory. Here we see a bank of Soxhlet Extractors into which small samples of fiber are placed. The purpose of this test is to determine the amount of grease the intermediate products contain." See item 15 in this folder for a close-up view of these extractors. 25 x 20.5 cm. (w/out...

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a close-up view of the Soxhlet Extractors seen in the prior image of the chemical control laboratory (item 14 in this folder). A male employee wearing a lab coat is behind the extractors, pouring ether into one of them. Text: "Chemical Control Laboratory. This is a close-up of these Soxhlet Extractors showing hot plates, beakers containing ether, and the Soxhlet tube through which this ether is repeatedly passed." 25 x 20.5 cm. (w/out mount); 27 x 20.5 cm....

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a male employee at work in a chemical laboratory. The employee wears a long white lab coat, and is standing in front of a table with a beaker of a chemical in front of him. A row of jars (presumably containing other chemicals) is on the shelf above the table. Text: "Chemical Laboratory. This is one of the Chemical Laboratories used in testing shipments of chemicals to determine if they meet purchasing specifications. We also test new chemical products to...

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print. Image depicts two female employees at work in the physical testing laboratory. Both employees wear white lab coats; one has her back to the camera and is involved with something against the wall; the other works on something on the table in the center of the room. The lettering on the door in the background reads "Conditioning Testing." Text: "Physical Testing Laboratory. This Laboratory has to be maintained at standard atmospheric condition, namely, 70 [degrees] F, 65%...

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print. Image depicts two male employees at work in the calender coating operation at the Reading, Mass., division of Goodall-Sanford, Inc., of Sanford, Me. The Reading division handled dyeing and finishing. Calendering is a cloth finishing process, whereby a fabric is pressed between rollers. In this case, a plastic film is being applied. Text: "Calender Coating Operation, Reading Division. This operation shows a cotton fabric being passed between the rolls of a plastic...

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Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a male employee standing next to one of the printers in the plastic printing operations at the Reading, Mass., division of Goodall-Sanford, Inc., of Sanford, Me. The Reading division handled dyeing and finishing. Text: "Plastic Printing, Reading Division. This machine deposits a plastic ink, by means of an engraved roll, onto the surface of the plastic coated fabric." 25 x 20.5 cm. (w/out mount); 27 x 20.5 cm. (w/mount).