Cloth finishing equipment, Lowell Textile School, Lowell, Mass. [graphic]

Cloth finishing equipment, Lowell Textile School, Lowell, Mass. [graphic]

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Title:
Cloth finishing equipment, Lowell Textile School, Lowell, Mass. [graphic]
Description:
Cloth finishing equipment, Lowell Textile School, Lowell, Mass. Gelatin silver print, [1900-20?]. Image depicts a room full of cloth finishing equipment at the Lowell Textile School (now part of the University of Massachusetts Lowell) in Lowell, Mass. Equipment most likely a gift of the Davis & Furber Machine Company of North Andover, Mass. Finishing covered processes designed to impart special characteristics to a fabric, such as mercerizing, calendering, embossing, etc. The Lowell Textile School, as it was known in the early 20th century, granted a degree in textiles. 76.25 x 57.25 cm. (OCLC)
Date:
1900–1920
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Gelatin silver prints
Location:
American Textile History Museum
Collection (local):
Osborne Library
Subjects:
Textile machinery
Textile finishing
Lowell Textile School
University of Massachusetts at Lowell
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Lowell
Extent:
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; 76.25 x 57.25 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/4j03dc14b
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Language:
English
Notes:
The Lowell Textile School, as it was known in the early 20th century, granted a degree in textiles.
Notes (ownership):
The American Textile History Museum closed in 2016. This item has been transferred to the Kheel Center at Cornell University Library.
Notes (object):
Condition: Fair - several cracks in top edge of photo
Accession #:
0000.64.2