Historic Textile Factories

Stereographs of 19th-century textile mills, capturing factory interiors, workers, and machinery in various cotton and linen production settings.

Wellington Retail Store, circa 1900, Wellington, maker unknown.

Wellington Retail Store, circa 1900, Wellington, maker unknown.

Mill no. 4. Ring twisting department. Willimantic Linen Co. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Connecticut, Linen industry , Connecticut , Willimantic (Conn.), Photography, Industrial, Willimantic (Conn.), Willimantic Linen Company, Interiors

Worker on a mechanical device in a factory, anonymous, c. 1850 - c. 1880 stereograph Europe cardboard. photographic support albumen print working class, labourers. factory-interior, machine shop Europe

Pump, Annex, Machinery Hall. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Spool room 1870 - 1879. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Fall River (Mass.), Interiors, Textile workers

Interior of a paper mill, Lewiston, Maine. Androscoggin Photograph Company

Stereo gelatin photograph by Underwood & Underwood from 1903 showing glass plate production via cast molding in Tarantum, Pennsylvania.

Factory, interior view. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Buffalo (N.Y.)

Steel works, Pittsburgh, Pa., beam of hot iron in rolling mill, drawn out 00 feet long. 1886 - 1915. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh (Pa.)

Wilkins & Co. Factory. Chase & Bachrach (American, founded about 1865, dissolved 1868)

Interior of a factory with workers at Orange, Massachusetts. C.H. Wells (American, active Orange, Massachusetts 1870s)

General view of a weaving room. Silk industry, South Manchester, Conn., U.S.A. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1914. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Connecticut, Silk industry , Connecticut , South Manchester

Engraving room, Pacific , Textile industry, Pacific Mills

Filter presses, where process of removing impurities is completed. , Beets, Sugar industry, Food processing machinery

Interior of a workshop near the Nygruvan mine, Sweden, 1867 stereograph Sweden paper. cardboard albumen print workshop-interior Sweden

Pump, Annex, Machinery Hall. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Amoskeag Gingham Mill, Weaving Room. Manchester views. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1875. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Manchester (N.H.), Textile industry, Textile machinery

Gallery of work, Austrian section ..

Mill no. 4. Reeling department. Willimantic Linen Co. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Connecticut, Linen industry , Connecticut , Willimantic (Conn.), Photography, Industrial, Willimantic (Conn.), Willimantic Linen Company, Interiors

Machinery Hall, N. Avenue from E. End. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Filter presses, where process of removing impurities is completed. , Beets, Sugar industry, Food processing machinery

Engine room, mechnics mill. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Fall River (Mass.), Interiors, Machinery

The U.S. Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass. , Naval yards & naval stations, Charlestown Navy Yard Mass.

Amoskeag Mills, No. 3 Card Room. Manchester views. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1875. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Manchester (N.H.), Textile industry

Spinning room, mechanics mill. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Fall River (Mass.), Interiors, Textile industry, Spinning

Picker Room of the Gromet Mill. Fall River, Mass.. Unknown maker, American

Dry Press Room, Manufacturing United States Currency. U.S. Treasury Department. Bell & Brother

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. Dutch cotton mine hengelo. Various shelters machines. undated. Hengelo, Overijssel

Machinery Hall, N. Avenue from E. End. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Corliss engine. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Louisville Industrial Exposition, 1872: interior view showing products exhibited, including pans, stoves, etc. Louisville Industrial Exposition, 1872. 1872. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Kentucky, Louisville (Ky.)

