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1837 Crompton's Patent Model of a Power Loom

Inventor:
Crompton, William  Search this
Physical Description:
iron (overall material)
brass (overall material)
steel (overall material)
wood (overall material)
leather (overall material)
Measurements:
approx.: 24 in x 14 in x 12 in; 60.96 cm x 35.56 cm x 30.48 cm
Object Name:
loom patent model
Object Type:
Patent Model
model
Inventor's residence:
United States: Massachusetts, Taunton
Associated place:
United States: Massachusetts, Taunton
Model constructed:
before 1837-11-25
Patent date:
1837-11-25
Classified:
Patent Models  Search this
Invention  Search this
Related event:
Expansion and Reform  Search this
Related Publication:
Janssen, Barbara Suit. Patent Models Index
ID Number:
TE.T11411.001
Accession number:
89797
Catalog number:
T11411.001
Patent number:
491
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Home and Community Life: Textiles
Patent Models, Textile Machinery
Textiles
Patent Models
Exhibition:
On the Water
Exhibition Location:
National Museum of American History
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
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edanmdm:nmah_1071095
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1837 Mason's Patent Model of a Loom Temple

Inventor:
Mason, Samuel P.  Search this
Physical Description:
metal (overall material)
Object Name:
loom temple patent model
Object Type:
Patent Model
Associated place:
United States: Rhode Island, Rhode Island, Newport
Model constructed:
before 1837-07-22
Patent date:
1837-07-22
Classified:
Patent Models  Search this
Invention  Search this
Related Publication:
Janssen, Barbara Suit. Patent Models Index
ID Number:
TE.T11414.073
Patent number:
291
001838
Catalog number:
T11414.073
Accession number:
89797
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Home and Community Life: Textiles
Patent Models, Textile Machinery
Textiles
Patent Models
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-217c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1384786

The Crisis Vol. 18 No. 3

Published by:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909  Search this
Edited by:
W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963  Search this
Illustrated by:
Frank Walts, American  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
9 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 1/8 in. (24.8 x 17.1 x 0.3 cm)
Type:
magazines (periodicals)
Place printed:
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Date:
July 1919
Topic:
African American  Search this
Advertising  Search this
Associations and institutions  Search this
Black Press  Search this
Business  Search this
Civil Rights  Search this
Education  Search this
Literature  Search this
Mass media  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Politics  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Social reform  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bobbie Ross in memory of Elizabeth Dillard
Object number:
2012.84.3
Restrictions & Rights:
Public Domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fc5d2f1a-22f1-42b5-bb5b-bed2a76d8689
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.84.3
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A compendious history of the cotton manufacture

Author:
Guest, Richard  Search this
Subject:
Arkwright, Richard Sir 1732-1792  Search this
Physical description:
[5], 70, 3 p. 12 plates. 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
1968
1823
Topic:
Cotton manufacture  Search this
Call number:
TS1565.G7 G93 1823a
TS1565.G7G93 1823a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_23107

A compendious history of the cotton-manufacture; with a disproval of the claim of Sir Richard Arkwright to the invention of its ingenious machinery. By Richard Guest

Author:
Guest, Richard  Search this
Subject:
Arkwright, Richard Sir 1732-1792  Search this
Physical description:
2 p. l., [3]-70, 3 p. 12 pl. 28 x 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
1823
Topic:
Cotton growing  Search this
Cotton manufacture  Search this
Call number:
TS1565.G7 G93
TS1565.G7G93
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_91317

A cotton fabrics glossary

Author:
Bennett, Frank P., & Co  Search this
Physical description:
1 p. l., [5]-738 p. illus. 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1914
[c1914]
Topic:
Cotton growing  Search this
Cotton manufacture  Search this
Call number:
TS1575.C6 1914X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_356951

A cotton fabrics glossary : containing instructions for the manufacture of every known grade and variety of cotton fabrics

Author:
Frank P. Bennett & Company  Search this
Physical description:
348 p. illus. 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1914
[c1907]
Topic:
Cotton growing--Dictionaries  Search this
Cotton manufacture--Dictionaries  Search this
Call number:
TS1575 .C85 1914
TS1575.C85 1914
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_402205

A practical detail of the cotton manufacture of the United States of America and the state of the cotton manufacture of that country contrasted and compared with that of Great Britain; with comparative estimates of the cost of manufacturing in both countries By James Montgomery

Author:
Montgomery, James 1771-1854  Search this
Physical description:
xi, [13]-219 pages, VIII folded leaves of plates illustrations 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1840
Topic:
Cotton manufacture  Search this
Call number:
TS1565.U6 M775 1840
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_937093

A practical detail of the cotton manufacture of the United States of America; and the state of the cotton manufacture of that country contrasted and compared with that of Great Britain; with comparative estimates of the cost of manufacturing in both countries ... Glasgow, J. Niven, 1840

Author:
Montgomery, James 1794-1880  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 219 p. illus., plates (6 fold.) 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1968
[1968]
Topic:
Cotton manufacture  Search this
Call number:
TS1565.U5 M78 1840a
TS1565.U5M78 1840a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_17329

A visit to a cotton mill / by Arthur O. Cooke

Author:
Cooke, Arthur O (Arthur Owens) 1867-1930  Search this
Physical description:
87 p., [6] p. of plates ill. (some col.) 18 cm
Type:
Juvenile literature
Date:
1912
[1912?]
Topic:
Cotton growing--Juvenile literature  Search this
Cotton manufacture  Search this
Call number:
TS1576 .C77 1912
TS1576.C77 1912
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_402879

