Tilton Textile Corporation Photographs, 1939-1945
Collection Number: 6918 P
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Tilton Textile Corporation Photographs, 1939-1945
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6918 P
Abstract:
Interior views of the Lone Star Cotton Mills and its predecessor, the El Paso Cotton
Mills, in El Paso, Texas.
Creator:
Tilton Textile Corporation
Quanitities:
1 folders
Language:
Collection material in English, Spanish
The Tilton Textile Corporation , located in New York City, acted as selling agents
and textile converters. It owned most of the stock in and acted as selling agent for
the Lone Star Cotton Mills Company, El Paso, Texas. Lone Star incorporated in 1924
under the name El Paso Cotton Mills Company; in 1940 it amended its charter and changed
its name to Lone Star.
Includes photographs of the opening room, drawing room, warping room, cloth room,
boiler room, and machine shop in the El Paso Cotton Mills in the 1930s. Also includes
photographs of spinning room, drawing frame, and a loom in the Lone Star Cotton Mills,
circa 1945.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
Tilton Textile Corporation Photographs #6918 P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections: 6907 P: Ted Stone Collection of Lone Star Cotton Mills Photographs6918:
Tilton Textile Corporation Records
Names:
Gerlach, J. G.
El Paso Cotton Mills Company (El Paso, Tex.)
El Paso Photo Company
Heire Safety Boiler Company.
Lone Star Cotton Mills, Inc.
Saco-Lowell Shops.
Tilton Textile Corporation.
Subjects:
Cotton manufacture
Women employees
Male employees
Machine shops
Spinning machinery
Steam-boilers
Textile factories
Textile machinery
Textile workers
Weaving
El Paso (Tex.)
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Lone Star and El Paso Cotton Mills
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 1: Window display for Lone Star Cotton Mills, El Paso, Texas
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1939 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
El Paso Photo Co., J.G. Gerlach, 504 N. Stanton St., Main 856, photographer. Gelatin
silver print, June 1, 1939. Image depicts a window display highlighting the Lone Star
Cotton Mills. Cotton duct and cotton drill are hung on either side of a center display
of raw cotton, along with photos of different kinds of processes (lapping, carding,
spinning, slubbing, winding, warping, looms, slashing), several slivers and thread
on cones. 25 x 20.25 cm.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 2: Male employees in spinning room, Lone Star Cotton Mills, El Paso, Texas
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Press Photo, J.G. Gerlach, El Paso Photo Co. Gelatin silver print, ca. 1945. Image
depicts the interior of the spinning room of the Lone Star Cotton Mills in El Paso,
Texas. Two male workers tend to the machinery. Copy B. 25 x 20.25 cm.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 3: Male employees in spinning room, Lone Star Cotton Mills, El Paso, Texas
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Press Photo, J.G. Gerlach, El Paso Photo Co. Gelatin silver print, ca. 1945. Image
depicts the interior of the spinning room of the Lone Star Cotton Mills in El Paso,
Texas. Two male workers tend to the machinery. Copy A. 25 x 20.25 cm.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 4: Female employee at drawing frame, Lone Star Cotton Mills, Inc., El Paso Texas
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Press Photo, J.G. Gerlach, El Paso Photo Co. Gelatin silver print, ca. 1945. Image
depicts a female employee working at a drawing frame (manufactured by the Saco-Lowell
Shops) in the Lone Star Cotton Mills, Inc. in El Paso, Texas. A carding machine is
in the right background; a male employee brings an empty can forward. Copy A. 20.25
x 25.25 cm.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 5: Teenaged male employee standing beside loom, Lone Star Cotton Mills, El Paso,
Texas
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Press Photo, J.G. Gerlach, El Paso Photo Co. Gelatin silver print, ca. 1945. Image
depicts a teenaged male employee holding a bolt of fabric next to a loom in the Lone
Star Cotton Mills in El Paso, Texas. Another bolt of fabric stands on the floor behind
him. The loom is extremely dirty with a large amount of cotton waste on it. Copy A.
25.25 x 20.25 cm.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 6: Teenaged male employee standing beside loom, Lone Star Cotton Mills, El Paso,
Texas
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Press Photo, J.G. Gerlach, El Paso Photo Co. Gelatin silver print, ca. 1945. Image
depicts a teenaged male employee holding a bolt of fabric next to a loom in the Lone
Star Cotton Mills in El Paso, Texas. Another bolt of fabric stands on the floor behind
him. The loom is extremely dirty with a large amount of cotton waste on it. Copy B.
24.75 x 20.25 cm.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 7: Opener room, El Paso Cotton Mills, El Paso, Texas
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, 193-?. Image depicts the opener room in the El Paso Cotton Mills
(El Paso Cotton Mills Company) in El Paso, Texas. The opening machinery on the left
was manufactured by the Saco-Lowell Shops. Large bags of cotton on the floor and leaning
against the wall on the right. 25.5 x 19.5 cm. (w/out backing); 28 x 19.5 cm. (w/backing).
