Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles. Weaver tying ends of broken warp thread on backside of loom.

Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles. Weaver tying broken ends of warp thread from front of loom.

Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles. Tying the broken ends of a warp thread.

Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles. Threading broken warp thread through the eyes of drop wires, preparatory to tying the broken ends. Drop wires are part of the stop motion system. A drop wire is placed on each thread of the rayon warp shown here. When a thread breaks, the wire drops, making a contact

Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles. Weaver shown tying ends of broken warp threads. Note the needle in the weaver's hand and the position of the shuttle in the shuttle box.

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. Creel showing bobbins with rayon. The operator is shown tying the thread of a full bobbin to the thread of a partially exhausted bobbin, which will be replaced by the former.

Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles. Weaver threading shuttle.

Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles. The completed warp. The operator is shown untying the sections of the warp from the winding frame.