Machinery, Cheney Brothers, Manchester
PhotographerPhotographed by
Edmund Martin Ogden
(American, 1869 - 1945)
Date1910-1930
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper on cardboard mount
Dimensions20 x 25 cm.
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Horace Learned and Mrs. Frank Crocker
Object number1979.25.51
DescriptionFour large pieces of machinery in a factory interior. Each machine appears to include stacks of trays as well as drive wheels, gears and gauges. Pipes run along the ceiling. Electric light bulbs with shades hang from wires.
NotesSubject Note: In the 1910s, Cheney Brothers advertised that they were "the oldest and largest successful silk manufacturing company in America and the largest silk manufacturing company in the world." They produced dress silks of all kinds, silks for upholstery and drapery, velvets, cravats, millinery silks, silks for electrical purposes and silk yarns.Status
Not on view
