Box 1

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Gelatin silver print. Image depicts the machinery involved in the process of tint removal. Text: "Tint Removal. Yarns containing varying percentages of different fibers must be tinted for identification purposes. This fugitive tint has to be removed prior to any subsequent finishing operation. The machine shown removes this fugitive tint by passing the fabric through a number of bowls containing chemicals." 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 long line of scouring machines. Text: "Continuous Scouring. In this operation miles of fabric are being washed in a continuous process to prepare for dyeing and subsequent finishing operations." 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 closer view of the scouring machines and the fabric as it is reeled from one machine to another. Text: "Continuous Scouring. A close-up view of the fabric being scoured in the continuous operation." 25.5 x 20.5 cm. (w/out mount); 27 x 21 cm. (w/mount).

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Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a printing machine where the slivers are printed, rather than finished cloth being printed,. Text: "Vigoureux Printing. For special types of color mixtures a number of slivers of top are passed through a printing machine. This machine transfers color by means of evenly spaced bars onto the top, thus creating harmonious color effects when this top is processed through subsequent operations." 25.5 x 20.25 cm. (w/out mount); 27 x 20.25 cm. (w/mount).

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a room filled with dyeing kettles. Several male employees are visible, one at the controls of one of the kettles, one standing by the kettles, and one standing next to a cart loaded with fabric. Text: "Kettle Dyeing. A number of pieces of fabric are continually rotated through dye solutions within these stainless steel kettles. Dyeing is one of the most important of all finishing operations and requires specialists having chemical and technical training...

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Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a close-up view of fabric as it goes through a dyeing kettle. Text: "Kettle Dyeing. Here we have a close-up of a stainless steel piece dye kettle. The pieces are laid over a stainless steel creel which revolves, thus continually changing the position of the pieces. This is necessary to get uniform dye penetration." 25.5 x 20.5cm. (w/out mount); 27 x 20.5 cm. (w/mount).