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Making-up room, Lawrence Hosiery Co., Lowell, Mass., ca. 1865

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

ca. 1865

Location Note

Stereo Views: Occupations and Pastimes: Industry: Textiles: Mass.: Lowell

GUSN

GUSN-195943

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Description

Women textile workers sit at their stations in the making-up room of the Lawrence Hosiery Mill in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

women (female humans)
textile workers
textile mills
stereographs
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000982
AccessID 1291
Other identifier HNEDID-000982

Physical Description

1 stereograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.04.02.4050.001

Places

Lowell (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Towle, S. (Photographer)

Material Type

stereographs
photographs

Other Organizations

Lawrence Hosiery Co.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Stereo Views: Occupations and Pastimes: Industry: Textiles: Mass.: Lowell

Historical/Biographical Note

Sources


http://www.historicnewengland.org/collections-archives-exhibitions/online-exhibitions/From_Diary_to_Doorstep/page_3.htm

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