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1940rif. 235071940. Women's wartime factory labor photo archive depicting rubber molding inspection precision trimming packing and bench production in the United States during the World War II era. More than six million women took wartime jobs in American factories and wartime labor needs moved women into industrial work involving machinery inspection aircraft parts laboratory work and other production roles previously coded as male labor. The captioned Parker views place women inside a rubber parts operation where quality control hand finishing and distribution preparation were treated as essential production work. The archive records the practical shop-floor labor behind the larger wartime shift: long tables stools bins boxed parts inspection lamps trimming tools and women working in sequence across a factory interior. Photo archive of 4 large silver gelatin photographs each measuring 8" x 10.75" United States circa 1940s. One caption reads "View of inspection of Parker-molded rubber parts" with women seated along a long worktable examining parts before distribution. Another caption reads "Operators with equipment for precision-trimming of mold rubber parts" showing women working at a row of bench stations with overhead cords boxes and factory equipment. Additional scenes show women packing sorting and assembling small molded components at long tables surrounded by stacked cartons metal containers industrial windows and production shelving. During and after World War II women's factory labor did not simply fill temporary vacancies; it proved women could perform skilled industrial tasks in defense-related production even as many employers pushed women out of those jobs when men returned from military service. Light handling wear corner wear minor creasing and curling; photos generally clean and clear and captions remain legible on two mounts. Overall in very good condition. This archive shows the wartime demand for women's labor in order to keep American production moving during the war. unknown books
1945rif. 234071945. Reading Pennsylvania factory photo archive documenting textile machinery production and hosiery manufacturing work circa late 1940s to early 1950s at or near the Wyomissing industrial complex associated with Textile Machine Works and Berkshire Knitting Mills. Reading became one of the major American centers for full fashioned knitting machinery after Ferdinand Thun and Henry Janssen founded Textile Machine Works in 1892 and the equipment seen here belongs to the world of stocking manufacture before seamless nylon hosiery reshaped the industry in the 1950s. Photo archive of 17 large silver gelatin photographseach 8 x 10 inches Reading or Wyomissing Pennsylvania circa 1940s to early 1950s. Rows of large knitting machines fill long factory rooms under fluorescent lighting; workers stand beside circular or braiding machinery marked with chalked Greek words; an engineering office includes men studying large technical drawings; machine tools metal stock exterior factory buildings tanks and utility structures place the scenes within a large industrial plant. Several versos are stamped "Paul Bauer Photographer 608 Franklin St. Reading Pa." and "Photo by Paul Bauer." Several shop-floor views include a chalked Greek vocabulary list beside the machinery a striking detail in a Reading industrial region that had an established Greek immigrant community by the early twentieth century. The archive records the machinery workers drafting practices and plant environment behind Pennsylvania's textile machinery economy at the point when American hosiery manufacturing still depended on large specialized mechanical systems and skilled shop labor. Documenting the production floors machine details engineering rooms workers and exterior plant views. Minor edge and curling; images remain clear and well preserved. Overall in very good condition. unknown books
rif. 172893NAKAZAWA DYEING FACTORY. Ouchi. Emperor's Palace. 80 silk colour samples mounted on 5 cardboard sheets. 8vo 240 x 140 mm publisher's tied cloth. Kyoto: Nakazawa n.d. An elegant collection of colour samples. hardcover books
1900rif. 178581900. Women at Work Albumen photo of women at work in a small factory. Photograph measures 7.75" x 5.5" inches and is on gray photographer's board measuring 8.5" x 6.5" inches. Circa 1900s. Albumen print. Women sitting at long wooden tables in small manufacturing shop. Palm-sized rings hang in loops from the ceiling and can be seen scattered throughout the photo. One woman in a long white dress holds length of material looking it over while another sitting behind her and across and wooden aisle looks away from the camera toward her desktop. Two other women can be seen seated behind her further back into the shop. A man in shirt and vest appears to be observing the women at work while another man at the back of the shop appears to be using some sort of pressing device. It's unclear what's being manufactured but the details of materials and workplace layout give rich details to take in. The women would have been part of a growing female workforce utilized to support production in the midst of industrialization. Overall very good condition. unknown books
1920rif. 173461920. 1920s vintage sepia photograph of around 50 women at work in a textile factory. The photographer's board is 10" x 8" inches and image is 8.25" x 5" inches. The women are seated in long rows and armed with sewing machines and seem to be turning bundles of cloth into garments. Spools of thread hang down from a center rail in the middle of the table to be fed into the sewing machines. Some of the cloth appears to be polka-dotted similar to the dresses that several women pictured appear to be wearing. The factory is consisted almost entirely of women - there is one man in a waistcoat walking around accompanied by an older woman. The working women seem to be of varying ages from their early 20s into their 50s. Textile manufacturing was unique at the time for its overwhelmingly female labor force. Sepia toned very good condition with great detail. unknown books