Butchering salmon,interior of a canning establishment, Astoria, Oregon, U.S.A. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon

Spinning room, Cotton mill, Langley, S.C. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. South Carolina, Spinning apparatus, Cotton industry

Transept. Machinery Hall. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

French department in the machine hall at the World Exhibition of 1867, Léon & Lévy, 1867 stereograph Paris cardboard. paper albumen print world fair, world exhibition Paris

Operators at their levers handling converters and ladles , Steel industry, Machinery, Steel, Factories, Iron & steel workers

Inspecting paper, delivered by machine, Holyoke, Mass. 1910. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Holyoke (Mass.), Paper industry

Suspension Bridge, interior view. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Rivers , New York (State), Waterfalls , New York (State), Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.), Rivers , Ontario, Waterfalls , Ontario

Bleaching vats for cloth in the piece. Silk industry, South Manchester, Conn., U.S.A. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1914. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Connecticut, Silk industry , Connecticut , South Manchester, Bleaching

Lobster factory. Mt. Desert Scenery. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Maine, Mount Desert Island (Me.)

Louisville Industrial Exposition, 1872: lamp exhibition. Louisville Industrial Exposition, 1872. 1872. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Kentucky, Louisville (Ky.)

Wilkins & Co. Factory. Chase & Bachrach (American, founded about 1865, dissolved 1868)

Man at thread machine. Unknown maker, American

Printing room,American Print Works. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Fall River (Mass.), Printers, Interiors, Printing industry, Printing machinery

Hides being removed from the tanning vats. , Leather industry, Hides & skins

Fashionable billiard hall, N.Y. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Theaters , New York (State) , New York, Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), Entertainment , New York (State) , New York

Holly Water Works, Saratoga, N.Y. Saratoga views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Health resorts , New York (State) , Saratoga Springs (N.Y.), Saratoga Springs (N.Y.), Waterworks

Machinery Hall, South Avenue from E. End. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

First Premium (Silver Medal) to Cornelius & Sons, for Gas Fixtures in the Franklin Institute Exhibition, 1874. Cornelius & Sons' gas fixtures, at the Franklin Institute exhibition, Oct. 1874. 1874. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Pa.)

Cotton Bales. O. Pierre Havens (American, 1838 - 1912, active Savannah, Georgia)

Interior of English Co.'s quartz mill,near Reno. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Nevada

The new air compressors which furnish power to drive the drills, about 500 feet below the surface of the earth. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Hoosac Tunnel (Mass.), Tunnels , Massachusetts

Machinery Hall, North Avenue. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Gelatin paper stereo photograph from 1904 by Underwood & Underwood showing the washing system of the Burma Rubinen Pit Company in Mogok, Burma, capturing industrial equipment and workers.

Hoisted car of coal ready to be dumped, Scranton, Pa. , Coal mining, Hoisting machinery, Coal

Interior of a factory of wallpaper ..

Carpenters. Attributed to Thomas Sutton (British, 1819 - 1875)

P. R. R. shops, Altoona, Pa. Wheel-foundry. Views among the Alleghenies. Penna. Railroad. 139. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Allegheny Mountains, Railroad shops & yards, Altoona (Pa.)

A Cotton Gin; Franklin G. Weller (American, 1833 - 1877); about 1870; Albumen silver print

A Cotton Gin.. Franklin G. Weller (American, 1833 - 1877)

Corliss engine. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Silversmelij in San Francisco, Carleton E. Watkins, 1871 - 1891 stereograph San Francisco cardboard. paper albumen print forging (industrial process) San Francisco

Machinery Hall, S. Avenue. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Three carpenters in a workshop, anonymous, c. 1850 - c. 1880 stereograph Europe cardboard. photographic support albumen print carpenter Europe

California Standard Sack Co., 36 Clay Street.. Eadweard J. Muybridge (American, born England, 1830 - 1904)

Woolens carding room No. 1 mill and no. 2, Washington Mills. Woolens carding room No. 1 mill and no. 2, Washington Mills

Two people for a rag house in Amsterdam, Anonymous, 1890 - 1920 stereograph Amsterdam cardboard. baryta paper working class, labourers. materials ~ textile industry Amsterdam

Interior of the Weaving Mill. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1875. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Manchester (N.H.), Textile industry

Albumin photograph showing the Switzerland and Belgium machine hall at the 1873 World Exhibition in Vienna, with machinery, exhibition layout, and hall structure.

