Joan Rollenhagen Collection of Textile Industry Photographs, 1925-1950
Collection Number: 6722 P
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Joan Rollenhagen Collection of Textile Industry Photographs, 1925-1950
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6722 P
Abstract:
Mostly photographs of mill workers and mill interiors.
Creator:
Joan Rollenhagen
Quanitities:
0.33 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
Joseph A. Dancewicz was born in Monastzysko, Poland on March 10, 1906 and came to
the U. S. in 1921. As a young man he worked as a loom fixer in Slater Mills, superintendent
of the Blackstone Mill, Lonsdale Company, Blackstone, Massachusetts; manager of the
Soule Mill, New Bedford; president of Sagamore Manufacturing Co., Fall River. By 1959
he was the President and Treasurer of the Hunt-Spiller Manufacturing Company in New
Bedford, Massachusetts.
Joseph Dancewicz married Christine Brown in 1946.
Mr. Dancewicz died n May 23, 1978 in New Bedford.
Includes photographs of mill workers and executives at Slater Mills in Webster, Massachusetts
and mill interiors of the Blackstone Mill of the Lonsdale Co., Blackstone, Massachusetts,
and unknown mill interiors. Also includes a photograph of Joseph Dancewicz and a portrait
of a woman with three children.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
Joan Rollenhagen Collection of Textile Industry Photographs #6722 P. Kheel Center
for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections: 6584 G: Ralph Huey Collection of Crompton & Knowles Graphics
6584 P: Ralph Huey Collection of Crompton & Knowles Photographs 6585/001: Crompton
& Knowles General Records 6585 G: Crompton & Knowles Graphics 6585 P: Crompton & Knowles
Photographs 6732: Joseph Dancewicz Papers
Names:
Dancewicz, Joseph Anthony, 1906-1978
Derrickson, H. P.
Johnson, Carl.
Blackstone Mill.
Crompton & Knowles Loom Works.
Hunt-Spiller Manufacturing Corp. (Boston, Mass.)
Lonsdale Company.
Rhode Island Plush Mills (Woonsocket, R.I.)
Sagamore Manufacturing Company
Slater Mills (Webster, Mass.)
Soule Mill (New Bedford, Mass.)
Subjects:
Clerks
Combing machines
Cotton manufacture
Diesel motor
Executives
Glass fiber industry
Immigrants
Industries
Women employees
Male employees
Industrial relations
Looms
Metal castings
Polish Americans
Spinning machinery
Superintendents
Textile factories
Textile industry
Textile industry-- Management
Textile machinery
Textile workers
Weaving
Yarn--Examinations, questions, etc.
Blackstone (Mass.)
Webster (Mass.)
Woonsocket (R.I.)
Worcester (Mass.)
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Photographs of mill workers and mill interiors
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 1: Cotton weave room with workers.
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, [194-?]. Image depicts cotton weave room of unknown mill, with
one male and one female worker visible. Probably Draper looms. May be the Blackstone
Mill of the Lonsdale Co. in Blackstone, Mass. 21.5 x 16.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 2: Cotton weave room.
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, [194-?]. Image depicts large cotton weave room of unknown mill,
with a few workers visible. Probably Draper looms. May be the Blackstone Mill of the
Lonsdale Co. in Blackstone, Mass. 21.5 x 16.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 3: Blackstone Mill executives
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1936-1946 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts four men in suits in office of unknown mill, possibly
the Blackstone Mill of the Lonsdale Co., Blackstone, Mass. Man seated on left is Carl
Johnson, superintendent (1936-40) and general superintendent (1940-46) of the Blackstone
Mill. The man seated on the right is Joseph Dancewicz (1906-78), who worked at the
Blackstone Mill from 1936 to 1952. 9 x 12.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 4: A guest at Crompton & Knowles Loom Works
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, [1939?]. Image depicts three men at Crompton & Knowles: man
on left is H.P. Derrickson, an executive at the Blackstone Mill of the Lonsdale Co.,
Blackstone, Mass.; man in middle is Carl Johnson, superintendent (1936-40) and general
superintendent (1940-46) of Blackstone; man on right is Joseph A. Dancewicz (1906-78),
who was overseer of weaving and slashing for the Blackstone Mill from 1936 to 1942.
13.5 x 9 cm. (w/out mount); 14.5 x 11 cm. (w/mount).
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 5: A guest at Crompton & Knowles Loom Works.