1910rif. 175641910. Original photograph of female cigar factory workers Circa 1910. Sepia toned. 9.5" x 7.5" inches. Mounted on original gray board. This remarkable photo shows an all female workforce at a cigar factory in the 1910s. The women assemble bundles of cigars that are stacked into pyramid-like shapes. The cigars are being hand-rolledat their work stations. There are about 100 women pictured at work in the factory in this turn of the century photograph. A large and clear photo in very good condition. unknown books
1866rif. 231951Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers 1866. Soft Cover. Good binding. No pencil or ink markings in text. Text is clean. Plum color paper covers with dark lettering. Bottom spine is chipped with paper missing. Moderate to heavy edgewear to covers. Good binding. T. B. Peterson & Brothers unknown books
1975rif. 37163Leningrad: Petersburg Tapestry Factory 1975. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Small folio. 269 1pp. Original illustrated cloth with red lettering on spine. Book housed in its illustrated paper covered slipcase. A well-illustrated survey of the output of the Imperial Tapestry Factory from 1716 until its closing in 1859. This work is profusely illustrated throughout with 187 striking color photographic reproductions of splendid Russian tapestries. Moderate rubbing along edges of slipcase. Minor soiling on spine. Text in Russian English French and German. Slipcase in overall good binding in good interior in very good condition. Petersburg Tapestry Factory hardcover books
1873rif. 161015Manchester England: Excelsior Printing Works 1873. 45p 5.25 x.8.5 inches disbound with five small holes at spine faint vertical crease else very good condition. reaction by regional textile manufacturers on Mundella's speech regarding his proposed amendment to previous Factories Acts. Anthony John Mundella 1825-1897 was Liberal M.P. for Sheffield from 1868 to 1885 and for the Brightside division of the Borough from November 1885 to his death in 1897. His principal political interests were in the promotion of arbitration in labour disputes and the provision of education in particular technical education. He introduced the Factory Act of 1874 which established a ten-hours day for women and. children in textile factories. Excelsior Printing Works unknown books
1916rif. 73762Hartford: the State 1916. 99p. wraps 5.75x9 inches wraps lightly toned along edges ex library front wrap beginning to separate. the State unknown books
1934rif. 33126Allegan: Baker Furniture Factory 1934. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 112pp index. Binding shaken but hinges firm prelims foxed pages tanned else a good copy in publisher's cloth backed boards that have some dampstaining to the edges and superficial loss to the spine. Baker Furniture Factory hardcover books
1893rif. 32205Columbis: Eclectic Publishing Company 1893. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 121pp. Wraps tanned and rubbed split to bottom front joint with some tiny loss else very good. Eclectic Publishing Company paperback books
rif. B196626-1Tønder 2001. 68 2pp. Prof. illus. Sm. 4to. Wraps. Parallel texts in Danish and German. Tønder, 2001. paperback books
19714to., First Edition, with 16 fine coloured plates and very numerous monochrome photographs (many full-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A standard reference.
19908vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19498vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, numerous photographs and illustrations in the text, and pictorial endpapers in blue; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
1972Mm 110x170 Volume di pp. 238, brossura cucita, in buono stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
1987Mm 170x240 Collana: Espasa Arte, n° 4. Brossura editoriale con bandelle, 320 pagine, 138 tavole in bianco e nero e a colori. Lievi tracce d'uso al piatto posteriore, per il resto in buonissimo stato. Testo in spagnolo - spanish text. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
2012Mm 240x290 Catalogo Mostra. Volume rilegato in tela con sovraccoperta, 280 pagine profusamente illustrate in nero e a colori nel testo in lingua tedesca ed inglese - english-german texts. Copia eccellente, spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
1920Clermont Ferrand vers 1920. In-8 oblong, couverture illustrée. Dos scotché, manque en coins de la couverture, déchirure sans manque. Nombreuses photos.
1996In-4 (cm. 30.20), cartonato editoriale, sovracoperta editoriale illustrata, custodia, pp. 76, (4), con illustrazioni a colori nel testo. In ottimo stato (nice copy).
1984P., Centre Georges Pompidou, 1984. In-8 carré, broché, 120 pp. avec des illustrations en couleurs et en noir et blanc. Bon état. Exposition du 8 février au 23 avril 1984.
1980Solingen, sans date (environ 1980). In-4 broché, une centaine de pages avec les épées, sabres et dagues de la fabrique.
PARIS, Ed. l'Harmattan - 1994 - In-8 - Broché - Couverture illustrée - Planches de photographies NB HT - Carte - 195 pages - Très bon exemplaire Autre exemplaire très propre : 20 euros Envoi de l'auteur : "A Mme Seznec, cette chronique des sardinières. Bien cordialement."
PARIS, Etablissements WALLACH Frères - Sans date (1920) - In-4 - Cartonnage éditeur - taché aux premières pages & sur la tranche - très importante iconographie - 881 pages
