Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles

Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles

Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles

[Threads in a textile factory, Paterson, New Jersey]

[Jackson Winding and Warping Company, Paterson, New Jersey]

[Worker hanging skeins to dry, Paterson, New Jersey]

[Loom laid out on carrier, Paterson, New Jersey]

[Madison Silk Co. Passaic River, Paterson, New Jersey]

[Worker twisting warp ends on to "from" ends, Paterson, New Jersey]

[Worker removing skeins after soaking in solution, Paterson, New Jersey]

[Worker with silk skeins on winding creels or swifts, Paterson, New Jersey]

[Worker untying packages of silk prior to soaking skeins, Paterson, New Jersey]

[Worker examining and picking fabric, removing loose ends with a tweezer, Paterson, New Jersey]

[Quiller holding rack of full quills ready to be inserted in shuttles for weaving, Paterson, New Jersey]

[Worker tying thread of full bobbin to thread of partially exhausted bobbin, which will be replaced by former, Paterson, New Jersey]

[Worker removing skeins from whizzer and hanging them on racks to dry after drying process, Paterson, New Jersey]

[Worker tying thread of full bobbin to thread of partially exhausted bobbin, which will be replaced by former, Paterson, New Jersey]

[Worker soaking silk skeins in boiled water to free it of gum, Madison Silk Company in Barnert Mills, Paterson, New Jersey]

[Worker operating Crompton-Knowles advanced loom that silves problem of weaving rayon and acetate together, Wishnack Silk Company, Paterson, New Jersey]

[Worker taking dried skeins from rack and putting on swift of winding machine that winds yarn from skein on bobbins, Paterson, New Jersey]

[Only Sipp-Eastwood high-speed warper in country, which completes one warp in one hour, Jackson Winding and Warping Company, Paterson, New Jersey]