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Singer sewing machine ad, 1890sAdvertisement for the Singer Automatic sewing machine, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
Cloth labels from American textile mills, 1800sLabels for cloth woven at 19th-century textile mills, displayed in Lowell, Massachusetts. Photograph
Jacquard loom, 1880sWoman worker using a mechanized Jacquard loom, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illlustration
HOUS2A-00150Quilting party in western Virginia, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Machine-spun thread on a bobbin in the Lowell millsBobbins with machine-spun thread, Boott Cotton Mills, Lowell, Massachusetts. Photograph
New England textile factory, 1800sSugar River textile mill in Newport, New Hampshire, about 1880. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Seamstress, 1800sWoman sewing to earn money at home, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Making silk in early ChinaSilk-making in the early days of China. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration
HOUS2D-00048Woman reenactor sewing, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph
HOUS2D-00049Woman reenactor sewing, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph
HOUS2D-00063Woman reenactor sewing at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph
HOUS2D-00064African-American woman reenactor in a sewing circle at Yorktown, Virginia. Digital photograph
NATL2A-00024Native woman spinning cotton in the ancient way, Mexico. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustratioin
HOUS2D-00054Linsey-woolsey cloth for 18th-century reenactors on sale at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph
Burmese women and a spinning wheelBurmese woman spinning, another at a loom (left), and a woman (right) from Ava, former capital of Burma. Antique hand-colored print
Knitting mill workersWorkers at their machines in a knitting mill, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Textile workers collecting their pay, 1890sPayday in the weaving department of a textile mill, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
BUSN2A-00004Textile workers in a northern mill, mid-1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
BUSN2A-00042Lowell girls weaving in Massachusetts textile mills, 1850s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration
BUSN2A-00050Boott Cotton Mills on the Merrimac River in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
BUSN2A-00051Textile mills line the Merrimac and Concord rivers in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1830s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
BUSN2P-00075Power looms inside the Boott Cotton Mills, Lowell National Historical Park, Massachusetts. Photograph
BUSN2P-00097Fabric label for cloth woven in Lowell mills, Boott Cotton Mill Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts. Photograph
BUSN2P-00012Slaters Mill, first US textile factory, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Photograph
BUSN2P-00050Textile mills along the Blackstone River, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Photograph
NATI2A-00175Navajo family seated in front of their blanket loom, about 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph
HOUS2A-00101Woman weaving on the porch of her Appalachian cabin, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HOUS2A-00135Ladies enjoying their sewing circle, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HOUS2A-00149Women sewing at home by light from a window. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HOUS2D-00023Reenactors weaving on belt looms at a Revolutionary War reenactment, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph
HOUS2D-00024Reenactor weaving on a belt loom at a Revolutionary War reenactment, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph
HOUS2D-00043Weaving on a laptop hand-loom, Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph
HOUS2D-00057Womens sewing circle reenacted at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph
HOUS2D-00059African-American woman reenactor sewing at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph
HOUS2D-00053Calico cloth for 18th-century reenactors on sale at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph
BUSN2A-00070MIll worker tending mule-spinners, an industrial textile machine, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
BUSN2A-00046Women garment workers in the dressmaking department of a factory, about 1890. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration
BUSN2A-00164Weaving at Spitalfields, England, 1700s. Hand-colored engraving from a Hogarth illustration