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Manila hemp industry, Philippines: Drying the fiber

Manila hemp industry, Philippines: Drying the fiber

Stereo copyrighted by the Keystone View Co. No. 10037-(4). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; Ind. Rope.

Richie Takach and John Weatherwacks beginning installation on planetary strander; this is a custom job for a telephone company; when completed this machine twists wire and fiber optic strands for use in telecommunications.

Richie Takach and John Weatherwacks beginning installation on planetar...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 4, 1994.

Substitute materials containers. These new types of fiber shell containers with metal rims on the ends are being experimented with for shell, howitzers and hand grenades

Substitute materials containers. These new types of fiber shell contai...

Salvage. Wool reclamation. A workman in an Eastern plant, reclaiming wool from old rags, holds on his right arm a collection of rags before they have passed through the rag-picking machine. On his left arm is wool fiber after being shredded from wool rags in a rag-picking machine

Salvage. Wool reclamation. A workman in an Eastern plant, reclaiming w...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a uniform, military personnel, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Substitute materials containers. New and old paint containers. Left to right: one-quarter metal can on one-gallon metal can, one-gallon fiber container with metal ends, one-half gallon bottle, one-gallon bottle. In the right foreground is a one-pint glass container

Substitute materials containers. New and old paint containers. Left to...

Public domain photograph of 3d object museum collection, metal, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Richie Takach and John Weatherwacks beginning installation on planetary strander; this is a custom job for a telephone company; when completed this machine twists wire and fiber optic strands for use in telecommunications.

Richie Takach and John Weatherwacks beginning installation on planetar...

Forms part of a group of images recorded on August 17, documenting scenes at Watson Machine International, 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey.

Removing packages of rice from conveyer to place them in fiber cartons. State rice mill, Abbeville, Louisiana

Removing packages of rice from conveyer to place them in fiber cartons...

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Rubber reclamation. Recovering rubber from old tires. In the central wash tanks of a large Midwest plant employing the xylos process, agitated water removes dirt, treated fiber and excess fiber solvent. This operation follows removal of bead portions from scrap casings, breaking of casings into small pieces and dissolving of fiber in caustic soda. The resultant phases of rubber are then pumped to dewatering sources. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Recovering rubber from old tires. In the central w...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Not bottles of milk, but bobbins of glass yarn. From the twisting frames where glass fiber is converted into fiberglass yarns of standard construction, the worker takes the all-glass material to the weaving department for fabrication into tapes and cloths

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Not bottles of mi...

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Fiberglass metal mesh blankets made of glass fiber thermal insulation sandwiched between facings of metal mesh are being installed around a boiler in the powerhouse of a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Fiberglass metal ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a machine, industrial equipment, engine, generator, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rubber reclamation. Rubber sheets from scrap tires. Reclaimed rubber, with all traces of metal and fiber removed, is passed through a series of mill rolls and taken off in sheets form the final roll. This rubber, reclaimed by the xylos process, is now ready for processing into thousands of mechanical rubber products vital to the war production effort. It is also put to many uses in which reclaimed stock is more desirable than new rubber. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Rubber sheets from scrap tires. Reclaimed rubber, ...

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More furs for the modern woman. Washington, D.C., Nov. 2. Dr. Thora M. Plitt, formerly with the Bureau of Standards and now with the Dept. of Agriculture starts research work at the Agriculture Dept. today, because current fashions are demanding more and more furs, despite a diminishing supply of wild life pelts. The fur industry is turning to fur bearing animals raised in captivity. Dr. Plitt, will investigate fur fiber structure and shape, pigment distribution, density, and relative distribution of underfur and guard hairs of such fur animals as silver foxes, minks, martens, and muskrats. She is shown with a sample giving it the once over, 11/2/38

More furs for the modern woman. Washington, D.C., Nov. 2. Dr. Thora M....

A black and white photo of a woman holding a cat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Substitute materials containers. Something new in apple containers. To replace nail-bound wooden boxes, a fiber carton has been developed

Substitute materials containers. Something new in apple containers. To...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Pretty worker in a paint shop of the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation is cutting wafer-thin bonded mats of glass fiber for use as retainer mats in storage batteries supplied under Army and Navy specifications for storage batteries in submarines, tanks, and rough-riding reconnaisance cars

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Pretty worker in ...

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Richie Takach and John Weatherwacks beginning installation on planetary strander; this is a custom job for a telephone company; when completed this machine twists wire and fiber optic strands for use in telecommunications.

