Loom fixers
- Title:
- Loom fixers
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- Labor and Work
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Creation Date:
- 1942-07-08
- ID Number:
- 1990-138-9
- Collection Number:
- 6642 P
- Athm Number:
- 1990.138.9
- File Name:
- 1990-138-9.jpg
- Transcription:
- Recto has annotation: Our Gang. Loomfixers. Verso: Big Art - Arthur Pasqualle, Cotie - Albert Cote, Lucien Milletta, Aimie, Arthur, Little Art - Arthur St. Onge. Boott Mills, July 8, Lowell, MA.
- Work Type:
- photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver prints
- Subject:
- Textile factories
looms
Weaving
Textile Industry
male employees - Measurement:
- 6.5 x 9.25 (centimeters, width x height)
- Description:
- Snapshot of a group of 6 medium-light skinned men posed outside, the Boott Mills clock tower visible in the background. The men are dressed in workwear: several in overalls and shirtsleeves, none in hats. Several of the men are smiling. The shadow of the photographer is visible in the lower left corner. Handwritten text in blue at the top reads "Our Gang", and at the bottom reads "Loomfixers."
- Cite As:
- Frances A. Olawski Collection of Boott Mills Photographs. 6642 P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
- Repository:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
- Archival Collection:
- Frances A. Olawski Collection of Boott Mills Photographs
- Box:
- 1
- Folder:
- 1
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The copyright status and copyright owners of most of the images in the Mellon Teaching Sets Collection are unknown. Whenever possible, information on current rights owners is included with the image. Digitization took place at varied times from items held at The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives in service of a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Cornell is providing access to low-resolution, non-downloadable versions of the materials as a digital aggregate under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial research and educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. For more information about these volumes, please contact The Kheel Center at kheelref@cornell.edu. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.