Cotton Collection (page 24)

Platts Spinning Machine
Cotton manufacture at the International Exhibition: Platts Self-Acting Mule or Cottonspinning machine

Landing Cotton at Liverpool, 1875
Engraving showing the deck of a cargo ship as it is unloaded at Liverpool docks, by stevedores and dock workers. At left can be seen the bales of cotton and on the right

Sir Robert Peel (1750-1830)
Engraving of Sir Robert Peel, the cotton manufacturer and Member of Parliament for Tamworth, pictured in the early 19th century

Cotton Plaiting Machine
Plaiting machine, Lancashire

Women in Cotton Mill
Women working in a cotton mill

Cotton Works Wales
Cotton works near Holywell, belonging to Messrs. Douglas & Company, Flintshire, Wales

The civil war in America. Portrait of Mr Yancey, commissione
The Hon William Lowndes Yancey, senator and cotton planter came to the UK and France with a deposition from the Confederates to try and promote trsde between the Southern States and Europe

Unloading Cotton at Nassa, New Providence, 1864
Illustration showing the unloading of cotton from blockade-running ships at Nassa, New Providence, 1864. As the American Civil War progressed the Confederate states became more

The Civil War in America: cottonburners in the neighbourhood
Cottonburning and the lack of cotton exports during the Civil war in America had a significant impact on British trade at this time. Date: 1862

Pierre Cotton
PIERRE COTTON French churchman, Jesuit, confessor to Henri IV (to whom Paris was worth a mass )

Shooting cotton bales into a river-steamer
Cotton bales leaving the exit of a 350 foot downhill shoot and landing on the front of the paddle boat steamer, the Magnolia

Cotton shoot on the Alabama
Cotton shoot of around 350 feet in length used to send bales of cotton from high up on a steep river-bank down to a passing paddle steam-ship, Magnolia

Cotton Dressing Sizing
Sizing and dressing cotton yarn

Cotton Warping Mill
A female worker operating a warping-mill

Drying Muslins
Muslins in the Drying Room after bleaching

Cotton - Cloth Hall
The finished product awaiting despatch to customers round the globe, at the Cloth Hall, Leeds

Dyeing Cottons
Dyeing cotton fabrics in Dye- becks

Sheep in Pasture 1904
Sheep in pasture, with the shepherd and his dog standing at the top of the hill

Cottonworkers Read News
Manchester cotton workers study the news from America - whose civil war is causing distress to the textile industry - in the public library

Tabby Kitten with Reel
A tabby kitten plays with a cotton reel

Lace Advert & Samples
An advertisement for Urlings Lace, depicting their offices at 392 The Strand, London and giving samples of common lace, Urlings lace, Cotton and Urlings patent thread

Spinning Cotton / China
A chinese boy separate cotton thread using a bobbin and spinning device, with tension provided by a wooden spring tied to his back

Cotton Balling / China
An old lady winds cotton into ballas, whilst a younger man polishes a crystal disk on a low bench. Their work in front of a modest homestead with a straw roof

Cotton Processing
Scene in a cotton mill - women working at bobbin and drawiung frames while a barefoot boy carries away the finished product

Manchester / Cotton Wagon
Manchester: a street scene with cotton wagon

Stiebel / Cotton Dress
Barbara Goalen models an evening dress in cotton designed by Victor Stiebel, at a fashion show. Photograph originally taken on behalf of the Cotton Board, Manchester

Stiebel / Cotton Congress
Stiebel-designed dress of British cotton styled for the International Cotton Congress in Manchester. Checked chambray by Burgess Ledward used for the skirt & stole

Picking Cotton / Gunpowder
Picking cotton for gunpowder production in Turkmenistan during World War Two

Industry / Factories / Brita
Interior of cotton factory: mule spinning, Lancashire, child sweeps inside moving machine

Cotton machinery
Crompton and Roberts cotton machinery

Female operator, Howe Bridge, Lancashire
Female operator wiping the flyers in the old section of the Cardroom at Howe Bridge Cotton Spinning Co. Atherton, Lancashire

Charles Cotton / Maile
CHARLES COTTON English poet, parodist, translator and angler

Calico Printer 1827
A calico printer at work. Calico is unprinted white cotton cloth imported from the Indian city of Calicut in India

Curtain Makers 1900
German women making various lace and cotton curtains

Manchester / Cotton Mills
Manchester: cotton mills, Miles Platting

Manchester Mill Girls
Dinner Time. Mill-girls at a Manchester cotton factory

Cotton Factory Photo
Young boys working on spinning frames in a large textile factory

Advert / Anchor Thread 1 / 2
Clarks Anchor Thread - balancing (1 of 2)

Spinning Cotton Japan
A woman spinning cotton on a wheel in Japan

Calico Printing
Calico printing, Lancashire

Cotton Processing / USA
A cotton press in Southern US

Women Reeling Thread
Women reeling thread into skeins at J & P Coats, Paisley

Women Winding Yarn 1920
Women winding yarn at J & P Coats, Paisley

Women Twisting Yarn 1920
Women twisting yarn into thread at J & P Coats, Paisley

C-P Oberkampf
CHRISTOPHE-PHILIPPE OBERKAMPF German-born manufacturer who introduced important technology into the French cotton industry

Sporty Frocks 1929
Cotton print frocks: sports frock with square neck, button bodice & gathered shoulder straps; moire print with panels & piping; abstract print with flared skirt panel

Bon Genre No. 71 Costume
White cotton robes with short puffed sleeves & embroidered hems worn with tall florally ornamented bonnets & a green Kashmir shawl

Game / Kissing / France 1811
Men have adopted English country clothes & wear cut-away coats with roll collars, the women wear white cotton robes with sleeves that extend over the knuckles

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