Link Belt Company Photographs
name: label: Creator
content: Link Belt Company
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
topic: label: Topic
content: Quarries and quarrying
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content: Sand and gravel industry
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content: Papermaking
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content: Pulp mills
label: Topic
content: Belt industry
label: Topic
content: Glass manufacture
label: Topic
content: Conveyor belts
label: Topic
content: Conveying machinery industry
label: Topic
content: Conveying machinery
label: Topic
content: Paper mills
label: Topic
content: Logging
label: Topic
content: Industrial equipment industry -- 1910-1970
label: Topic
content: Industrial equipment -- 1910-1970
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This collection was purchased by the National Museum of American History's Division of Engineering and Industry from Xerxes Fine Books, 1990.
creator: label: Creator
content: Link Belt Company
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content: Link Belt Company Photographs
abstract: label: Summary
content: The photographs relate to the Link Belt Company, a manufacturer of industrial equipment.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: : Formed in 1906, the Link Belt Company was formed from several smaller concerns, the earliest of which was involved in the manufacture of detachable chain links.  As Link Belt grew, its product line grew to include numerous types of industrial equipment including chains, bearings, boiler equipment, hoppers, loaders, gears, and other products.  By the 1920s, the company, based in Chicago, had plants in several cities.  In the 1960s they were purchased by FMC Corporation.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1915-1967.
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred from the Division of Engineering and Industry (now Division of  Work and Industry) to the Archives Center in 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0997
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Cyanotypes
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The photographs are arranged in chronological order by accession number, but roughly grouped in order by type of equipment: water screens and conveyors.  Within those subjects, the photographs are roughly arranged by type of mill or plant (e.g., pulp and paper, quarry, glass, etc.)  Photographs from the same companies are grouped together.  Most photographs are captioned and some are dated.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by the Division of Work and Industry, 2007.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1900-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Cyanotypes
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1950-2000
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs, including cyanotypes, of factory and industrial equipment, especially industrial belts for sand and gravel companies and for the wood, pulp and paper industry.