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Title	Machinery, Cheney Brothers, Manchester.
Creator	Ogden.
Place	Manchester (Conn.)
Topic	Machinery Silk industry
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company
Theme	Livelihood
Description	Four large pieces of machinery in a factory interior. Each machine appears to include stacks of trays as well as drive wheels, gears and gauges. Pipes run along the ceiling. Electric light bulbs with shades hang from wires.<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	[between 1910 and 1929]
Physical format	1 photographic print ; 20 x 25 cm.<br>
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number 1979.25.51<br>File name 0538 img0091.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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