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Textile finishing

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Daniel H. Taylor Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6594
Abstract

A ledger listing names of customers with the type of work done for them, including dyeing, and fulling.

Dates: undated

Harford Mills Daybook

 Collection
Identifier: 6680
Abstract

Daybook from Harford Mills with information on carding, fulling and dyeing.

Dates: 1848-1858

James Butler Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: 6710
Scope and Contents

An account book for a carding and finishing mill in Methuen, Massachusetts. The accounts for 1829-1830 refer to the manufacturing of flannel and note weavers, warpers, etc., and time missed. Starting in 1830, there are also accounts of shoes made. A few entries from the 1870's are probably those of John Wilson.

Dates: 1825-1835

Mather & Platt Graphics of Steam Engines and Steam- and Belt-Driven Machinery

 Collection
Identifier: 6773 G
Abstract

Images of machinery made by Mather and Pratt in the late 19th century.

Dates: 1874-1885

Pepper Manufacturing Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6832
Scope and Contents The Pepper Manufacturing Company manufactured textile machinery, specifically hosiery and knitted underwear machinery. The records (1880-1906) consist primarily of order books, listing the machinery sold and to whom, machinery parts sold and some repairs made, and the customer’s name and location (usually city and state). The company did business with a wide range of companies geographically, ranging from the New England states to New York and Pennsylvania; Montreal and towns in Ontario,...
Dates: 1880 - 1906

Thomas R. Anderton Collection of Textile Related Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 6914 P
Abstract

Image depicts Washington Anderton (b. 1854), who was an expert colorist and superintendent of the print works at Cocheco Manufacturing Co. in Dover from about 1879 to 1895. Anderton is a young man here, seen from the shoulders up, wearing an overcoat and tie, with mutton chop whiskers and a mustache. Foss, Dover, N.H. [photographer?]. Image shows three women at a finishing machine (note that the women are barefoot). On reverse is information about Duncan Stewart & Co.

Dates: undated