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Title	Inspecting combed silk, Cheney Brothers, Manchester.
Creator	W. F. Miller & Co.
Place	Manchester (Conn.)
Topic	Women textile workers Textile industry Silk industry -- Employees
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company
Theme	Livelihood
Description	Young women sit at long light tables, apparently lit by electricity. Piles of silk fibers lie beside them and in front of them on a shelf and in envelopes attached to a wooden board in front of the shelf. The workstation at the far left appears to have pictures, possibly including a religious picture, attached to the board in front of the shelf. Inscribed on back: "Cheney Bros. / Inspecting Combed Silk."<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	[191-]
Physical format	1 photographic print ; 21 x 26 cm.<br>
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number 1979.25.68<br>File name 0536 img0078.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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