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Printing cloth, Cheney Brothers, Manchester.
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Title
Printing
cloth
,
Cheney
Brothers
,
Manchester
.
Place
Manchester (Conn.)
Topic
Silk-printing
Silk industry -- Employees
Textile industry
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company
Theme
Livelihood
Description
A
man
in
work
clothes
operates
a
large
piece
of
machinery
,
evidently
a
roller
press
for
printing
silk
fabric
. A
long
piece
of
printed
silk
is
at the
left
.
Rollers
,
possibly
bearing
ink
, are
behind
it
.
Large
gears
are at the
right
.
Typewritten
label
on
back
: "
South
Manchester
/
Printing
Cloth
-
Silk
Industry.
"<br>
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
. <br>In the
1910s
,
Cheney
Brothers
advertised
that they were "the
oldest
and
largest
successful
silk
manufacturing
company
in
America
and the
largest
silk
manufacturing
company
in the
world.
" They
produced
dress
silks
of
all
kinds
,
silks
for
upholstery
and
drapery
,
velvets
,
cravats
,
millinery
silks
,
silks
for
electrical
purposes
and
silk
yarns
. <br>
Date created
[ca
.
1930]
Physical format
1
photographic
print
;
20
x
26
cm
.<br>
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
1987.223.7
<br>
File
name
0536
img0074.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
.
Sub-collection
Photographs
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