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1939 |
Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts five men at Crompton & Knowles Loom Works [Worcester,
Mass.]: man second from left is Carl Johnson, superintendent (1936-40) and general
superintendent (1940-46) of the Blackstone Mill of the Lonsdale Co., Blackstone, Mass.;
man second from right is H.P. Derrickson, an executive at the Blackstone Mill; man
at far right is Joseph A. Dancewicz (1906-78), who was the overseer of weaving and
slashing for the Blackstone Mill from 1936 to 1942. 14 x 8.5 cm. (w/out mount); 15
x 11 cm. (w/mount).
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 6: Joseph A. Dancewicz and H.P. Derrickson.
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1936-1942 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts two men; man on left is Joseph A. Dancewicz (1906-78)
who was overseer of weaving and slashing at the Blackstone Mill of the Lonsdale Co.
in Blackstone, Mass., from 1936 until 1942; the man on the right is H.P. Derrckson
who was an executive at the Blackstone Mill. 9.5 x 7.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 7: Joseph A. Dancewicz.
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1925-1930 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image of Joseph A. Dancewicz (1906-78), who worked at the Slater
Mills in Webster, Mass. from 1922 until 1936, then in the Blackstone Mill of the Lonsdale
Co. in Blackstone, Mass. from 1936 until 1952. Photograph taken outside; picket fence
in background. 8 x 14 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 8: The Dancewicz family
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1915-1920 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Studio portrait of a woman with two children, most probably
members of the Dancewicz family. Joseph A. Dancewicz (1906-78) is most likely the
boy on the right; the other two may be his mother and sister. Note the wristwatch
on the girl's right arm. This print appears to be a copy made from an earlier photograph
that had tears and cracks through it. 12.5 x 17.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 9: Group of male mill workers, Slater Mills, Webster, Mass.
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1930-1936 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image shows posed group of male mill workers with supervisors
or overseers in the Slater Mills in Webster, Mass. The group supposedly includes Joseph
Dancewicz, but he does not appear to be here. See 1990.20.23 for another image taken
in this room. 21.5 x 16.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 10: Group of male mill workers, Slater Mills, Webster, Mass.
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1930-1936 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image shows posed group of male mill workers with supervisors
or overseers, in the Slater Mills in Webster, Mass. The man in the center of the first
row, in a suitcoat, is Joseph Dancewicz (1906-78), who worked for the Slater Mills
from 1922 to 1936. 21.5 x 16.5 cm. Copy A.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 11: Group of male mill workers, Slater Mills, Webster, Mass.
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1930-1936 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image shows posed group of male mill workers with supervisors
or overseers, in the Slater Mills in Webster, Mass. The man in the center of the first
row, in a suitcoat, is Joseph Dancewicz (1906-78), who worked for the Slater Mills
from 1922 to 1936. Copy B, probably a copy print. 21.5 x 16.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 12: Group of male and female mill workers, Slater Mills, Webster, Mass.
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1930-1936 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image shows posed group of male and female mill workers in the
Slater Mills in Webster, Mass. The man fourth from the left in the first row, in a
suit, is Joseph Dancewicz (1906-78), who worked for the Slater Mills from 1922 to
1936. 21.5 x 16.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 13: Male and female employees, Slater Mills, Webster, Mass.
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1930-1936 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image shows posed group of male and female employees in the
Slater Mills in Webster, Mass. The man in the center of the first row, in a suit,
is Joseph Dancewicz (1906-78), who worked for the Slater Mills from 1922 to 1936.
The woman seated on his right, in the plaid dress, is Helen Kiwack [sp?]. Copy A.
21.5 x 16.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 14: Male and female employees, Slater Mills, Webster, Mass.
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1930-1936 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image shows posed group of male and female employees in the
Slater Mills in Webster, Mass. The man in the center of the first row, in a suit,
is Joseph Dancewicz (1906-78), who worked for the Slater Mills from 1922 to 1936.
The woman seated on his right, in the plaid dress, is Helen Kiwack [sp?]. Copy B.
21.5 x 16.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 15: Male and female employees, Slater Mills, Webster, Mass.
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1930-1936 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image shows posed group of male and female employees in the
Slater Mills in Webster, Mass. The man in the center of the first row, in a suit,
is Joseph Dancewicz (1906-78), who worked for the Slater Mills from 1922 to 1936.
A different set of employees from other photos in this collection. 21.5 x 16.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 16: Male and female employees, Slater Mills, Webster, Mass.
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1930-1936 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image shows posed group of male and female employees in the
Slater Mills in Webster, Mass. The man in the center of the first row, in a suit,
is Joseph Dancewicz (1906-78), who worked for the Slater Mills from 1922 to 1936.
