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Technology  

Spinning Frame   spinningframe
Edison Hydro Electric Dynamo   generator
Oil Canister   HG_1995.14.2
Oil Canister   HG_1995.14.1
Mill Pick   HG_1983.3.5
Mill Pick   1983.3.4
Shuttle Track   HG_1994.71.5
Shuttle Track   1994.71.4
Brush   HG_1995.40.4
Bobbin   HG_1995.14.4
Bobbin   HG_1994.71.1
Bobbin   1999_T6a
Hand Card   2000_T15
Bobbin   HG_1992.40.4
Bobbin   HG_1992.40.3
Bobbin   HG_1992.40.2
Sliver Brush   HG_1995.40.2
Textile Workers Scissors Case   HG_1995.14.10
Textile Workers Scissors Case   HG_1994.71.2b
Textile Worker's Scissors   HG_1994.71.2a
Dying Tube   HG_1996.53.4
?   2001_T1n
Shuttle   HG_1994.71.3a
Pick Counter Pouch   HG_1994.71.9b
Pick Counter   HG_1994.71.9a
Shuttle   HG_1995.14.9
Pencil   HG_1992.40.12
Pencil   HG_1992.40.11
Pencil   HG_1992.40.9
Pencil   HG_1992.40.13
Pencil   HG_1992.40.8
Pencil   HG_1992.40.10
Spinning Machine Band   HG_1992.40.1
Reed Hook   HG_1994.71.7
Reed Hook   HG_1994.71.6
Reed Hook   HG_1991.71.8
Textile Worker's Clippers   HG_1994.56.1
?   2001_T1m
Traveller Hook   HG_1994.71.15
Traveller Hook   HG_1992.40.7
Textile Worker's Clippers   HG_1995.40.3
Picker   HG_1992.84.3
Picker   HG_1992.84.2
Tin   HG_1992.40.5
Scientific American Oct. 18, 1879   GCM Purchase
Spencer Mountain Damask   2000_T5b
Flat Shuttle   HG_1995.39.1.2
Spinning Bobbin   1999_T16
Spinning Bobbin   1999_T16b
Spinning Bobbin   1999_T16c
Bobbin   1999_T6c
Shuttle   1999_T6e
Whitin Textile Machinery Catalog   1999_T9a
Cotton Mill Machinery Calculations Volume One by B.M. Parker   1999_T9b
Saco-Lowell Cards and Lap Winders   1999_T9d
Saco-Lowell Spinning Catalogue of Parts   1983.12.52
Component Parts of Drawing Frames 1921 Edition   1983.12.42
Cotton Card-Room Machinery Catalog   1999_T9e
Component Parts of Band Drive Spinning Frames and Twisters 1924 Edition   1999_T9c
Practical and Efficient Spinning   1999_T9f
The Foster High Speed Winder Model 102 List of Parts   1983.12.30
Balance Scale   HG_1991.6
Fire Bucket   HG_1992.84.1
Lightening Rod   HG_1990.27.1
?   2001_T1d
Bobbin   HG_1982.10.7.9
Bobbin   HG_1982.10.7.1
Bobbin   HG_1982.10.7.23
Bobbin   HG_1982.10.7.19
Bobbin   HG_1982.10.7.10
Bobbin   HG_1982.10.7.2
Bobbin   HG_1982.10.7.7
Bobbin   HG_1982.10.7.22
Bobbin   HG_1994.91.5
Bobbin   HG_1982.10.7.14
Bobbin   HG_1982.10.7.15
Bobbin   HG_1982.10.7.20
Bobbin   HG_1994.91.7
Bobbin   HG_1982.10.7.11
Bobbin   HG_1994.91.3
Bobbin   HG_1994.91.4
Quill   HG_1982.10.1.1
Bobbin   HG_1982.10.7.3
Bobbin   HG_1982.10.7.13
Bobbin   HG_1992.31.3
Bobbin   HG_1994.87.3
