Cloth Collection

Cloth labels from American textile mills, 1800s
Labels for cloth woven at 19th-century textile mills, displayed in Lowell, Massachusetts. Photograph

Jacquard loom, 1880s
Woman worker using a mechanized Jacquard loom, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illlustration

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Quilting party in western Virginia, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Machine-spun thread on a bobbin in the Lowell mills
Bobbins with machine-spun thread, Boott Cotton Mills, Lowell, Massachusetts. Photograph

New England textile factory, 1800s
Sugar River textile mill in Newport, New Hampshire, about 1880. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Weaver at his loom in Europe, 1600s. Hand-colored engraving of a 17th-century illustration by J. Amman

Seamstress, 1800s
Woman sewing to earn money at home, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Woman stitching a patchwork quilt, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Shops in a medieval French town
Apothecary, barber, furrier, and tailor shops along a street in the 1400s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a medieval illustration

Dry-goods store in Boston, 1850s
Driggss Lace & Bonnet Store on Hanover Street, Boston, 1852. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Greek women at their household chores
Women occupied with sewing, spinning, and other household chores in ancient Greece. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Making silk in early China
Silk-making in the early days of China. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Man weaving on a large hand-loom. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Young girl learning to sew, frontier America. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Woman reenactor sewing, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

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Woman reenactor sewing, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

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Woman reenactor sewing at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

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African-American woman reenactor in a sewing circle at Yorktown, Virginia. Digital photograph

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Native woman spinning cotton in the ancient way, Mexico. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustratioin

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Linsey-woolsey cloth for 18th-century reenactors on sale at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

Burmese women and a spinning wheel
Burmese woman spinning, another at a loom (left), and a woman (right) from Ava, former capital of Burma. Antique hand-colored print

Knitting mill workers
Workers at their machines in a knitting mill, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Textile workers collecting their pay, 1890s
Payday in the weaving department of a textile mill, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Textile workers in a northern mill, mid-1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Lowell girls weaving in Massachusetts textile mills, 1850s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Dry-goods sales room in Boston, 1850s
Second floor of Driggss Lace & Bonnet store in Boston, 1852. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Boott Cotton Mills on the Merrimac River in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Textile mills line the Merrimac and Concord rivers in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1830s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Power looms inside the Boott Cotton Mills, Lowell National Historical Park, Massachusetts. Photograph

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Fabric label for cloth woven in Lowell mills, Boott Cotton Mill Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts. Photograph

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Slaters Mill, first US textile factory, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Photograph

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Textile mills along the Blackstone River, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Photograph

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Patriotic American colonial woman spinning to avoid importing British cloth before the Revolutionary War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Woman weaving on the porch of her Appalachian cabin, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Ladies enjoying their sewing circle, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Women sewing at home by light from a window. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Reenactors weaving on belt looms at a Revolutionary War reenactment, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

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Reenactor weaving on a belt loom at a Revolutionary War reenactment, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

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Weaving on a laptop hand-loom, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

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Womens sewing circle reenacted at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

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African-American woman reenactor sewing at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

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Calico cloth for 18th-century reenactors on sale at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

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MIll worker tending mule-spinners, an industrial textile machine, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Women garment workers in the dressmaking department of a factory, about 1890. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

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A rural English cottage, with a woman spinning, a traveler, and a hunter, 1600s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a 17th-century illustration

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Weaving at Spitalfields, England, 1700s. Hand-colored engraving from a Hogarth illustration

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