Two men holding hands in spinning room
- Title:
- Two men holding hands in spinning room
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- Labor and Work
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Creation Date:
- 1915
- ID Number:
- 2000-38
- Collection Number:
- 6524/005 P
- Athm Number:
- 2000
- File Name:
- 2000-38.jpg
- Work Type:
- postcard
- Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver prints
- Subject:
- Textile factories
male employees
Weaving
Textile Industry - Measurement:
- 8.75 x 13.75 (centimeters, width x height)
- Description:
- Two, young light skinned male textile workers standing next to each other and holding both hands in the spinning room of an unidentified mill. The men are dressed in overalls and have rolled up shirt sleeves, they look directly at the camera with slight smiles. Man on left is probably a mule spinner, as he is barefooted. Possibly Manchester, N.H., as Manchester N.H. is written on reverse.
- Cite As:
- ATHM Textile Industry Postcards. 6524/005 P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
- Repository:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
- Archival Collection:
- ATHM Textile Industry Postcards
- Box:
- 10
- Folder:
- 2
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The copyright status and copyright owners of most of the images in the Mellon Teaching Sets Collection are unknown. Whenever possible, information on current rights owners is included with the image. Digitization took place at varied times from items held at The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives in service of a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Cornell is providing access to low-resolution, non-downloadable versions of the materials as a digital aggregate under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial research and educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. For more information about these volumes, please contact The Kheel Center at kheelref@cornell.edu. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.