A different set of employees from other photos in this collection. 21.5 x 16.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 17: Male and female employees, Slater Mills, Webster, Mass.
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1930-1936 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image shows posed group of male and female employees in the
Slater Mills in Webster, Mass. The man in the center of the first row, in a suit,
is Joseph Dancewicz (1906-78), who worked for the Slater Mills from 1922 to 1936.
A different set of employees from other photos in this collection. 21.5 x 16.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 18: Weave room employees, Slater Mills, Webster, Mass.
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1930-1936 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image shows posed group of male employees in the Slater Mills
in Webster, Mass., grouped around a loom. The man in the suit on the left is Joseph
Dancewicz (1906-78), who worked for the Slater Mills from 1922 to 1936. 21.5 x 16.5
cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 19: Mill workers, Blackstone Mill, Blackstone, Mass.
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1947 |
Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Photo by Joseph W. Whittaker, Commercial Photographer, 128 Main St., Woonsocket, R.I.
Gelatin silver print, 1947. Image depicts employees of the Blackstone Mill of the
Lonsdale Co. in Blackstone, Mass., at some sort of celebration. Workers appear to
be lined up to speak to Joseph Dancewicz (1906-78), second from left in the photo.
Dancewicz worked for the Blackstone Mill from 1936 to 1952, as superintendent from
1944 to 1952. Calendar on the wall reads August 1947. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 20: Group of textile executives and overseers.
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1936-1942 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts 14 men who are in management or supervisory positions
of one or more textile mills. Man fifth from the left is H.P. Derrickson, an executive
at the Blackstone Mill of the Lonsdale Co., Blackstone, Mass. Man fourth from the
right is Joseph Dancewicz (1906-78), who was employed by the Blackstone Mill as the
overseer of weaving and slashing from 1936 to 1942. Photo taken outside unknown mill
building, possibly Blackstone Mill. 21.5 x 16.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 21: Joseph Dancewicz in office, Blackstone Mill, Blackstone, Mass.
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1936-1936 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts Dancewicz in mill office with two women office
workers, identified as Margaret E. Minott and Mary J. Grady on the reverse of Copy
A; mill floor visible through windows in background. Dancewicz (1906-78) was employed
by the Blackstone Mill as the overseer of weaving and slashing from 1936 to 1942.
Copy B. 21.5 x 16.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 22: Joseph Dancewicz in office, Blackstone Mill, Blackstone, Mass.
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1936-1936 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts Dancewicz in mill office with two women office
workers, identified as Margaret E. Minott and Mary J. Grady on the reverse of the
photograph; mill floor visible through windows in background. Dancewicz (1906-78)
was employed by the Blackstone Mill as the overseer of weaving and slashing from 1936
to 1942. 21.5 x 16.5 cm. Copy A
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 23: Joseph Dancewicz in front of spinning frame.
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, [194-?]. Image depicts Dancewicz on the left with an unidentified
man in suit and tie on the right. Both are standing in front of a cotton spinning
frame, probably the Blackstone Mill of the Lonsdale Co., Blackstone, Mass. Dancewicz
(1906-78) was employed by the Blackstone Mill as the overseer of weaving and slashing
(1936-42), as assistant superintendent (1942-44) and as superintendent (1944-52).
20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 24: Unidentified mill exterior
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, [19--]. Image depicts exterior of mill complex, probably the
Blackstone Mill of the Lonsdale Co., Blackstone, Mass. Mill complex in background;
trees in foreground; railroad tracks run through center. 16 x 12.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 25: Group of male and female mill workers, Slater Mills, Webster, Mass.
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1930-1936 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts posed group of male and female mill workers of
the Slater Mills, Webster, Mass., with supervisors or overseers, possibly Aldea Dancause.
See 1990.20.10 for another image taken in this room. 21.5 x 16.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 26: Rhode Island Plush Mills, Woonsocket, R.I.
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1925-1935 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Snapshot-size image depicts exterior of mill building, partially
hidden behind wooden frame building. Car parked at side of frame building; one person
in front of car, two people barely visible behind brick smokestack. 7 x 11.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 27: Group of Blackstone Mill executives.
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1940-1946 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Snapshot image depicts nine men and one woman, posed outside
in a parking lot, possibly on a recreational outing. The first man standing on the
left is Carl Johnson, superintendent (1936-40) and general superintendent (1940-46)
of the Blackstone Mill of the Lonsdale Co., Blackstone, Mass. The third man from the
right (standing) is Joseph Dancewicz, overseer of weaving and slashing (1936-42),
assistant superintendent (1942-44) and superintendent (1944-52) of the Blackstone
Mill. 15.5 x 10 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 28: Female mill worker at spinning machine, Blackstone Mill, Blackstone, Mass.
