WHITIN COTTON YARN MACHINERY.

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

WHITIN COTTON YARN MACHINERY.

Entry/Object ID

94.15.1.8

Description

Book: "Whitin Cotton Yarn Machinery and Handbook of Useful Information for Overseers And Operators" by Oscar L. Owen (Whitinsville: The Whitin Machine Works, 1911). Blue fabric hardcover with title printed on front cover and spine in gold. Aged white paper with black and red ink. The 198 pages of text includes table of contents, tables, illustrations and mechanical drawings, and an index. Subjects include information on quilling, reeling, spinning, spooling and twisting. Some light soiling on outer edges of pages but overall paper quality and appearance is good. This book is the/property of/Carl T. Tourtellot [in ink].

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Documentary Artifact, Books, Whiting Machine Works, Textile working

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Object Name

Books