Display Card 9 of 10, Wool Finishing; Bradford Technical College; 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
notes: label: Description
content: Card is marked: "DISPLAY CARD 9, CONTAINING SPECIMENS OF TEXTILES IN VARIOUS STAGES OF MANUFACTURE AS PRODUCD AND USED IN BRADFORD, ENGLAND. (/) ALL WOOL CLOTH AFTER FINISHING PROCESSES."
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content: Vicuna Finish.
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content: Warp. 2/56s. Botany. Weft 40s. SK Woolen.
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content: 1. As received 'by Finisher.
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content: 62-1/2 yards. 66" wide. 78 lbs. Strength 118 1bs.
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content: 2. After Crabbing and Scouring.
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content: 60 yards. 60" wide, 73 lbs. Strength 106 lbs.
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content: 3. After Milling.
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content: 60 yards. 59" wide. 7l-1/2 lbs. Strength 107 lbs.
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content: 4. After Dyeing and Tentering.
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content: 60 yards. 58" wide. 72-1/2 lbs. Strength 106 lbs.
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content: 5. After Cutting and Brushing.
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content: 60 yards. 58" wide. 71-3/4 lbs. Strength 102 lbs.
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content: 6. After Pressing.
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content: 61-1/2 yards. 58" wide. 71-3/4 lbs. Strength 102 lbs.
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content: 7. After Blowing.
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content: 61-1/2 yards. 58" wide. 7l-3/4 lbs. Strength 100 lbs.
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content: Display Card 9 of 10; A series of specimens illustrating the manufacture and finishing of woolen fabrics as produced in Bradford, England. One of 10 cards, prepared by Prof. Aldred F. Barker, Bradford Technical College, with the consent of the Education Committee of the City of Bradford. Presented to the US National Museum in 1913. Bradford was in the center of Britain's important woolen textile industry at this time.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T11246.00I
label: catalog number
content: T11246.00I
label: accession number
content: 55613
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Display Card, Wool Finishing