Richie Takach and John Weatherwacks beginning installation on planetar...

Forms part of a group of images recorded on August 17, documenting scenes at Watson Machine International, 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey.

Loosening cocoon fiber and winding on frames, silk mill, Beyrout, Syria

Loosening cocoon fiber and winding on frames, silk mill, Beyrout, Syri...

J179806 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 11132. No. U-99056. No. S 877. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.

Rags Collection and processing. Women sorting rags in a large Eastern rag processing plant. After being sorted, the rags are compressed into tight bales for convenience in handling and storage. Old rags such as these are used in the manufacture of paper, roofing felt, fiber board, and similar materials. Shapiro Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Rags Collection and processing. Women sorting rags in a large Eastern ...

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[Cotton textile mill interior with machines producing cotton thread, probably in Tashkent]

[Cotton textile mill interior with machines producing cotton thread, p...

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Bale of cotton linters and bale of middling cotton side by side in waarehouse. The bale of linter, on the side, left, is the fiber which is close to the seed. One of its major uses is the making of cellulose. Houston, Texas

Bale of cotton linters and bale of middling cotton side by side in waa...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Wafer-thin sheets of bonded glass fiber are cut to size, inspected and packaged by workers like these in a plant of Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation. They are retainer mats being supplied under Army and Navy specifications for storage batteries in submarines, tanks, and rough-riding reconnaisance cars

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Wafer-thin sheets...

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[Girl sitting in front of loom, spinning fiber with a hand spindle, Sikkim]

[Girl sitting in front of loom, spinning fiber with a hand spindle, Si...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Engineer Tom McComiskey running demonstration of the proof tester developed through Peachtree, a Watson subsidiary involved in fiber optics.

Engineer Tom McComiskey running demonstration of the proof tester deve...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 11, 1... More

Silk Mfg. In China. Drying and throwing the silk fiber and preparing the warp and weft for weaving

Silk Mfg. In China. Drying and throwing the silk fiber and preparing t...

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Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Workers in a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation prepare strands of glass fiber for twisting into all-glass yarns

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Workers in a plan...

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Engineer Tom McComiskey running demonstration of the proof tester developed through Peachtree, a Watson subsidiary involved in fiber optics.

Engineer Tom McComiskey running demonstration of the proof tester deve...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 11, 1... More

Testing cotton for length of fiber and grade. Compress, Houston, Texas

Testing cotton for length of fiber and grade. Compress, Houston, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Substitute materials containers. New and old paint containers. Left to right: metal oil can, fiber containers with metal ends, all fiber containers, model of proposed glass container, glass container with metal cap

Substitute materials containers. New and old paint containers. Left to...

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Not bottles of milk, but bobbins of glass yarn. From the twisting frames where glass fiber is converted into fiberglass yarns of standard construction, the worker takes the all-glass material to the weaving department for fabrication into tapes and cloths

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Not bottles of mi...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

United States Army ground and air generals confer with their Chief, Lieutenant General Millard F. Harmon, commanding Army forces in the South Pacific area, at the close of a successful Guadalcanal campaign. Major General Alexander M. Patch, Jr., left, who commanded the Guadalcanal ground action; General Harmon and Major General Nathan F. Twining, commanding the Army's Air Forces in the South Pacific; three soldiers cut from the same tough fiber

United States Army ground and air generals confer with their Chief, Li...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Manila hemp industry, Philippines: Filipino rope factory, hacking the fiber

Manila hemp industry, Philippines: Filipino rope factory, hacking the ...

Stereo copyrighted by the Keystone View Co. No. 10046-(13). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; Ind. Rope; Ph.

Interior of fiber optics room at Watson with fiber optic proof tester; this machine tests the tensile strength of fiber optic cable while it winds it on to spools.

Interior of fiber optics room at Watson with fiber optic proof tester;...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 9, 1994.

Interior of fiber optics room at Watson with fiber optic proof tester; this machine tests the tensile strength of fiber optic cable while it winds it on to spools.

Interior of fiber optics room at Watson with fiber optic proof tester;...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 9, 1994.

U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce hears Admiral Stark. Washington, D.C., June 20. Speaking before the National Convention of the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce today, Admiral Harold R. Stark, Chief of Naval Operations, U.S.N., called for self-sacrifice and strengthening of the 'moral fiber' to prepare the U.S. for what he said may be the last stand against 'the vaunted efficiency and ruthless methods of dictatorship.' Left to right in the picture: Admiral Harold R. Stark; Joe E. Levitt, Vice President of the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the morning meeting, and Henry F. Grady, Assistant Secretary of State

U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce hears Admiral Stark. Washington, D.C.,...

