Technician Testing Dyes for Nylon Carpet | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Technician Testing Dyes for Nylon Carpet

Technician Testing Dyes for Nylon Carpet | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
A female technician is at a workbench testing dyes for nylon carpet. The woman is wearing a white lab coat and apron, and has a beehive or bouffant hairstyle. She is holding paperwork that have small swatches of carpet attached. Several flasks with variously colored liquids in them are on the bench, and glass jars with variously colored chemicals are on shelves on the wall. Photo captions reads: "Because of nylon's versatility, some carpet lines come in as many as 30 colors. Here technician tests colors for dyes at Delta Finishers, Inc."
DESCRIPTION
A female technician is at a workbench testing dyes for nylon carpet. The woman is wearing a white lab coat and apron, and has a beehive or bouffant hairstyle. She is holding paperwork that have small swatches of carpet attached. Several flasks with variously colored liquids in them are on the bench, and glass jars with variously colored chemicals are on shelves on the wall. Photo captions reads: "Because of nylon's versatility, some carpet lines come in as many as 30 colors. Here technician tests colors for dyes at Delta Finishers, Inc."
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:99089
Creation Date: 1970
Creator Name:International Harvester Company
City:Dalton
County:
State:Georgia
Collection Name:International Harvester Company corporate archives central file (documented series), 1819-1998
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:negative, original
Original Format Number:MCC MSS 6Z, box 143, folder 11307
Original Dimensions:35mm
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Photograph taken for "International Trail" magazine, volume 40, number 5, page 4, 1970.
SUBJECTS
Aprons
Protective clothing
Work clothes
Carpets
Textile industry
Hairstyles
Indoor photography
Women
Laboratories
Research
Professional employees

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