Weighing and sorting raw silk skeins, South Manchester, Conn.
PhotographerPhotographed by
Keystone View Company
American, 1892 - 1962
Date1914
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 3 9/16 x 7 1/16in. (9 x 18cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionA woman performing one of the first processes in the manufacture of silk at Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company. Before the raw silk leaves Japan it is weighed and graded. The first thing to be done in the United States is to check these weights and gradings. On this woman's testing depends the price that the manufacturer pays to the importer.
Object number2000.186.6
Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
Keystone View Company
about 1910
17 July 2025
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