"Drawing Machines--Cheney Brothers' Factory"; Photograph, 1915. Women workers tending room full of drawing machines, feeding lapped fiber batts into machine that draws the fibers into narrower rolls in preparation for spinning. One of 46 photographic reproductions of views illustrating sericulture in Japan and silk manufacture in the Cheney Brothers factory in South Manchester, Connecticut. Donated by Cheney Brothers in 1915 for use in the National Museum's Textile Hall. With caption, 12" x 10". Keystone View Co.