Work / Labor in the Mills
Title
Work / Labor in the Mills
Description
This collection contains late 19th- through early 20th-century pictures of mill workers, at work and rest, and the machines they used. Modern photographs show costumed Lowell National Historical Park staff portraying mill operatives and demonstrating the various machines used in the textile making process.
Collection Items
Photo of Group of Workers in Boott Mill Spinning Room_low-5018 (2).jpg
Mounted sepia-tone photo of group of workers outside Boott Mill. Some holding loom shuttles and bobbins. 8" by 5 1/8" print mounted on textured cream-colored cardboard.
Group of Workers outside Boott Mill. Some holding loom shuttles and bobbins, c.1900-1910_LOWE 5018.jpg
Mounted sepia-tone photo of group of workers outside Boott Mill. Some holding loom shuttles and bobbins. 8" by 5 1/8" print mounted on textured cream-colored cardboard.
Workers in a mill, c. 1900 Man standing to the front, right, wearing tie and pocketwatch is Mr. Jalbert, apparently a worker in many Lowell mills_LOWE_4509.jpg
Black and white photoprint of workers in a mill. Mounted to cardstock which is stained and damaged. Man standing to the front, right, wearing tie and pocketwatch is Mr. Jalbert, apparently a worker in many Lowell mills.
"Regulations to be observed by all persons employed by the proprietors of the Tremont Mills". "Mary Ann Reed, No. 2 Carding Room" inscribed in ink at top, c. 1830_LOWE 1073 Tremont_regs.jpg
!["Regulations to be observed by all persons employed by the proprietors of the Tremont Mills". "Mary Ann Reed, No. 2 Carding Room" inscribed in ink at top, c. 1830_LOWE 1073 Tremont_regs.jpg](https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/52402/archive/square_thumbnails/b27022b3753b79c28fd5a79740e75553.jpg?Expires=1714608000&Signature=tKhUphfvRNd-9-e7w0JUhA61-dONH77BDxaKczct7j5cdjEMbbwLf2QPCtJhoDeqoA%7EIjGwRNTiy3DuYPtyzjXc-xXkmMiAkBW0%7EH%7EO-eu2EY-XG6Fivw9OgYMx6uVM5nRB92VWZKBgdkgHGWtrTs1GyWlhGH9QO8cblcAXYYVWV0b3AJ5NNaV8aqNEGT3-PKoDntNiRMw-i62nMXj63LOEaWDhoNibfst9zMGJieqxlt8GZk7EzkYnDqIVGRPtOALXO8oyGN7ERvZtsXVgaqQ-Ky44LLpbCph6E07JdxB9FQ0rCjcOxDq5XP8jXrSIeCMCGgqXcqImNsqPpmNiEnQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM ""Regulations to be observed by all persons employed by the proprietors of the Tremont Mills". "Mary Ann Reed, No. 2 Carding Room" inscribed in ink at top, c. 1830_LOWE 1073 Tremont_regs.jpg")
"Regulations to be observed by all persons employed by the proprietors of the Tremont Mills". "Mary Ann Reed, No. 2 Carding Room" inscribed in ink at top, recto. Ecru paper stock, black print. NPSRC 1987.
Workers in underground entrance Moody Street Feeder, June 20, 1897_Lowe 10044.jpg
Albumen print, PLC # 257. Listed in P.L.&C. inventory as "Moody Street Feeder. (workers in underground entrance)" Mounted on L.&C. plan #140-26. LNHP has modern negative and 8x10 print.
"Old Guard Locks, Dec. 15, 1901." A group of workmen at tunnel entrances of the Guard Locks sluice gatehouse._LOWE_7052.jpg
!["Old Guard Locks, Dec. 15, 1901." A group of workmen at tunnel entrances of the Guard Locks sluice gatehouse._LOWE_7052.jpg](https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/52402/archive/square_thumbnails/cc7c3f9f6482b31afc7a6d2f26ffca7f.jpg?Expires=1714608000&Signature=W6bVSeH-LFiD4%7E-h3i9Ym72NINM1Jw-vhzRdXA9JKxQLDmfgpgbOJ2KIfi8N5F6pdb1BKRCZga6%7Eg-kaPdRssRaol5rC0GX3dIvJHUA61XwQk%7EHNeLtZ940dgL6XSNMqlZdXetGFADaHUH8KNVeoNNtZ7Cb3Ko64Lf%7EMplySOfWvJ%7ErExWR9LrTXUs3vMRtoV33vU23EfmfzNnmoSEIMRCRXpxg%7EoCix3go3dKjuf9vFccBGyQdjIefmzdb7ihu9%7EllFfEo6Yhwbhxk93pdpze36A0Dd9zjEebvm6vPSmIvjhYuzG0s9%7ECaw4wqUQ6oawQMTExFtlfQlqscmyBgw8w__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM ""Old Guard Locks, Dec. 15, 1901." A group of workmen at tunnel entrances of the Guard Locks sluice gatehouse._LOWE_7052.jpg")
B/W photoprint, PLC # 1030. "Old Guard Locks/Dec. 15, 1901." Shows group of workmen at tunnel entrances. All copies unbound, Box 1 0f 20.
8 unidentified people. Notice brick building with closed fire shutters._LOWE_15230.jpg
A mounted, sepia tone portrait photoprint of eight unidentified people, four men standing in the back row, four women seated in the front row. They are posed in front of a brick building with closed fire shutters. Stamped on the matte is the…
29 unidentified mill workers standing in front of a mill building_LOWE_15235.jpg
A mounted B&W photo of 29 unidentified mill workers standing in front of a mill building. Some of the men are in hats and or suits, the rest are in caps and work clothes. Most of the women are all skirts and blouses, but some are in dresses.
Wide angle view of textile workers in the Merrimack mill, c 1920 (cropped view)_LOWE-2718 cropped.jpg
Wide angle view of textile workers in the Merrimack mill, mounted on card. Photo includes the donor's grandmother, Techla Lach (Front row, 4th from left) and Father, Frank Lach (Front Row, Extreme right).