ARCHIVE of Riggs & Lombard, Inc., Manufacturers of Textile Machinery in Lowell, Massachusetts Ephemera -

In Very Good Condition, (1932-1955). To include *Correspondence with Industrial Instruments, Inc. concerning quotes for a wool carbonizing bath soaking tank controller, *9 Photographs with accompanying negatives of Textile Machinery, ie a 60" Cotton Shear, a 66" Precision Inspecting Machines, a 54" Model "E" Winder, a semi-decater with motors and controls, a 3 blade Equinox Shear. Also included are a negative of a massive industrial plant, 2 additional negatives, 37 photographs to include a Felt Washer, Equipment at Ames Textile, and numerous untitled photographs [a mix of b/w on photographic paper, and some tinted with duplicates]. Also included are 35, large manilla envelopes measuring 14-1/2 by 13", each issued for a different sales account, including Susquehanna Mills, Wyandotte Worsted Co., Neponset Woolen Mills, Paciific Mills, Acme Textile Shrinking Works Inc., United PC Dye, West Coast Woolen Mills Ltd., