Lorin Tryon Collection of Textile Industry Photographs, 1900-1913
Collection Number: 6754 P
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Lorin Tryon Collection of Textile Industry Photographs, 1900-1913
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6754 P
Abstract:
Photographs of wool processing in California in the early to mid twentieth century.
Creator:
Lorin Tryon
Quanitities:
0.33 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
Includes photographs of wool processing ath Haber Zemel Tryon and E. H. Tryon in Stockton,
California. Also includes photographs of the Wool Exchange and the San Francisco Woolen
Factory in San Francisco, California.
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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
Lorin Tryon Collection of Textile Industry Photographs #6754 P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections: 6618: E. H. Tryon, Inc. Records
Names:
E.H. Tryon Company.
Haber Zemel Tryon, Inc.
San Francisco Wool Exchange.
San Francisco Wool Trade Association.
Subjects:
Belts and belting
Business enterprises
Business records
Fiber preparation-- General--Wool sorting
Industries
Inventories
Male employees
Looms
Office and personnel
Pickers (Weaving)
Sheep industry
Spinning machinery
Textile factories
Textile machinery
Textile workers
Wool
Wool baling
Wool industry
Wool scouring
San Francisco (Calif.)
Stockton (Calif.)
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Wool Processing
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 1: Loom, Haber Zemel Tryon, Inc.
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Snapshot, gelatin silver print (?), [mid-20th century?]. Image shows loom of Haber
Zemel Tryon, Inc., in interior room. 13 x 10 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 2: Spinning jack, Haber Zemel Tryon, Inc.
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Snapshot, gelatin silver print (?), [mid-20th century?]. Image shows spinning jack
of Haber Zemel Tryon, Inc., in interior room (well lit with skylights). 13 x 10 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 3: Picker, Haber Zemel Tryon, Inc.
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Snapshot, gelatin silver print (?), [mid-20th century?]. Image shows picker (?) of
Haber Zemel Tryon, Inc., in interior room (well lit with skylights). 13 x 10 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 4: Wool blending room, mill interior, Stockton, Calif.
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1910. Image shows interior of wool blending room, with bags
of wool to the right; workers holding bundles of wool against wall to the left. Probably
the E.H. Tryon wool scouring business in Stockton. 18 x 12.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 5: Wool dryer, mill interior, Stockton, Calif.
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1910. Image shows mill interior with wool drying machine;
workmen (and one woman) standing next to it. Probably the E.H. Tryon wool scouring
business in Stockton. 18 x 12.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 6: Wool sorting, mill interior, Stockton, Calif.
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1910. Image shows mill interior with workers sorting wool,
picking out the undesirable wool. Piles of wool on floor, some partially bagged. Probably
the E.H. Tryon wool scouring business in Stockton. 18 x 12.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 7: Scouring machine, mill interior, Stockton, Calif.
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1910. Image shows bins of wool being blended and fed Into
a scouring machine. Scouring machine is to the left; huge piles of wool to the right
and in the back; workers pose on top of the wool pile. Probably the E.H. Tryon wool
scouring business in Stockton. 18 x 13 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 8: Belt drives, mill interior, Stockton, Calif.
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1910. Image shows belt drives that power machinery in mill;
male worker stands at right. Probably the E.H. Tryon wool scouring business in Stockton.
18 x 12.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 9: Women sorting wool, mill interior, Stockton, Calif.
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1910. Image shows women sorting wool; four are in front
of sorting table with large piles of wool on floor and large bags of wool; three women
in background behind sorting table, with bags of wool partially visible. Probably
the E.H. Tryon wool scouring business in Stockton. 18 x 12.5 cm. See item 17 in this
folder for copy print of this photograph.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 10: Wool lumper, mill interior, Stockton, Calif.
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1910. Image shows wool lumper in mill interior in Stockton,
Calif., with male worker standing next to it. Lumper built by C.G. Sargent's Sons
Corp., Graniteville, Mass. Probably the E.H. Tryon wool scouring business in Stockton.
18 x 12.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 11: Machinery, mill interior
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Snapshot, gelatin silver print (?), [mid 20th century?]. Image shows mill machinery
in interior room, possibly that of Haber Zemel Tryon, Inc. 10 x 13 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Item 12: Wool warehouse, Stockton, Calif.
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1907-1912 |
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image shows interior of wool warehouse, with extremely large
bags of wool piled alongside walls; male supervisor, male worker, and woman (not a
worker) in center background. Probably the E.H. Tryon wool scouring business in Stockton.
18.5 x 12.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 13: Mill interior, Stockton, Calif.
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1910. Image shows interior of mill, with male and female
workers standing at left; two male workers standing behind machinery in right background;
bale of wool in right foreground. Probably the E.H. Tryon wool scouring business in
Stockton. 18 x 13 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 14: Office area, Stockton Scouring Plant (?), Stockton, Calif.
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1900-1910 |
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts office area with woman employee (switchboard operator?)
at left behind counter; man standing at right behind counter. Spittoon on floor in
foreground. Purportedly the Stockton Scouring Plant, but does not resemble item 15
in this folder, which is also purportedly the Stockton Scouring Plant. 18 x 13 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 15: Office area, Stockton Scouring Plant (?), Stockton, Calif.
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1913 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts office area with woman employee (switchboard operator?)
at left behind counter; two men standing behind counter at right. Note radiator in
front of counter. Calendar on wall dated April 1913, advertising wool brokers or wool
agents from Boston, Mass. Purportedly the Stockton Scouring Plant, but does not resemble
item 14 in this folder, which is also purportedly the Stockton Scouring Plant. 18
x 13 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Item 16: Grading wool.
