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Charles R. Yeaton Collection of Textile Industry Photographs

Collection Number: 6564 P

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

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Container		Description
Box 1	Folder 1	Rochester Mills, Rochester, N.H.
		Format: Black and white photograph
Box 1	Folder 1	Item 1: Rochester Mills, Rochester, N.H.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		F.L. Shorey, Photographer, East Rochester, N.H. Silver gelatin print, ca. 1917- 1926. Image taken in winter; shows mill building with center tower; bare trees in front. Rochester Mills was operated by the Old Colony Woolen Mills Co. 21.5 x 14.5 (w/out mount); 30.5 x 22.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 2	Drawing-In Frames, Boott Mill. Where Aunt Vine worked
Box 1	Folder 2	Item 1: Rockport Steam Cotton Mills, Rockport, Mass.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Albumen print, ca. 1855-1960. Image depicts a two-and-a-half story building that was part of the Rockport Steam Cotton Mills complex. Two four-story towers; chimney in background. Several pedestrians in street in middle ground, including two young girls. The mill burned in Dec. 1881, and the ruins were torn down in the fall of 1904. 21.25 x 16 cm. (w/out mount); 25.5 x 20.5 cm. (w/mount).
Box 1	Folder 3	Rockport Steam Cotton Mills, Rockport, N.H.
Box 1	Folder 3	Item 1: Drawing-in frames, Boott Mill, Lowell, Mass.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1900. Image depicts a room in the Boott Mill in Lowell, Mass., filled with drawing-in frames. Drawing-in enters the warp ends from the warp beam through the eyes of the correct heddles on the respective harnesses. 18 x 11.5 cm. (w/out mount); 21.5 x 13.25 cm. (w/mount).
Box 1	Folder 4	Lace Making Machinery and Workers (folder 1 of 6)
		Format: Black and white photograph
Box 1	Folder 4	Item 1: Man working at lace machinery.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows interior of unknown mill, with male worker at left tending to lace-making machinery. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 4	Item 2: Closeup view of lace thread on rollers.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows lace thread on rollers, part of lace making machinery in unknown mill. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 4	Item 3: Closeup view of lace machinery part
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows closeup view of lace machinery in unknown mill. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 4	Item 4: Side view of lace machinery
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows lace machinery from side, in unknown mill. Note the man's shoes on the bench in front of the machine. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 4	Item 5: Closeup view of rollers in lace machinery.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows closeup view of rollers in lace machinery in unknown mill, showing grooves at different angles. Machine made by Hermas Machine Co., Inc., Hawthorne, N.J. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 4	Item 6: Lace machinery viewed from side.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows lace machinery viewed from side view, in an unknown mill. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 4	Item 7: Closeup view of two men working on lace machinery.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows two men working on lace machinery in an unidentified mill. The pot of grease at the bottom left suggests they are greasing or repairing the machinery, not manufacturing lace. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 4	Item 8: Closeup view of lace machinery part
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows a closeup view of part of lace machinery in an unknown mill. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 4	Item 9: Women workers folding large pieces of lace.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows room in unknown mill where five women workers are folding large pieces of lace that have presumably come off lace-making looms. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 4	Item 10: Closeup view of man washing lace.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image depicts male worker in an unknown mill washing lace as it comes off a roller; washed lace is deposited into cloth cart on floor. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 5	Lace Making Machinery and Workers (folder 2 of 6)
		Format: Black and white photograph
Box 1	Folder 5	Item 1: Closeup view of Jacquard cards on lace machinery
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image depicts Jacquard cards on lace machinery in unknown mill. See Items 5 and 9, in this folder, for wider views of the machine holding the Jacquard cards. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 5	Item 2: Closeup view of piece of lace
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1900s. Image shows piece of lace with pattern. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 5	Item 3: Closeup view of lace machine part
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image depicts closeup view of part of lace machine in unknown mill. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 5	Item 4: Women workers stitching lace at sewing machines.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 5	Item 5: View of lace machine showing Jacquard cards.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows Jacquard cards on lace machine; view of machine extends into background; worker barely visible in background. See Item 1, in this folder, for a closeup view of the Jacquard cards only and Item 9, in this folder, for another view of the machinery. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 5	Item 6: Female employees working at lace machinery
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows interior of unknown mill; female workers sit at tables where one appears to be unrolling lace threads. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 5	Item 7: Closeup view of lace machine part
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows closeup view of lace machine showing individual bobbins from which lace pattern is created. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 5	Item 8: First Levers lace machine which made eight widths of one inch lace at a time
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, n.d. Photograph of a book illustration of the first Levers lace machine. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 5	Item 9: View of lace machinery showing Jacquard cards
