"Close View of Raw Silk Skeins--Cheney Brothers Factory"; Photograph, 1915. Keystone View Co. Shot of mound of skeins of shining silk. 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".
"Doubling Machine--Cheney Brothers' Factory"; Photograph, 1915. Interior mill view with rows of machines holding spools of silk filaments for doubling into thread. Keystone View Co. 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".
"Filature Waste, Washed--Cheney Brothers' Factory"; Photograph, 1915. Back view of woman worker, standing by pile of waste silk heaped on sacking. 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 captions. 12" x 10". Keystone View Co.
Photograph - "Feeding silk worms with mulberry leaves - Japan"; Young female worker spreading mulberry leaves on racks of silkworms. Keystone Views. 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".
"Pierced Cocoons--Cheney Brothers' Factory"; Photograph, 1915. Keystone View Co. Mound of pierced cocoons, meaning the filament has been cut; therefore used for spun silk yarn as opposed to thrown (long filament) silk. 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".
Photograph - "Silk cocoons in their nests - Japan"; Keystone Views. Shows cocoons in place with waste floss on nesting straw. 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".
Photograph; "Reeling Silk From Cocoons - Japan"; ca. 1915. Depicts Japanese woman in traditional dress reeling silk by hand on a small reel, with basin. Keystone View Co. 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".
"High Speed Spinner--Cheney Brothers' Factory"; Photograph, 1915. Keystone View Co. Depicts process of spinning silk thread from several filaments on bobbins. 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".
Photograph - "Making nests for the silk worms - Japan"; Keystone Views. Japanese women in traditional dress placing silkworms onto straw nesting materials for cocoon 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".
"Warping--Cheney Brothers' Factory"; Photograph, 1915. Mill interior view with long row of women workers tending the warping frames in preparation for warping the looms and weaving silk cloth. 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.
"Mechanical Twister at Work--Cheney Brothers' Factory"; Photograph, 1915. Mill interior with young woman in foreground tending a twisting machine; Male workers in distance. Keystone View Co. 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".
"High Speed Loom--Cheney Brothers' Factory"; Photograph, 1915. Mill interior showing rows of looms with quills at the sides. High speed looms for plain silk fabrics. Keystone View Co. 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".
"Weighing raw silk--Japan"; Photograph, Cheney Brothers, 1915. Keystone View Co. Men in traditional Japanese dress weighing bobbins or skeins of raw silk. 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".
"Flag from Dressing Machine--Cheney Brothers"; Photograph, 1915. Adult male worker in overall inspecting the 'flag' or short raw silk fibers for spun silk yarns, in a mill setting. Keystone View Co. 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".
"Vats for Dyeing Cloth--Cheney Brothers' Factory"; photograph, 1915. View of mill interior with dyeing vats; one workman in distance.Keystone Views. 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".
Photograph, "Sorting and Cleaning Filature Waste - Cheney Brothers' Factory". Keystone View Company. Depicts women workers in Connecticut mill working with mounds of waste silk. 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".
Photograph, "Boiling Cocoons and Reeling Silk--Japan", 1915. Illustrates interior of modernized Japanese filature; female workers in traditional Japanese dress working at basins of cocoons with mechanized reelers overhead. Keystone View Co. 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".
"Rolls of Dressed Fiber--Cheney Brothers' Factory"; Photograph, 1915. Neat stack of shining silk fibers in rolls, as they come off the dressing machine. 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
"Inspecting Flags--Cheney Brothers' Factory"; Photograph, 1915. Female worker seated at inspection table; looking over 'flags' or batts, of dressed silk fibers. Keystone View Co. 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".
"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.
