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Processing silk fibers, Cheney Brothers, Manchester.
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Title
Processing
silk
fibers
,
Cheney
Brothers
,
Manchester
.
Creator
W. F. Miller & Co.
Place
Manchester (Conn.)
Topic
Textile industry
Silk industry -- Employees
Factories
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company
Theme
Livelihood
Description
Men
stand
beside
long
rows
of
machines
in a
factory
interior
.
Some
men
wear
overalls
.
One
man
has a
mustache
. A
man
in the
center
aisle
holds
a
broom
. The
machines
have
large
drums
around
which
the
silk
fibers
are
wound
. They are
powered
by
belts
attached
to
drive
wheels
on a
shaft
that
runs
along
the
ceiling
.
Bins
and
bags
are on the
floor
behind
the
men
.
Electric
light
bulbs
with
shades
hang
from the
ceiling
.
Inscribed
on
back
: "
Cheney
Bros.
"<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
.
1918]
Physical format
1
photographic
print
;
21
x
26
cm
.<br>
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
1979.25.90
<br>
File
name
0538
img0088.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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