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[Women working at machines, beaming and inspecting yarn, American Woolen Company, Boston] – Historic Print

[Women working at machines, beaming and inspecting yarn, American Woolen Company, Boston], c1912. — historic photograph
[Women working at machines, beaming and inspecting yarn, American Woolen Company, Boston], c1912.. Historic photograph from the Boston collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Women working at machines, beaming and inspecting yarn, American Woolen Company, Boston]

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Women tending machines that wind and inspect yarn make this print stand out from the many factory views in the collection, because its subject is the work of the hands and eyes at the machine rather than the building itself. The picture dates to about 1912 and was issued by the American Woolen Company, a large textile firm that had its headquarters in Boston and operated mills across New England. Beaming, the process of winding yarn evenly onto a large spool or beam ahead of weaving, and inspection were skilled tasks in the wool trade of that era. The record's "No. 31" suggests it was one of a numbered series of company photographs used to present its operations.

Created / publishedc1912.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesCopyright by American Woolen Company, Boston. No. 31.
SubjectsAmerican Woolen Company--Equipment & supplies--Massachusetts--Boston--1910-1920. Wool industry--Massachusetts--Boston--1910-1920. Factories--Massachusetts--Boston--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan839 × 664 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-198850

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