Carolyn Riggs Bernardin Collection of Riggs & Lombard Photographs, 1942
Collection Number: 6557 P
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Carolyn Riggs Bernardin Collection of Riggs & Lombard Photographs, 1942
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6557 P
Abstract:
Photographs of the interior of the Riggs & Lombard machinery factory.
Creator:
Carolyn Riggs Bernardin
Riggs & Lombard
Quanitities:
1 folders
Language:
Collection material in English
Riggs & Lombard, Inc. was a Lowell, Massachusetts, company that manufactured, bought
and sold textile and other machinery.
Includes photographs of the stock room, wood and steel erection floors, assembly floors,
and machine shops. All photographs were taken by Marion Photographers, Lowell, Massachusetts,
on January 13, 1942.
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference
archivist for access to these materials.
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and
Procedures for Document Use.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Carolyn Riggs Bernardin Collection of Riggs & Lombard Photographs #6557 P. Kheel Center
for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Riggs & Lombard, Inc.
Subjects:
Machine parts
Machine shops
Textile machinery
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Interior views (machine shop)
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1942 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 1: New Stock Room
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1942 |
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Format: Black and White photograph
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Scope and Contents
Visible are all sorts of wheels, couplings, hoses, etc. Photo taken January 13, 1942.
25.25 x 20.25 cm.
Format: Black and White photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 2: Wood Shop Erection Floor
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1942 |
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Format: Black and White photograph
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Scope and Contents
Wheels, lumber, ladders, etc. around the room; several male employees visible including
two on the left who appear to be building a large wooden crate. Photo taken January
13, 1942. 25.25 x 20.25 cm.
Format: Black and White photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 3: Old Steel Erection Floor
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1942 |
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Format: Black and White photograph
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Scope and Contents
Several male employees visible; steel machinery was apparently built on this floor.
Photo taken January 13, 1942. 25.25 x 20.25 cm.
Format: Black and White photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 4: Dryer Assembly and Erection
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1942 |
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Format: Black and White photograph
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Scope and Contents
Image depicts the area where dryers were assembled. Different lengths of metal stacked
on floor; workbenches in rear where several male employees work. Note the bucket of
sand on the pole labeled "Air Raid." Photo taken January 13, 1942. 25.25 x 20.25 cm.
Format: Black and White photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 5: Machine Shop - Dryer Division
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1942 |
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Format: Black and White photograph
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Scope and Contents
Several male employees at work in the area. Photo taken January 13, 1942. 25.25 x
20.25 cm.
Format: Black and White photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 6: Machine Shop A
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1942 |
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Format: Black and White photograph
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Scope and Contents
A number of male employees are at work in the shop. Floor in the foreground is piled
with wood shavings. This machine shop seems to be geared toward larger pieces, as
opposed to machine shop B (see item 9 in this folde). Photo taken January 13, 1942.
25.25 x 20.25 cm.
Format: Black and White photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 7: Wood Shop
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1942 |
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Format: Black and White photograph
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Scope and Contents
Several male employees are at work cutting or planing lumber. Photo taken January
13, 1942. 25.25 x 20.25 cm.
Format: Black and White photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 8: New Steel Assembly Floor
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1942 |
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Format: Black and White photograph
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Scope and Contents
One male employee in the foreground is hoisting sheets of steel; several others are
at work in the background, including one who has tipped his welding mask up onto his
head. Photo taken January 13, 1942. 25.25 x 20.25 cm.
Format: Black and White photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 9: Machine Shop B
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1942 |
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Format: Black and White photograph
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Scope and Contents
Several male employees at work. This machine shop seems to focus on smaller items,
as opposed to machine shop A (see item 6 in this folder). Photo taken January 13,
1942. 25.25 x 20.25 cm.
Format: Black and White photograph.
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