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 8: Drawing room, El Paso Cotton Mills, El Paso, Texas
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, 193-?. Image depicts the drawing room in the El Paso Cotton
Mills (El Paso Cotton Mills Company) in El Paso, Texas. The drawing machinery here
was manufactured by the Saco-Lowell Shops in 1924. Carding machinery is just visible
in the background on the left. See items 9 and 10 in this folder for another view
of this room. 25.25 x 19.5 cm. (w/out backing); 27.5 x 19.5 cm. (w/backing).
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 9: Another view of the drawing room, El Paso Cotton Mills, El Paso, Texas
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, 193-?. Image depicts the drawing room in the El Paso Cotton
Mills (El Paso Cotton Mills Company) in El Paso, Texas, but from another angle than
that seen in item 8 in this folder. The drawing machinery here was manufactured by
the Saco-Lowell Shops in 1924. Empty roving cans are in the foreground. Carding machinery
is just barely visible in the background. A male employee is just visible in the left
background working at a desk (?). Copy A. 25.25 x 19.75 cm. (w/out backing); 27.75
x 19.75 cm. (w/backing).
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 10: Another view of the drawing room, El Paso Cotton Mills, El Paso, Texas
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, 193-?. Image depicts the drawing room in the El Paso Cotton
Mills (El Paso Cotton Mills Company) in El Paso, Texas, but from another angle than
that seen in item 8 in this folder. The drawing machinery here was manufactured by
the Saco-Lowell Shops in 1924. Empty roving cans are in the foreground. Carding machinery
is just barely visible in the background. A male employee is just visible in the left
background working at a desk (?). Copy B. 25.5 x 20.25 cm.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 11: Spinning room, El Paso Cotton Mills, El Paso, Texas
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, 193-?. Image depicts the spinning room in the El Paso Cotton
Mills (El Paso Cotton Mills Company) in El Paso, Texas. No employees visible. 25.25
x 19.5 cm. (w/out backing); 27.75 x 19.5 cm. (w/backing).
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 12: Spooling machinery, El Paso Cotton Mills, El Paso, Texas
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, 193-?. Image depicts spooling machinery in the El Paso Cotton
Mills (El Paso Cotton Mills Company) in El Paso, Texas. No employees visible. 25.5
x 19.5 cm. (w/out backing); 27.5 x 19.5 cm. (w/backing).
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 13: Warping room, El Paso Cotton Mills, El Paso, Texas
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, 193-?. Image depicts the warping room in the El Paso Cotton
Mills (El Paso Cotton Mills Company) in El Paso, Texas. The machine in the foreground
is a beam warper; the two machines in the background are ball warpers. No employees
visible. 25.5 x 19.5 cm. (w/out backing); 28 x 19.5 cm. (w/backing).
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 14: Slasher or sizing machinery, El Paso Cotton Mills, El Paso, Texas
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, 193-?. Image depicts either slasher or sizing machinery in the
El Paso Cotton Mills (El Paso Cotton Mills Company) in El Paso, Texas. A slasher is
used for applying a size mixture to warp yarns. No employees visible. 25.5 x 19.5
cm. (w/out backing); 27.75 x 19.5 cm. (w/backing).
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 15: Unknown operation, El Paso Cotton Mills, El Paso, Texas
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, 193-?. Image depicts a room in the El Paso Cotton Mills (El
Paso Cotton Mills Company) in El Paso, Texas, but it is unclear what the machinery
in the room is for. There are a number of reeds stacked against the wall and possibly
extra spindles or bobbins in the open cabinet in the back, but the use of the machine
in the center is unknown. The sign on the back wall, on the left, reads "Do Not Spit
on the Floors Use Cuspidors." 25.5 x 19.5 cm. (w/out backing); 27.75 x 19.5 cm. (w/backing).
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Item 16: Cloth room, El Paso Cotton Mills, El Paso, Texas
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, 193-?. Image depicts the cloth room in the El Paso Cotton Mills
(El Paso Cotton Mills Company) in El Paso, Texas. Rolls of cloth stand on the floor
in the foreground and against the wall on the side. Note the No Smoking sign in Spanish
("Se Prohibe Fumar") pasted on the interior windows. Folded cloth packages are visible
on the table against the wall in the background. 25.25 x 19.5 cm. (w/out backing);
27.75 x 19.5 cm. (w/backing).
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 17: Boiler room, El Paso Cotton Mills, El Paso, Texas
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, 193-?. Image depicts the boiler room in the El Paso Cotton Mills
(El Paso Cotton Mills Company) in El Paso, Texas. Steam boilers built by the Heire
Safety Boiler Company are shown. Note the No Smoking sign propped against the pipes:
"No Smoking in or around mills a fire will throw us all out of a job." 25.5 x 19.5
cm. (w/out backing); 27.75 x 19.5 cm. (w/backing).
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Item 18: Machine shop, El Paso Cotton Mills, El Paso, Texas
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, 193-?. Image depicts the machine shop in the El Paso Cotton
Mills (El Paso Cotton Mills Company) in El Paso, Texas. Both a lathe and a grinder
are visible in the room, besides other equipment. The sign on the framework at the
rear reads "Danger High Voltage" in both English and Spanish. 25.5 x 20.25 cm.
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