Installation of velvet carpet loom in the School of Textiles at North Carolina State College, July 1951

Item information

Title:

Installation of velvet carpet loom in the School of Textiles at North Carolina State College, July 1951

Description:

The velvet carpet loom has been installed in the School of Textiles at North Carolina State College and will enable the school to strengthen its instructional program in weaving, July 1951. The complex loom is said to be the first such machine to be owned by any college or university in the United States. Inspecting the loom following its installation are professor Benjamin L. Whittier, left, head of the Department of Fabric Development and Construction in the State College School of Textiles, and Samuel Green of Thomsonville, Connecticut, weave room supervisor of the Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc. donor of the loom.

Topics:

Textiles

Subjects:

Teachers
Textile machinery

Original Format:

Black and white print (photograph)

Extent:

8 x 10 inches

Item identifier:

0008349

Photographer:

Mattox, John more info on Mattox, John 

Contributor:

North Carolina State College. Visual Aids Department more info on North Carolina State College. Visual Aids Department 

Created Date:

1951-07

Genre:

Action photographs

Names:

North Carolina State University. College of Textiles more info on North Carolina State University. College of Textiles 
North Carolina State University -- Equipment and supplies more info on North Carolina State University -- Equipment and supplies 

Location:

Raleigh (N.C.)

Digital Project:

University Archives Photographs