A – I

Type:
Archival materials
Date:
July 1865–Oct. 1866
Collection Restrictions:
Freedmen's Bureau Digital Collection, 1865–1872, is a product of and owned by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Copyright for digital images is retained by the donor, FamilySearch International; permission for commercial use of the digital images may be requested from FamilySearch International, Intellectual Property Office, at: cor-intellectualproperty@ldschurch.org.
Collection Citation:
Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Identifier:
NMAAHC.FB.M843, File 4.1.1
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Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of North Carolina Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870
Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of North Carolina Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870 / Series 4: Letters Received / 4.1: Entered in Register 1
Archival Repository:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/io3ae7fc1c2-f408-43e0-a5ef-1aae5f303f3a
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Address of Edward Atkinson of Boston, Massachusetts [microform] : given in Atlanta, Georgia, in October, 1880, for the promotion of an international cotton exhibition

Title:
International Cotton Exhibition
Author:
Atkinson, Edward 1827-1905  Search this
Physical description:
36 p. ; 23 cm
Type:
Microforms
Place:
United States
Date:
1881
Topic:
Cotton growing  Search this
Cotton manufacture  Search this
Call number:
mfm 006066.03
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_549075

Address of Edward Atkinson of Boston, Massachusetts, given in Atlanta, Georgia, in October, 1880, for the promotion of an international cotton exhibition

Author:
Atkinson, Edward 1827-1905  Search this
Subject:
International Cotton Exposition (1881 : Atlanta, Ga.)  Search this
Physical description:
36 p. 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1881
Topic:
Cotton growing  Search this
Cotton manufacture  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_461453

Aims and purposes of the Chemical Foundation, Incorporated, and the reasons for its organization, as told by A. Mitchell Palmer ... former Alien Property Custodian, in his report to Congress, and by Francis P. Garvan, Alien Property Custodian, in an address to the National Cotton Manufacturers' Association

Author:
Palmer, Alexander Mitchell 1872-1936  Search this
Garvan, Francis P (Francis Patrick) 1875-1937  Search this
United States Alien Property Custodian  Search this
Subject:
Chemical Foundation (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
70 p., 1 l. 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Germany
Date:
1919
Topic:
World War, 1914-1918--Confiscations and contributions  Search this
Chemical industry  Search this
Call number:
HD9651.9.C5P3X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_231702

American cotton handbook; a handbook reference book for the entire cotton industry, by G. R. Merrill, A. R. Macormac and H. R. Mauersberger. Over 600 illustrations, tables and charts

Author:
Merrill, Gilbert R (Gilbert Roscoe)  Search this
Macormac, Alfred R  Search this
Mauersberger, Herbert R (Herbert Richard) 1896-  Search this
Physical description:
xi, [a]-t, 1024, xli-lxxx p. incl. illus., tables, diagrs. 20 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1941
[c1941]
Topic:
Cotton growing  Search this
Cotton manufacture  Search this
Call number:
TS1575.M4X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_179248

An investigation of the bleaching of cotton textiles in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, 1800 to 1850 / Jeannie Alane Patton

Author:
Patton, Jeannie Alane 1949-  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 239 leaves : ill., maps ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Date:
1979
Topic:
Bleaching  Search this
Dyes and dyeing--Cotton  Search this
Cotton textiles  Search this
Cotton manufacture--History  Search this
Call number:
TP894 .P32 1979
TP894.P32 1979
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_121629

An outline of mechanical engineering with drawings of finished machines, tools & apparatus, of every description, which are used in the different branches of industry, of the newest and most approved construction : as well as a number of different plans, showing the arrangements of well constructed manufactories, such as grist, oil, saw and other mills, foundries, forges, rolling mills, sugar, pap...

Editor:
Mone, F.  Search this
Former owner:
United States Patent Office Scientific Library DSI  Search this
Bureau of Railway Economics (Washington, D.C.) Library DSI  Search this
Publisher:
F. Mone and von Fischerz  Search this
G.P. Putnam & Co.  Search this
Physical description:
[52] pages, [27] leaves of plates (26 doubled) illustrations 60 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1851
19th century
Topic:
Cotton manufacture  Search this
Machine design  Search this
Steam-engines--Design and construction  Search this
Textile factories  Search this
Call number:
TJ240 .M66 1851 folio
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1062936

Baling cotton--a powerful press just releasing a 500-lb. bale--at a mill in Texas. [Active no. 7722 : interpositive.]

Topic:
TEXAS
Publisher:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Collection Creator:
Underwood & Underwood  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (4" x 5")
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Texas
Local Numbers:
RSN 27210
General:
Currently stored in box 3.2.54 [67].
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Cotton manufacture -- 1900-1910 -- Texas  Search this
Bales -- Texas  Search this
Cotton industry -- Texas  Search this
Factories -- Texas  Search this
Machinery -- Texas  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Interpositives -- Glass
Collection Citation:
Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection
Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 3: Underwood & Underwood glass plates / 3.2: Underwood and Underwood Positives / RSN Numbers 27119-27219
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8151b2cdc-e11e-4d24-91a0-d4e728c028ad
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0143-ref24969

Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Company

Series Creator:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Poster of manufacturing facilities drawing.
Series Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Series Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Series Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Textiles, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Textiles
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Textiles / Business Records and Marketing Material / Advertising, Oversize
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c91a4b8d-6cdc-44ed-a482-62523d8ad3d5
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-textiles-ref238

Bibliography of the cotton manufacture, by C.J.H. Woodbury... secretary of the National association of cotton manufacturers

Author:
Woodbury, C. J. H (Charles Jeptha Hill) 1851-1916  Search this
National association of cotton manufacturers  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. front. 26 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1909
1909-10
Topic:
Cotton manufacture--Bibliography  Search this
Cotton trade--Bibliography  Search this
Cotton--Bibliography  Search this
Call number:
Z5701 .W75X
Z5701.W75X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_38463

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