Ruth A. Woodbury Collection of Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company Photographs, 1924-1925
Collection Number: 6879 P
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Ruth A. Woodbury Collection of Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company Photographs, 1924-1925
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6879 P
Abstract:
Views of the Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company building and its construction.
Creator:
Ruth A. Woodbury
Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company
Quanitities:
1 folders
Language:
Collection material in English
Includes photographs of the construction of the Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company factory,
exterior views of the factory, and one 1924 photograph of a woman in the factory inspecting
cloth. All photographs are attributed to N. L. Stebbins, Boston.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
Ruth A. Woodbury Collection of Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company Photographs #6879 P.
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections: 6802: Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company and Indian Head Mills Records
Names:
Stebbins, N. L.
Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company.
Subjects:
Textile factories
Textile factories--Design and construction
Textile workers
Women textile workers
Salem (Mass.)
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Views of the Factory and Its Construction.
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1924-1925 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 1: Entrance to Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company building
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1925 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts the entrance to the Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company
building in Salem, Mass., built in 1924. Probably the entrance to the offices. Photo
taken Jan. 16, 1925. Copy A. 20.25 x 25.25 cm.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 2: Entrance to Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company building
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1925 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts the entrance to the Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company
building in Salem, Mass., built in 1924. Probably the entrance to the offices. Photo
taken Jan. 16, 1925. Copy B. 20.5 x 24.75 cm.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 3: Construction of Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company building
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1924 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts the construction of part of the Naumkeag Steam
Cotton Company building in Salem, Mass., built in 1924. Workmen visible in front of
partially constructed frame; Salem Harbor barely visible in background. 24.5 x 20.5
cm.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 4: Cloth inspection, Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company
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1924 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts the cloth inspection room in the Naumkeag Steam
Cotton Company building in Salem, Mass., built in 1924. Female employees in the foreground
are inspecting cloth; more employees, both male and female, are engaged in folding
or packaging material in the background. Photo taken Nov. 14, 1924. 24.5 x 20.5 cm.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 5: View of Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company complex
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1925 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a view of the entire Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company
complex in Salem, Mass., built in 1924. The entrance is visible in the foreground;
weave shed (?) and other manufacturing areas in background. Loaded horse-drawn wagon
at freight entrance in foreground. Photo taken Jan. 16, 1925. Copy A. 24.75 x 20.5
cm.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 6: View of Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company complex
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1925 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a view of the entire Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company
complex in Salem, Mass., built in 1924. The entrance is visible in the foreground;
weave shed (?) and other manufacturing areas in background. Loaded horse-drawn wagon
at freight entrance in foreground. Photo taken Jan. 16, 1925. Copy B. 24.75 x 20.5
cm.
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