Box 1

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Gelatin silver print, ca. 1900. Image depicts a swift, a lightweight reel on which a skein of yarn can be placed and from which it can be unwound and rewound on to another package, such as a bottle bobbin. Huse & Son manufactured knitting machinery; it is unlikely they manufactured swifts. Copy A. 11.5 x 19 cm.

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Gelatin silver print, ca. 1900. Image depicts a swift, a lightweight reel on which a skein of yarn can be placed and from which it can be unwound and rewound on to another package, such as a bottle bobbin. Huse & Son manufactured knitting machinery; it is unlikely they manufactured swifts. Copy B. 11 x 19.5 cm.

Scope and Contents E.A. Elsam, Art Photography,..Laconia, N.H. [photographer]. Gelatin silver print cabinet card, ca. 1900. Image depicts a close-up view of a winding machine made by W.D. Huse & Sons, Laconia, N.H., manufacturers of knitting machinery. Written on reverse: "Irene C. DeMark" who was the granddaughter of Warren D. Huse, founder of W.D. Huse & Sons. See items 4 and 5 in this folder and items 1-6 in folder 6 for views of different winding machines. 9.25 x 13.5 cm. (w/out mount); 10.75 x...

Scope and Contents [E.A.] Elsam, Laconia, N.H. [photographer]. Gelatin silver print cabinet card, ca. 1885. Image depicts a winding machine made by W.D. Huse (the predecessor of W.D. Huse & Sons) in Laconia, N.H. Written on reverse: "Built by W.D. Huse, Laconia, N.H." and "Irene DeMark" who was the granddaughter of Warren D. Huse, founder of W.D. Huse & Sons. See items 3 and 5 in this folder and items 1-6 in folder 6 for views of different winding machines. 16.5 x 9.75 cm. (w/out mount); 18.25 x 10.75...

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Gelatin silver print, ca. 1895. Image depicts a winding machine made by W.D. Huse & Sons, who manufactured knitting machinery in Laconia, N.H. Written on reverse: "Irene C. DeMark" who was the granddaughter of Warren D. Huse, founder of W.D. Huse & Sons. See items 3 and 4 in this folder and items 1-6 in folder 6 for views of different winding machines. 12 x 9 cm. (w/out mount); 16.5 x 14 cm. (w/mount).

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Albumen print, ca. 1907. Image depicts male employees (one with his back turned) in the machine shop of W.D. Huse & Sons, a knitting machinery manufacturer in Laconia, N.H. Written on reverse: "Irene DeMark" who was the granddaughter of Warren D. Huse, founder of W.D. Huse & Sons. 20.5 x 15 cm. (w/out mount); 27.5 x 22 cm. (w/mount).

Scope and Contents Albumen print. Image depicts two men in the office of W.D. Huse & Sons, a knitting machine manufacturer. Man on the right may be Walter Huse (son of Warren D. Huse, founder of W.D. Huse & Sons). Note the three calendars on the walls of the office: the calendar on the left is June 1907; the calendar on the back wall between the windows (shades are pulled down) is April 1907; the calendar on the wall on the right is May 1907. See item 3 in folder 3 for a ca. 1895 view of the same...

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Albumen print, [188-?]. Image depicts posed group of male workers (including one young boy in center front row), outside building of W.D. Huse & Sons, which was a knitting machine manufacturer in Laconia, N.H. The photo includes Warren D. Huse (founder of the company, second from left in second row) and his sons, Walter L. Huse and Leon C. Huse. The names of everyone in the photo are listed at the bottom of the mount. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. (w/out mount); 30.5 x 25.5 cm. (w/mount).

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Gelatin silver print, ca. 1920. Image depicts a studio portrait of Walter L. Huse of the W.D. Huse & Sons knitting machine manufacturer in Laconia, N.H. Huse is dressed in a three-piece suit, wearing glasses; seen from the waist up. He has a mustache; appears to be in his 60s. Huse was the son of Warren D. Huse, founder of the company. 10 x 15 cm.

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Wilson, Laconia, N.H. [photographer]. Gelatin silver print, ca. 1900. Image depicts a studio portrait of Warren D. Huse (1837-1910), founder of the W.D. Huse & Sons knitting machine manufacturer in Laconia, N.H. Huse wears a three-piece suit, with a striped tie and a watch chain. He has a mustache. Seen from the upper waist. Slightly different pose from item 4 in this folder, in which he wears the same tie. 7 x 9.75 cm. (w/out mount); 11.5 x 18.5 cm. (w/mount).