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1940-1950 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts female mill worker in front of spinning machine,
probably the Blackstone Mill of the Lonsdale Co., Blackstone, Mass. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 29: Cotton ribbon lappers, Blackstone Mill, Blackstone, Mass.
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1940-1950 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts interior of mill, probably the Blackstone Mill
of the Lonsdale Co., Blackstone, Mass., with pre-combing cotton ribbon lappers. 25.5
x 20.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 30: Whitin Model J combers, Blackstone Mill, Blackstone, Mass.
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1940-1950 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts interior of mill, probably the Blackstone Mill
of the Lonsdale Co., Blackstone, Mass., with Whitin Model J combers. The bi-coil combed
slivers produced slivers coiled as if one strand. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 31: Cotton roving on long draft slubbers, Blackstone Mill, Blackstone, Mass.
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1940-1950 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts interior of mill, probably the Blackstone Mill
of the Lonsdale Co., Blackstone, Mass., with long draft slubbers engaged in cotton
roving. Note the cart full of bobbins. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 32: Mill worker at cotton ribbon lappers, Blackstone Mill, Blackstone, Mass.
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1940-1950 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts interior of mill, probably the Blackstone Mill
of the Lonsdale Co., Blackstone, Mass., with male employee working at one of the cotton
ribbon lappers. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 33: Cotton spinning room, Blackstone Mill, Blackstone, Mass.
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1940-1950 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts interior of mill, probably the Blackstone Mill
of the Lonsdale Co., Blackstone, Mass. Large room contains Whitin machinery that does
long draft spinning and ring spinning. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 34: Weave room, Blackstone Mill, Blackstone, Mass.
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1940-1950 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts interior of mill, probably the Blackstone Mill
of the Lonsdale Co., Blackstone, Mass. Large room contains extensive number of looms.
Note the difference in alley width: the front alley is narrower, the back ("beam")
alley is wider. 25.5 x 20.5 cm. Copy A
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 35: Weave room, Blackstone Mill, Blackstone, Mass.
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1940-1950 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts interior of mill, probably the Blackstone Mill
of the Lonsdale Co., Blackstone, Mass. Large room contains extensive number of looms.
Note the difference in alley width: the front alley is narrower, the back ("beam")
alley is wider. Copy B. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 36: Female mill worker at combing machine (?), Blackstone Mill, Blackstone, Mass.
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1940-1950 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts female mill worker at machinery involved in some
sort of combing process, probably the Blackstone Mill of the Lonsdale Co., Blackstone,
Mass. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 37: Motors running cotton spinning machinery, Blackstone Mill, Blackstone, Mass.
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1940-1950 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts interior of mill, probably the Blackstone Mill
of the Lonsdale Co., Blackstone, Mass. This view shows the motors running the cotton
spinning machinery. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 38: Closeup of roving machinery, Blackstone Mill, Blackstone, Mass.
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1940-1950 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts closeup view of the roving process, probably in
the Blackstone Mill of the Lonsdale Co., Blackstone, Mass. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 39: Closeup of drawing and twisting machinery, Blackstone Mill, Blackstone, Mass.
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1940-1950 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts closeup view of drawing and twisting machinery,
probably in the Blackstone Mill of the Lonsdale Co., Blackstone, Mass. 20.5 x 25.5
cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 40: Spinning room with male employees, Blackstone Mill, Blackstone, Mass.
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1940-1950 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts interior of mill, probably the Blackstone Mill
of the Lonsdale Co., Blackstone, Mass. Two male employees tend the spinning machinery.
25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 41: Yarn inspection, Blackstone Mill, Blackstone, Mass.
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1940-1950 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts closeup view of yarn inspection as it comes off
a machine, probably in the Blackstone Mill of the Lonsdale Co., Blackstone, Mass.
Copy A. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 42: Yarn inspection, Blackstone Mill, Blackstone, Mass.
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1940-1950 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts closeup view of yarn inspection as it comes off
a machine, probably in the Blackstone Mill of the Lonsdale Co., Blackstone, Mass.
Copy B. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 43: Male and female employees, Slater Mills, Webster, Mass.
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1930-1936 |
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image shows posed group of male and female employees in the
Slater Mills in Webster, Mass. The man in the center of the first row, in a suit,
is Joseph Dancewicz (1906-78), who worked for the Slater Mills from 1922 to 1936.
A different set of employees from other photos in this collection. 21.5 x 16.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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