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows lace machinery with Jacquard cards at top; see Item 5, in this folder, for a different view of the machine and Item 1, in this folder, for a closeup view of the Jacquard cards only. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 5	Item 10: Closeup view of lace machinery
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows a closeup view of lace machinery, where the threads are being pulled through a pattern. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 6	Lace Making Machinery and Workers (folder 3 of 6)
Box 1	Folder 6	Item 1: Extreme closeup view of hand guiding implement in lace machinery
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows an extreme closeup view of a hand guiding an implement in lace machinery, in an unknown mill. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 6	Item 2: Closeup view of lace machinery
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows a closeup view of lace machinery, where the threads are being pulled through a metal pattern. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 6	Item 3: Closeup view of metal pattern plate in lace machinery
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows a closeup view of a metal pattern plate lace machinery, through which the threads would be pulled. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 6	Item 4: Closeup view of gears involved in lace machinery
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows a closeup view of gears involved in some aspect of lace machinery. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 6	Item 5: Closeup view of motor involved in lace machinery
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows a closeup view of a motor used in the lace machinery industry. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 6	Item 6: View of female mill worker adjusting table for folding lace.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows young woman in jeans adjusting table for folding lace; see 1993.142.31. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 6	Item 7: Interior view showing workers at tables folding lace.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows several female and one male employees at large table folding lace in an unknown mill. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 6	Item 8: View of Rodney Hunt washing machine.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows Rodney Hunt washing machine in unknown mill being used to wash lace. The Rodney Hunt Machine Co. was located in Orange, Mass. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 6	Item 9: Interior view of worker washing lace.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows male mill worker in unknown mill washing pieces of lace in large square tubs; note large round tubs behind him which may be for bleaching or dyeing purposes. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 6	Item 10: Copy photo of draft for lace pattern
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1900s. Image shows lace pattern no. 3/5992 for machine no. 15 in unknown mill. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 7	Lace Making Machinery and Workers (folder 4 of 6)
		Format: Black and white photograph
Box 1	Folder 7	Item 1: Copy photo of draft for lace pattern
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1900s. Image shows lace pattern no. 3/5992 design no. 3079 for machine no. 15 in unknown mill. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 7	Item 2: View of lace packaging machine.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows lace packaging machine in an unknown mill. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 7	Item 3: View of female mill worker marking packages of lace.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows young woman marking packages of lace in an unknown mill. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 7	Item 4: View of female mill workers winding lace.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows two women sitting at table in front of machines that are winding lace. Unknown mill. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 7	Item 5: View of two female mill workers winding lace on cards.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows two women sitting at table in an unknown mill winding lace onto cards. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 7	Item 6: View of female mill workers inspecting lace.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows a number of female mill workers, most seated, inspecting piles of lace in an unknown mill. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 7	Item 7: Closeup view of female mill worker inspecting lace.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows an older woman, seated, inspecting lace in an unknown mill. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 7	Item 8: Closeup view of female mill worker stitching lace.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows female worker seated at table, stitching lace in an unknown mill. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 7	Item 9: Two female mill workers inspecting lace.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows two female mill workers seated at a table, inspecting large quantity of lace in an unknown mill. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 7	Item 10: View of lace machinery
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows lace machinery in an unknown mill. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 8	Lace Making Machinery and Workers (folder 5 of 6)
		Format: Black and white photograph
Box 1	Folder 8	Item 1: Closeup view of man working at lace machine.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows male mill worker working at loom (?) in an unknown mill. Note the finished pattern of the lace at the top of the loom. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 8	Item 2: View of two men winding lace on rollers.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows two male mill workers winding large sheets of lace on rollers in an unknown mill. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 8	Item 3: Closeup view of sheets of lace on rollers.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows large sheets of lace on rollers in an unknown mill. Note the bags of lace piled up in the left background. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 8	Item 4: Closeup view of lace on tubing
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows sheets of lace rolled on tubing in an unknown mill. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 8	Item 5: View of man working on power equipment
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows male mill worker working on power equipment in unknown mill, but probably the lace making industry. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 8	Item 6: View of two women rolling lace on tubes