Bobbin   HG_1994.87.2
Spnning Bobbin   HG_1982.10.2.1
Bobbin   HG_1982.10.7.12
Spinning Bobbin   HG_1994.91.6
Quill   HG_1982.10.1.2
Spinning Bobbin   HG_1982.10.7.24
Bobbin   HG_1982.10.7.5
Bobbin   HG_1982.10.7.21
Bobbin   HG_1982.10.7.25
Roving Skewer   HG_1982.10.5.5
Roving Skewer   HG_1982.10.5.1
Roving Skewer   HG_1982.10.5.3
Roving Skewer   HG_1982.10.5.4
Bobbin   HG_1982.10.7.6
Bobbin   HG_1982.10.7.4
Bobbin   HG_1982.10.7.17
Bobbin   HG_1982.10.7.26
Bobbin   HG_1994.91.8
Bobbin   HG_1982.10.7.18
Roving Skewer   HG_1982.10.5.2
Warper Creel-Cone Adapter   HG_1994.91.2
Dying Tube   HG_1982.10.8
Merchant Mills, W.O Ware and Son Photograph   2000_T19
Panoramic View of Ply Respoolers Photograph   2001_T1c
Postcard, Loray Mill   1995.42
Textile World, February 1961 Clipping: "From this Big Fire a New Start"   1999_T20
Cotton Opening, Cleaning and Picking Textbook   2001_T1
Yarn, Cloth, and Draft Calculation Textbook   2001_T1e
Twisting, Winding, Reeling, and Bailing Textbook   2001_T1f
Cotton Spinning Textbook   2001_T1g
Cotton Drawing, Combing, and Fly Frame Processes Textbook   2001_T1h
Cotton Carding Textbook   2001_T1i
Textiles Review Gastonia, NC Vol. 7 1952 Periodical Collection   2001_T7c
Textiles Review Gastonia, NC Vol. 6 1951 Periodical Collection   2001_T7b
Textiles Review Gastonia, NC Vol. 5 1950 Periodical Collection   2001_T7a
Operating Manual and Parts Catalog Ideal Industries, Inc   1986.6
Sumner Nylons   2000_T5
Thread Knotters and Spare Parts   2001_T4
Roving Bobbin   HG_1982.10.3.2
Roving Bobbin   HG_1982.10.3.4
Roving Bobbin   HG_1982.10.3.3
Roving Bobbin   HG_1982.10.3.1
Twister Bobbin   HG_1982.10.6.2
Doubler Tube   HG_1982.10.4
Creel Cone   HG_1996.53.3
Spool   1998.13.1c
Spool   1998.13.1a
Spool   1998.13.1b
Shuttle   HG_1982.19.8
Shuttle   HG_1994.91.10
Shuttle   HG_1994.71.11
Shuttle   HG_1994.71.12
Cotton Spinning by Willis, Dunlap, and Moore   1994.19
Cotton Carding   1994.19b
Textile Mathematics   1994.19c
Twister Bobbin   2001_T1a
Twister Bobbin   HG_1982.10.6.3
Reed Hook   HG_1994.71.8
?   2001_T1b
Spinning Bobbin   1999_T_16c
Roving Bobbin   1999_T6d
Shuttle (with bobbin)   HG_1994.71.13a
Shuttle   HG_1994.71.14a
Shuttle   HG_1994.91.9
Spinning Bobbin   HG_1982.10.2.2
Spinning Bobbin   HG_1982.10.7.23
Cable Separator   HG_1995.14.6
Cable Separator   HG_1995.14.5
Ply Card Holder   1995.14.12
Shuttle   HG_1994.71.3a
Wrench   HG_1981.14.2
Spindle Bolsters   Pat2
Flyer for Speeder   Pat3
Spinning Frame Spindle   Pat4
Spinning Frame Spindle   Pat5
?   Pat6
?   2001_T1zz
Bale of Sea Island Cotton   cottonb