Photograph of Dyeing Thread, American Thread Company
Item
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Title
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Photograph of Dyeing Thread, American Thread Company
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Description
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Photograph of Dye Master Victor Turcotte operating a pressure dye vat, American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT, c. 1957. Black and white gelatin print. Hugelmeyer Studio, New York, NY. Pressure dye vats, a 20th-century invention, allowed mills to dye thread already wound onto special steel spools. Leftover dye was dumped into the Willimantic River.
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Identifier
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WTHM.2022.2.27
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Creator
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Hugelmeyer Studio
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Date
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circa 1957
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Date Created
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circa 1957
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Type
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Photograph
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Format
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Gelatin Print
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Subject
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Pressure dye vat; Turcotte, Victor
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Coverage
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Northeast : North America : Windham, CT : Willimantic, CT
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Rights
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Copyright held by American Thread Company, 1957.
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Relation
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American Thread Company Collection
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Provenance
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Name/Reference Label: Found Object