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows two female mill workers rolling lace on tubes in an unknown mill. Note the empty tubes in the bins below the tables. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 8	Item 7: Closeup view of woman stapling lace to cardboard tube.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows female mill worker stapling bands of lace onto a cardboard tube. Unknown mill. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 8	Item 8: View of drying or steaming equipment in lace making mill.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows lace wrapped around rollers being placed into drying or steaming tubes in an unknown mill. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 8	Item 9: Extreme closeup view of gear on lace machinery
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows gear on lace machinery in an unknown mill. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 8	Item 10: Closeup view of lace machinery
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows lace machine from side view in an unknown mill. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 9	Lace Making Machinery and Workers (folder 6 of 6)
		Format: Black and white photograph
Box 1	Folder 9	Item 1: Closeup view of upper half of lace machine
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows upper half of lace machine from side view in an unknown mill. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 9	Item 2: Extreme closeup of springs in lace machinery
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows the springs holding the rollers on which lace has been rolled. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 9	Item 3: Copy photo of book illustration of early lace machine
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, n.d. Image shows an illustration of an early lace machine from an unknown book. Illustration is blurry and not well defined. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 9	Item 4: Copy photo of book illustrations of two lace patterns
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, n.d. Image shows two illustrations of lace patterns: "Drawn-work squared" and "Cut and drawn-work" from an unknown book. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 9	Item 5: Copy photo of Leavers Lace Flow Chart
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, n.d. Image shows the Leavers Lace Flow Chart, showing the entire process of lace manufacturing from designing through machine operation to packaging and ticketing. Photograph of an illustration from an unknown book. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 9	Item 6: View of lace machinery in unknown mill
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows lace machinery in an unknown mill. See Folder 11, Item 1, in this box, for an enlarged view of this photo. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 9	Item 7: Copy photo of book illustration of early lace machine
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, n.d. Photograph of an early lace machine from an unknown book. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 9	Item 8: Closeup view of machine parts for lace machine
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows several different gears or parts for a lace machine. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 9	Item 9: View of male employee working at lace machine.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image depicts male mill worker at a lace machine in an unknown mill. Note the pattern propped up in front of the worker. The machine was made by Jardine in Nottingham, England. Jardine's was known for its lace machines and continued production into the 1960s. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 9	Item 10: View of employees stretching lace on tables.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image depicts one male mill worker and four female mill workers stretching lace on a very large table in an unknown mill. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 10	William Hooton Lace Making Machinery
		Format: Black and white photograph
Box 1	Folder 10	Item 1: William Hooten Ltd. lace machine.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Stamped on reverse: "William Hooton Limited Nottingham, England lace machine builders, etc." and "W. Bowley 36A Derby Road, Nottingham." Gelatin silver print, ca. mid-20th century. Image shows view of W. Hooton Ltd. lace machinery from side angle. 20.5 x 20 cm.
Box 1	Folder 10	Item 2: Closeup view of one end of William Hooton Ltd. lace machine.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Stamped on reverse: "William Hooton Limited Nottingham, England lace machine builders, etc." and "W. Bowley 36A Derby Road, Nottingham." Gelatin silver print, ca. mid-20th century. Image shows view of one end of a William Hooton Ltd. lace machine. Photograph taken inside unknown mill. 20 x 25 cm.
Box 1	Folder 10	Item 3: View of William Hooton Ltd. lace machine from right-hand side.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Stamped on reverse: "William Hooton Limited Nottingham, England lace machine builders, etc." and "W. Bowley 36A Derby Road, Nottingham." Gelatin silver print, ca. mid-20th century. Image shows lace machine in an unknown mill, presumably one made by William Hooton Ltd. See 1993.142.64 for view from left-hand side. 19.5 x 25.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 10	Item 4: View of William Hooton Ltd. lace machine from left-hand side.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Stamped on reverse: "William Hooton Limited Nottingham, England lace machine builders, etc." and "W. Bowley 36A Derby Road, Nottingham." Gelatin silver print, ca. mid-20th century. Image shows lace machine in an unknown mill, presumably one made by William Hooton Ltd. See 1993.142.63 for view from right-hand side. 20 x 25.5 cm.
Box 1	Folder 10	Item 5: Closeup view of William Hooton Limited lace machine.
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Stamped on reverse: "William Hooton Limited Nottingham, England lace machine builders, etc." and "W. Bowley 36A Derby Road, Nottingham." Gelatin silver print, ca. mid-20th century. Image shows lace machine in an unknown mill, presumably one made by William Hooton Ltd. 24.5 x 20 cm.
Box 1	Folder 11	Lace Making Machinery
Box 1	Folder 11	Item 1: View of lace machinery in unknown mill
		Format: Black and white photograph
		Gelatin silver print, ca. 1946-1952. Image shows lace machinery in an unknown mill. See Folder 9, Item 6, in this box, for a smaller version of this photo. 32.5 x 25 cm.