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Textile Collection

Background imageTextile Collection: Singer sewing machine ad, 1890s

Singer sewing machine ad, 1890s
Advertisement for the Singer Automatic sewing machine, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageTextile Collection: Cloth labels from American textile mills, 1800s

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

Background imageTextile Collection: Jacquard loom, 1880s

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

Background imageTextile Collection: HOUS2A-00150

HOUS2A-00150
Quilting party in western Virginia, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTextile Collection: Machine-spun thread on a bobbin in the Lowell mills

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

Background imageTextile Collection: New England textile factory, 1800s

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

Background imageTextile Collection: Seamstress, 1800s

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

Background imageTextile Collection: Making silk in early China

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

Background imageTextile Collection: HOUS2D-00048

HOUS2D-00048
Woman reenactor sewing, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

Background imageTextile Collection: HOUS2D-00049

HOUS2D-00049
Woman reenactor sewing, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

Background imageTextile Collection: HOUS2D-00063

HOUS2D-00063
Woman reenactor sewing at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

Background imageTextile Collection: HOUS2D-00064

HOUS2D-00064
African-American woman reenactor in a sewing circle at Yorktown, Virginia. Digital photograph

Background imageTextile Collection: NATL2A-00024

NATL2A-00024
Native woman spinning cotton in the ancient way, Mexico. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustratioin

Background imageTextile Collection: HOUS2D-00054

HOUS2D-00054
Linsey-woolsey cloth for 18th-century reenactors on sale at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

Background imageTextile Collection: Burmese women and a spinning wheel

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

Background imageTextile Collection: Knitting mill workers

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

Background imageTextile Collection: Textile workers collecting their pay, 1890s

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

Background imageTextile Collection: BUSN2A-00004

BUSN2A-00004
Textile workers in a northern mill, mid-1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTextile Collection: BUSN2A-00042

BUSN2A-00042
Lowell girls weaving in Massachusetts textile mills, 1850s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTextile Collection: BUSN2A-00050

BUSN2A-00050
Boott Cotton Mills on the Merrimac River in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTextile Collection: BUSN2A-00051

BUSN2A-00051
Textile mills line the Merrimac and Concord rivers in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1830s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTextile Collection: BUSN2P-00075

BUSN2P-00075
Power looms inside the Boott Cotton Mills, Lowell National Historical Park, Massachusetts. Photograph

Background imageTextile Collection: BUSN2P-00097

BUSN2P-00097
Fabric label for cloth woven in Lowell mills, Boott Cotton Mill Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts. Photograph

Background imageTextile Collection: BUSN2P-00012

BUSN2P-00012
Slaters Mill, first US textile factory, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Photograph

Background imageTextile Collection: BUSN2P-00050

BUSN2P-00050
Textile mills along the Blackstone River, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Photograph

Background imageTextile Collection: NATI2A-00175

NATI2A-00175
Navajo family seated in front of their blanket loom, about 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Background imageTextile Collection: HOUS2A-00101

HOUS2A-00101
Woman weaving on the porch of her Appalachian cabin, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTextile Collection: HOUS2A-00135

HOUS2A-00135
Ladies enjoying their sewing circle, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTextile Collection: HOUS2A-00149

HOUS2A-00149
Women sewing at home by light from a window. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTextile Collection: HOUS2D-00023

HOUS2D-00023
Reenactors weaving on belt looms at a Revolutionary War reenactment, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

Background imageTextile Collection: HOUS2D-00024

HOUS2D-00024
Reenactor weaving on a belt loom at a Revolutionary War reenactment, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

Background imageTextile Collection: HOUS2D-00043

HOUS2D-00043
Weaving on a laptop hand-loom, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

Background imageTextile Collection: HOUS2D-00057

HOUS2D-00057
Womens sewing circle reenacted at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

Background imageTextile Collection: HOUS2D-00059

HOUS2D-00059
African-American woman reenactor sewing at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

Background imageTextile Collection: HOUS2D-00053

HOUS2D-00053
Calico cloth for 18th-century reenactors on sale at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

Background imageTextile Collection: BUSN2A-00070

BUSN2A-00070
MIll worker tending mule-spinners, an industrial textile machine, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageTextile Collection: BUSN2A-00046

BUSN2A-00046
Women garment workers in the dressmaking department of a factory, about 1890. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTextile Collection: BUSN2A-00164

BUSN2A-00164
Weaving at Spitalfields, England, 1700s. Hand-colored engraving from a Hogarth illustration


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