Textiles

Object Details

See more items in: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Series 2: Other Collection Divisions; Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Series 2: Other Collection Divisions / 2.2: Stereographs / Textiles

Sponsor: Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF). Digitization of Series 2.2: Stereographs was made possible by Andrew and Anya Shiva.

Series Citation: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Series Rights: Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Scope and Contents note: (1) "Middlesex Woolen Mill, Lowell" [Mass.]: faded albumen print on flat yellow card from "American Views. / New Series." (2) "No. 58. Monadnock Mills and Dam, from North St.," albumen print on flat green mount, from "Claremont and Vicinity" series by "French & Sawyer, Keene," with advertisement for Joseph L. Bates version of Holmes stereoscope, sold by French & Sawyer, on verso (originally CBA # 189). (3-6) four views by Kilburn Bros., two (duplicates) of the Mechanics Mill (Fall River, Mass.?) and two of the American Print Works. (7-8) by unidentified photographers (one was CBA # 198) of mill exteriors. These and the Kilburns are all on flat yellow mounts. (9) Card by Julius M. Wendt (Albany, N.Y.), exterior view of the Chuctanunda Knitting Mills, on a lightly warped gray card (ca. 1900 or later)

Series Restrictions: Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalogs restricted due to fragile condition. Researchers should consult microfilm in NMAH library for 1880-1983 editions, drawer 692.