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articles
Dictionnaire des Arts et Manufactures et de L'Agriculture
Fil d'Or et d'Argent [Gold and Silk Thread], ---. Dictionnaire des Arts et Manufactures et de L'Agriculture, 1891, 2 pages. Posted October 11, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 496 KB PDF
Fil Retors [Plied Thread], ---. Dictionnaire des Arts et Manufactures et de L'Agriculture, 1891, 2 pages. Posted October 11, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 468 KB PDF
Encyclopedia Britannica, 8th ed.
Thread, ---. Encyclopedia Britannica, 6th Ed., 1823, 1 page. Posted March 9, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 396 KB PDF
Great Industries of the United States
Spool-Cotton Thread, ---. Great Industries of the United States, 1872, 11 pages. Posted September 25, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.3 MB PDF
Thread Machinery, ---. Great Industries of the United States, 1872, 3 pages. Posted September 25, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 596 KB PDF
Journal of Egyptian Archaeology
Balls of Thread on Pieces of Pottery, Cartland, Bernice M. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 1918, 2 pages. Posted September 24, 2004. CD (HWDA11). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 588 KB PDF
Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary
Thread, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 12, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 432 KB PDF
Thread Finisher, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 12, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 408 KB PDF
Thread Frame, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 12, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 464 KB PDF
Thread Polishing Machine, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 12, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 444 KB PDF
Thread Winder, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 12, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 432 KB PDF
Thread Winder, ---. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876, 1 page. Posted September 26, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 404 KB PDF
New International Encyclopedia
Organzine, ---. New International Encyclopedia, 1922, 1 page. Posted February 17, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 400 KB PDF
Rea's Far Eastern Manual
Thread Factories in Shanghai, ---. Rea's Far Eastern Manual, 1922, 1 page. Posted May 2, 2004. CD (HWDA07). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 476 KB PDF
Rees's Cyclopaedia
Thread, ---. Rees's Cyclopedia, 1819, 1 page. Posted July 1, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 452 KB PDF
Weaver
Know Thy Threads, Gallinger, Osma Couch. Weaver, Vol. 4 No. 1 (January 1939), 6 pages. Note: PDF provided by Judith Combs. Posted September 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 540 KB PDF
Workers of the Nation
Linen Thread, ---. Workers of the Nation: An Industrial Encyclopedia of the Occupations of the American People, 1906, 2 pages. Posted March 5, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 484 KB PDF
ephemera
Textile-related businesses
Kerr & Cos. Trade cards, 4 pages. Note: Updated May 23, 2003. Posted May 23, 2003. File size 552 KB PDF
J & P Coats Co. Trade cards, 24 pages. Note: Last updated December 20, 2003. Posted December 20, 2003. File size 1.9 MB PDF
Chadwick. Trade card, 1 page. Posted April 16, 2003. File size 28 KB PDF
Willimantic Linen Company, Willimantic, Connecticut. Trade cards, 19 pages. Note: Updated May 23, 2003. Posted May 23, 2003. File size 1.6 MB PDF
J. R. Leeson and Co. Trade card, 1 page. Posted February 18, 2003. File size 60 KB PDF
Barbour Bros. Co, New York. Advertisement for calendar, 1 page. Posted July 18, 2003. File size 436 KB PDF
Eureka Silk. Trade cards, 3 pages. Posted February 18, 2003. File size 300 KB PDF
Corticelli. Trade cards, 4 pages. Note: Last updated December 20, 2003. Posted December 20, 2003. File size 284KB PDF
Belding Bros. & Co. Trade Cards, 2 pages. Posted April 16, 2003. File size 360 KB PDF
Keystone Spool Silk. Trade card, 1 page. Posted February 18, 2003. File size 220 KB PDF
Potter's Spool Silk. Trade card, 1 page. Posted February 20, 2003. File size 48 KB PDF
Merrick Thread Company. Trade cards, 6 pages. Note: Last updated December 20, 2003. Posted December 20, 2003. File size 408 KB PDF
E. C. Wilson & Companies. Trade card, 1 page. Posted February 2, 2003. File size 40 KB PDF
Clark Thread Company. Trade cards, 36 pages. Note: Last updated December 20, 2003. Posted December 20, 2003. File size 2.5 MB PDF
Brainerd, Armstrong, & Co. Trade cards, 2 pages. Note: Updated April 16, 2003. Posted April 16, 2003. File size 96 KB PDF
Brook's. Trade cards, 2 pages. Note: Updated April 16, 2003. Posted April 16, 2003. File size 120 KB PDF
John D. Cutter Co. Trade card, 1 page. Note: Updated May 23, 2003. Posted May 23, 2003. File size 32 KB PDF
J. P. Coats. Advertisement, 1886, 1 page. Posted July 24, 2003. File size 36 KB PDF
Clark Thread Company. Advertisement, 1886, 1 page. Posted July 24, 2003. File size 16 KB PDF
Belding Bros. Advertisement, 1891, 1 page. Posted July 23, 2003. File size 72 KB PDF
M. Hemingway & Sons. Advertisement, 1886, 1 page. Posted July 24, 2003. File size 16 KB PDF
Sears, Roebuck, & Co. Catalog. Advertisements for threads and yarns, 1908, 1 page. Posted August 1, 2003. File size 532 KB PDF
patents
Silk equipment
Thread Forming Device for Silk Spinning Machines, US00361129, Camel, L.. April 12, 1887, 4 pages. Posted June 15, 2004. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 732 KB PDF
Fibers
Apparatus for Making Threads, US01202766, Althouse, C. S.. October 31, 1916, 3 pages. Posted January 22, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 652 KB PDF
Apparatus for the Production of Artificial Thread, US02091612, Picard, R.. August 31, 1937, 3 pages. Posted February 9, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 644 KB PDF
Apparatus for the Production of Threads, US01450131, Borzykoski, B.. March 27, 1923, 3 pages. Posted January 22, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 640 KB PDF
Artificial Filament, Yarn, or Thread, US01996796, Dreyfus, H. et al.. April 9, 1935, 5 pages. Posted February 9, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 788 KB PDF
periodicals
Handweaving News
Threads -- The Weaver's Materials. July 1946, 3 pages. Note: Scanned from xerographic copy. Posted April 20, 2005. File size 688 KB PDF
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