A black and white photo of three men sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Government discovers method to preseve film. Folding endurance test, The flexibility is measured in this folding endurance tester. A strip of film is folded back and forth under tension until it breaks, and the number of folds it withstands is counted. Three types of films have been studied, termed accoring to the chemical process of making them, acetate, viscose, and nitrate. The acetate base proved to be very stable on heating and is considered suitable for permanent records if properly made. The nitrate base became brittle quite raipidly and is considered unsuited for record purposes. The viscose base is in an intermediate position similar to that of record papers made from ordinary bleach wood fiber, 7/8/38

Government discovers method to preseve film. Folding endurance test, T...

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Substitute materials containers. Wartime tobacco containers. Left to right: one-pound fiber container, two-ounce fiber container, and two-ounce metal can. Fiber is expected to be used for tobacco containers for the duration

Substitute materials containers. Wartime tobacco containers. Left to r...

Public domain photograph of 3d object museum collection, metal, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[China - interior of industrial fiber factory in operation]

[China - interior of industrial fiber factory in operation]

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Rubber reclamation. Rubber "spaghetti" from old tires. In the xylos process of reclaiming scrap in a Midwest plant, rubber is forced through a screen by a large worn screw, and bits of metal and fiber are removed. Ropy lengths of rubber, ready for the final refining operation, are extruded. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Rubber "spaghetti" from old tires. In the xylos pr...

Public domain photograph - working class people, the 1930s United States, work, labor, worker, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rags Collection and processing. Women sorting rags in a large Eastern rag processing plant. After being sorted, the rags are compressed into tight bales for convenience in handling and storage. Old rags such as these are used in the manufacture of paper, roofing felt, fiber board, and similar materials. Shapiro Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Rags Collection and processing. Women sorting rags in a large Eastern ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manila hemp industry, Philippines: Bundles of fiber for local market

Manila hemp industry, Philippines: Bundles of fiber for local market

Boy seated in front of 2 bundles. Stereo copyrighted by the Keystone View Co. No. 10038-(5). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; Ind. Rope; Ph.

Salvage. Wool reclamation. A battery of rag-picking machines in an Eastern wool-reclaiming plant. These machines shred woolen rags to break them down into wool fiber, which is then mixed with virgin wool. The resulting mixture will be spun into yarns from which new woolen fabrics will be woven

Salvage. Wool reclamation. A battery of rag-picking machines in an Eas...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Substitute materials containers. New and old powder containers. Old type (square) metal container is shown alongside a new fiber package

Substitute materials containers. New and old powder containers. Old ty...

Public domain photograph of pharmacy, convenience store, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rubber reclamation. Recovering rubber from old tires. In the central wash tanks of a large Midwest plant employing the xylos process, agitated water removes dirt, treated fiber and excess fiber solvent. This operation follows removal of bead portions from scrap casings, breaking of casings into small pieces and dissolving of fiber in caustic soda. The resultant phases of rubber are then pumped to dewatering sources. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Recovering rubber from old tires. In the central w...

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Rubber reclamation. Rubber "mush" from old tires. Softened rubber material, reclaimed from scrap tires by dissolving and washing away the fiber, passes from dewatering screens to storage bins. The rubber, still hot from steam used in previous operations, is kept moving into a squeezing device before proceeding to the drying and other operations of the xylos process. Firestone

Rubber reclamation. Rubber "mush" from old tires. Softened rubber mate...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Richie Takach and John Weatherwacks beginning installation on planetary strander; this is a custom job for a telephone company; when completed this machine twists wire and fiber optic strands for use in telecommunications.

Richie Takach and John Weatherwacks beginning installation on planetar...

Forms part of a group of images recorded on August 17, documenting scenes at Watson Machine International, 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey.

Richie Takach and John Weatherwacks beginning installation on planetary strander; this is a custom job for a telephone company; when completed this machine twists wire and fiber optic strands for use in telecommunications.

Richie Takach and John Weatherwacks beginning installation on planetar...

Forms part of a group of images recorded on August 17, documenting scenes at Watson Machine International, 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey.

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. A quality control inspector in a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation checks the weight of staple glass fiber to insure conformity with rigid specifications

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. A quality control...

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