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Miscellaneous Material Associated with Weaving, Textiles, and Related Subjects

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Equipment catalogs and instruction manuals

---. Automatic Dobby Dress Goods Loom, Crompton & Knowles Loom Works, 4 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted November 18, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 904 KB PDF


---. Automatic Intermediate Worsted Loom, Crompton & Knowles Loom Works, 4 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted November 18, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 988 KB PDF


---. Catalogue of Knowles Loom Parts, Crompton and Knowles, 1911, 69 pages. Posted June 13, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 6.9 MB PDF


---. Crompton & Knowles Narrow Fabric Loom, Crompton & Knowles Loom Works, 4 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted November 18, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 984 KB PDF


---. Descriptive Catalog of Machines Built by the Bridesburg Manufacturing Company, Bridesburg Manufacturing Company, 1867, 123 pages. Note: 2-up, portrait mode. 62 document pages. Posted February 1, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 7.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 8.1 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 9.2 MB PDF.


---. Hand-Skill's New Improved Hand Loom, Hand-Skill, 2 pages. Posted December 1, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF


---. Hand-Skill Loom Instruction Book, Hand-Skill, 71 pages. Posted October 2, 2018. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 41.2 MB PDF


---. How to Learn to Weave on a Lezur Loom, Cromaine Crafts, 1939, 8 pages. Note: Digital photography. Posted June 2, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 4.2 MB PDF


---. Instruction Book for Union Loom, Oriental Rug Co., 27 pages. Posted November 7, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.5 MB PDF


---. Instructions for Setting Up and Operating the Weaver's Delight 4-Harness Carpet, Rug and Cloth Loom, Newcomb Loom Co., 1913, 62 pages. Note: Provided by Nancy M. McKenna. 2-up. CD (HWDA09). Posted December 11, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF


---. Instructions for Setting up and Operating the Weaver's Friend Carpet and Rug Loom, Newcomb Loom Company, 40 pages. CD (HWDA10). Posted September 6, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.6 MB PDF


---. Labor Saving Looms, first edition, The Draper company (Hopedale, MA), 1904, 232 pages. Posted September 3, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 8.9 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 6.2 MB PDF.


---. Looms, Weaving Supplies, Springfield, OH: Reed Loom Company, 12 pages. Posted February 10, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.6 MB PDF


---. Morgan Inkle Loom, 10 pages. Posted July 24, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 828 KB PDF


---. Simplified Weaving with the Peacock 6-Inch Loom, The Handicrafters, 4 pages. Note: Provided by Nancy M. McKenna. 2-up. CD (HWDA09). Posted December 11, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF


---. The Madmar-Bush Lap Loom, Madmar Quality, Co., Utica New York, 12 pages. Posted May 27, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 664 KB PDF


---. Union Rug & Carpet Looms for Home and Custom Weaving, Union Loom Works, 28 pages. CD (HWDA09). Posted July 18, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 2.4 MB PDF


---. Whitin Combing Machinery, Whitin Machinery Company, 1922, 74 pages. Posted November 18, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 5.4 MB PDF


de Neergaard, Elna M. The Tawido Looms, 12 pages. Posted December 24, 2001. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.0 MB PDF


Fraser, William McLeod. The Fales & Jenks Ring Spinning Frame for Cotton, Fales & Jenks Machine Company, 1925, 122 pages. Note: Portion of large table of numerical values omitted. Posted November 18, 2002. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 7 MB PDF


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