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Pacific Cooperative Wool Growers. Acme Photo W-5. Gelatin silver print, [19--]. Image
depicts interior room, with bags of wool in the background and to the right; one male
worker with large bag of wool on two-wheel truck to left; other workers stand in center
at table, with empty open crates in front, in which wool will be sorted. Pacific Copoperative
Wool Growers stamp on back of photo. 24.5 x 19.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 17: Women sorting wool, mill interior, Stockton, Calif.
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1910. Image shows women sorting wool; four are in front
of sorting table with large piles of wool on floor and large bags of wool; three women
in background behind sorting table, with bags of wool partially visible. Probably
the E.H. Tryon wool scouring business in Stockton. See item 9 in this folder for the
original of this photograph. 25 x 20.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Item 18: Pacific Mail Dock, San Francisco, Calif.
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, [19--]. Image shows part of the San Francisco waterfront, with
houses and buildings visible on the left; ship masts visible in center and right background;
horse and wagon visible in lower left foreground. Note on reverse says "San Francisco
waterfront - the hill on the left is now part of the base of the Bay Bridge." This
print probably produced in 20th century, possibly from glass plate negative. 25.5
x 20.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Item 19: Wool Exchange, San Francisco, Calif.
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, [19--; original 1869]. Image depicts the Wool Exchange in San
Francisco, Calif., on the NW corner of Sansome (?) St. and Broadway. Building is two
story brick, with horse-drawn wagons loaded with bags of wool in front; many more
bags of wool are stacked up outside the building. A number of men are standing on
the street or sidewalk in front of the building; workers are standing on the bags
on the side. Notice on building has date May 23d '69. Possibly printed from a glass
plate negative. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Item 20: Black Point, San Francisco, Calif.
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, [19--]. Image depicts San Francisco Woolen Factory in middle
distance; hills behind factory and to the right. Note on reverse says: "Woolen Mill
- now part of Ghiradelli Square." This print probably produced in 20th century, most
likely from glass plate negative. 25.5 x 20.5 cm. Copy A.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Item 21: Black Point, San Francisco, Calif.
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, [19--]. Image depicts San Francisco Woolen Factory in middle
distance; hills behind factory and to the right. Note on reverse says: "Woolen Mill
- now part of Ghiradelli Square." This print probably produced in 20th century, most
likely from glass plate negative. Copy B; image slightly truncated from Copy A. 25
x 20.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Item 22: An outing at a sheep ranch
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Copy print of: An outing at a sheep ranch. ca. 1900. Gelatin silver print, [19--].
Image depicts a group of men and boys seated on or standing around bags of wool. The
man in the back row on the left, with his hands on his hips, is E.H. Tryon, who owned
a wool scouring plant in Stockton, Calif., around the turn of the 20th century. See
item 23 in this folder for the original photograph. 25 x 20.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Item 23: An outing at a sheep ranch
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
An outing at a sheep ranch. Gelatin silver print, ca. 1900. Image depicts a group
of men and boys seated on or standing around bags of wool. The man in the back row
on the left, with his hands on his hips, is E.H. Tryon, who owned a wool scouring
plant in Stockton, Calif., around the turn of the 20th century. See item 22 in this
folder for a copy print of this photograph. 25 x 20.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Item 24: Mill workers, Stockton, Calif.
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1907 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. Image depicts group of men and one boy standing outside warehouse
in front of bags of what is probably wool. Written on reverse is: Stockton, June 26,
1907. Probably the E.H. Tryon wool scouring business in Stockton. 17 x 12 cm. (w/out
mount); 23 x 18 cm. (w/mount).
Format: black and white photograph.
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Item 25: Wool sorting room.
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1910. Image shows the interior of a wool sorting room, with
male workers seated or standing behind piles of raw wool and in front of bags of wool.
Probably the E.H. Tryon wool scouring business in Stockton. 17 x 12 cm. (w/out mount);
25.5 x 20.5 cm. (w/mount).
Format: black and white photograph.
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Item 26: E.H. Tryon Wool.
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Stockton, Calif. Gelatin silver print, ca. 1910. Image shows exterior of mill/warehouse
of E.H. Tryon, Stockton, Calif. Tryon owned a wool scouring business. 25.5 x 20.5
cm. See item 27 in this folder for copy print of this photograph.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Item 27: E.H. Tryon Wool
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Stockton, Calif. Gelatin silver print, ca. 1910. Image shows exterior of mill/warehouse
of E.H. Tryon, Stockton, Calif. Tryon owned a wool scouring business. See item 26
in this folder for the original of this photograph. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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Item 28: Wool warehouse, Tryon Plant over 3,000,000 pounds stored.
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Probably Stockton, Calif. Over 3,000,000 pounds stored. Logan 'Foto. Gelatin silver
print, ca. 1910. Image of the interior of the wool warehouse, with large bags of wool
stored on either side of a wooden walkway. 25 x 20.5 cm. (w/out mount); 30.5 x 25.5
cm. (w/mount).
Format: black and white photograph.
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Item 29: Washing room, Tryon Wool Scouring Plant.
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Probably Stockton, Calif. Gelatin silver print, ca. 1910. Image depicts the washing
room of what is probably the E.H. Tryon Co., a wool scouring business in Stockton.
The washer full of wool is to the left. 25 x 20.5 cm. (w/out mount); 30 x 25.5 cm.
(w/mount).
Format: black and white photograph.
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