Robert M. Vogel and Helena E. Wright Collection of Textile Industry Photographs, 1916-1929
Collection Number: 6863 P
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Robert M. Vogel and Helena E. Wright Collection of Textile Industry Photographs, 1916-1929
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6863 P
Abstract:
Photographs of Nashawena Mills, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Creator:
Robert M. Vogel
Helena E. Wright
Quanitities:
0.11 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
Incorporated in 1909, the Nashawena Mills was making fine cotton and silk goods and
jacquard novelties in 1929, although it branched out into other goods later on. The
mills appear to have gone out of business by 1952.
Interior and exterior views of Nashawena Mills, New Bedfort, Massachusetts. Included
are images of the buildings, machinery, male and female workers, and male executives.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
Robert M. Vogel and Helena E. Wright Collection of Textile Industry Photographs #6863
P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University
Library.
Related Collections: 6863: Robert M. Vogel and Helena E. Wright Collection of Textile
Industry Records
Names:
Burton, John L.
Nashawena Mills (New Bedford, Mass.)
Subjects:
Cotton
Cotton machinery
Cotton manufacture
Executives
Industries
Women employees
Labor
Male employees
Silk
Silk industry
Silk industry -- Employees
Textile factories
Textile industry
Textile machinery
Textile workers
Weaving
Women silk industry workers
Women textile workers
New Bedford (Mass.)
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Nashawena Mills Photographs
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1916-1929 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 1: Personnel of the Nashawena Mills
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1929 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
June 17, 1929. Gelatin silver print. Image depicts the management personnel posed
in front of what is presumably the Nashawena Mills building. Two rows of men in shirts
and ties; the back row has 13 men standing, the front row has 9 seated. Written on
the photo is "Personnel of the Nashawena Mills, New Bedford, Mass. John L. Burton,
Agent, June, 27-1929" but it is unknown if Burton is in this photo or which one of
the men might be him. 42.5 x 17.5 cm.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 2: Exterior view of the Nashawena Mills
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1916 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image shows exterior view of mills, with four-story brick building
on the left, and a two-story building on the right; complex takes up most of a city
block. 21.5 x 17 cm. (w/out mount); 30.5 x 25.5 cm. (w/mount).
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 3: Warping room
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1916 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image shows posed group of female workers and two male overseers
in the warping room; warping machinery on either side of group. 21.5 x 17 cm. (w/out
mount); 30.5 x 25.5 cm. (w/mount).
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 4: Spooling room
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1916 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image shows posed group of male workers and boys in front of
the spooling machinery; two supervisors in the group. 20.5 x 15.5 cm. (w/out mount);
30.5 x 25.5 cm. (w/mount).
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 5: Slashing Room
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1916 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image shows interior view of slashing room with male workers
posed in front of slashers. 20.5 x 15.5 cm. (w/out mat); 30.5 x 25.5 cm. (w/mat).
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 6: Employees of the Nashawena Mills
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1916 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image shows posed group of male and female (primarily female)
employees in an interior room of the Nashawena Mills. 20.5 x 15.5 cm. (w/out mount);
30.5 x 25.5 cm. (w/mount).
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 7: Office of the Nashawena Mills
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1916 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image shows male worker seated at desk and female worker standing
in office of mill; calendar turned to March 1916. 20.5 x 15.5 cm. (w/out mount); 30.5
x 25.5 cm. (w/mount).
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 8: Spooling room with female employees
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1916 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image shows female workers standing beside machines; bins of
spools are on the left. 20.5 x 15.5 cm. (w/out mount); 30.5 x 25.5 cm. (w/mount).
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 9: Spooling room with four employees
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1916 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1916. Image shows two female employees standing by machines
and two male overseers in foreground of spooling room of Nashawena Mills. 22 x 17
cm. (w/out mount); 30.5 x 25.5 cm. (w/mount).
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