Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles. Madison Silk Co. General view of up-to-date large silk plant (not automatic).

Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles. Silk skeins on winding creels or swifts. The yarn is wound from the skein on to bobbins.

Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles. Redrawing: This operation is performed on the winding machine. In making the warp, thread is wound off the bobbins (the bobbins seen in the picture). The practice is to take bobbins from the creel with some yarn left on them. This leaves bobbins partially filled for

Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles. After drying, the skeins are taken from the rack and each skein is put on a swift of the winding machine. This machine winds the yarn from the skein on to bobbins.

Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles. After the drying process, the skeins are removed from the whizzer and hung up on racks to dry.

Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles. Packages of silk being untied, preparatory to soaking the skeins.

Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles. The harnesses shown here have been taken from the loom and hung up for purposes of brushing and straightening the "from" ends. This operations is preparatory to twisting.

Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles. The exhausted warp. The operator is preparing to remove the beam end harness in order to set the loom in operation again. The ends of a new warp must be entered through the harness or twisted on to the "from" ends remaining in the harness.

Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles. Warp threads being wound off of the frame on to the beam.