Breech Mechanism Department (Navy Yard), Washington, D.C., U.S.A. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1898. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (D.C.), Naval yards & naval stations, Ordnance industry

Ottoman department in the machine hall at the World Exhibition of 1867, Léon & Lévy, 1867 stereograph Paris cardboard. paper albumen print world fair, world exhibition. machines; parts of machines; tools and appliances. interior of industrial structures (regardless of the materials processed or the products made Paris

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. Dutch cotton mine hengelo. Various shelters machines. undated. Hengelo, Overijssel

Breaking up the bed , Iron industry, Furnaces, Factories, Molds Shaping tools, Iron & steel workers

Conveyor of boxes, filling room, oil industry, Port Arthur, Texas, U.S.A.. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1915. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas, Petroleum industry, Conveying systems, Port Arthur (Tex.)

Factory of Telegraphs and Weights of all kinds and products of the "iron, steel and copper at ul. Marsza Kowska in Warsaw. Telegraphic construction workshop; Brandel, Konrad (1838-1920); 1873 (1870-00-00-1870-00-00);Telegraph Factory, Méyet, Leopold (1850-1912) - collection, Warsaw (Masovian Voivodeship), Dar (provenance), factory

Spooling room, mechanics mill. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Fall River (Mass.), Interiors, Textile industry

Slate pickers, Anthracite Coal Mining, Scranton, Pa., U.S.A. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Scranton (Pa.)

Market scene in the Netherlands, 1890 - 1930 stereograph Netherlands baryta paper. cardboard market Netherlands

Machinery Hall, Krupp exhibit. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Drying kilns, New Zealand, by Beattie & Sanderson.

Spooling room, mechanics mill, Fall River, Mass. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Fall River (Mass.), Interiors, Textile industry

Unloading Coal 1880-1889 United States. Albumen print, stereo, No. 934 from the series Milwaukee and Vicinity . Henry Hamilton Bennett

Manufacturer of wooden tons at work on the street, Anonymous, c. 1850 - c. 1880 stereograph EuropeParis cardboard. photographic support albumen print wooden container: barrel, cask, bucket. handicrafts, craftsman at work Europe

Interior View of Snow Covering, Central Pacific Railroad.. Thomas Houseworth & Company

Chain shop, state prison, Boston. American views, people's series. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Charlestown (Boston, Mass.)

Native weaver at work, Ramallah, Palestine , Weaving, Looms

P. R. R. shops Altoona, Pa. iron foundry. Views among the Alleghenies. Penna. Railroad. 130. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Allegheny Mountains, Railroad shops & yards, Foundries, Altoona (Pa.)

Opening bales of raw silk as it arrives from China, Japan and Italy. Silk industry (reeled silk), South Manchester, Conn., U.S.A. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1914. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Connecticut, Silk industry , Connecticut , South Manchester

Metropolitan Water Works Miscellaneous, Coffin Valve Company, valve, Mass., ca. 1900-1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, valves hardware

Machinery Hall, S. Avenue. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Japanese Cloisonne Manufacture. A kiln where small pieces are fired.. Carleton H. Graves (American, 1867 - 1943)

Cheese factory. Unknown

Plantation View. Scene at the Pump..

Turkische Geschutre in Arsenal. von Oprawil & Co.

Gelatin paper stereo photograph from 1900 by Underwood & Underwood showing loading of wheat onto steamers in Fort William, Canada, capturing workers and dockside activity.

'How de debble does day make a bicycle' , Processes & techniques

Fixby, Fobes & Co., St. Louis paper bag factory. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Missouri, Saint Louis (Mo.), Factories, Machinery, Bags

Interior view, Pacific cotton mills, boilers for dyes , Textile industry, Pacific Mills

View of engineers on the project at work in their office. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Interiors, Engineers

Interior of a Sugar house. Negroes making Sugar - an interesting operation..

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