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Who's at the brushing machines?
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Description
Unidentified employees attend the brushing machines at the Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, circa 1925. Brushing was part of the "finishing" or "dressing" process for the cloth, and removed further imperfections or impurities from it.
About This Item
- Title: Brushing machines at the Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, ca. 1925
- Creation Date: circa 1925
- Subject Date: circa 1925
- Location: Biddeford, York County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 12.5 cm x 17.5 cm
- Local Code: 2864
- Collection: Archival Collections
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Employees--Maine--Biddeford
- Interiors
- Milling machines
- Pepperell Manufacturing Company
- Textile factories--Maine--Biddeford
- Textile industry--Equipment and supplies--Maine--Biddeford
- Textile industry--Maine--Biddeford
- Textile mill workers--Maine--Biddeford
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