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Spinning silk, South Manchester, Conn.
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Spinning silk, South Manchester, Conn.
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Title
Spinning
silk
,
South
Manchester
,
Conn
.
Creator
Keystone View Company.
Place
Manchester (Conn.)
Topic
Women textile workers
Silk industry -- Employees
Silk spinning
Textile industry
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company
Theme
Livelihood
Description
A
woman
at the
spinning
frame
at
Cheney
Brothers
Silk
Manufacturing
Company
. "
...The
bobbins
at the
top
of the
frame
hold
the
silk
which
is
known
as "
roving.
" This "
roving
"
is
the
silk
that has been
cleaned
,
combed
, and
straightened
so
that its
fibers
are
welded
together
. At the
bottom
of the
frame
you
see
the
spindles
that
contain
the
thread....
"<br>
Notes
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from
back
of
card
. <br>
Date created
[191-?]
.
Physical format
1
photographic
print
on
stereo
card
;
9
x
18
cm
.<br>
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
x.2000.24.7
<br>
Photo
CD
ID
3153
img0018.pcd
<br>
Source
The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
.
Collection
The
Cheney
Family
and
Cheney
Brothers
Silk
Mills
.<br>
Rights
Reproduction
and
copyright
information
regarding
this
image
is
available
from The
Graphics
Collection
, The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
,
Hartford
.
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Photographs
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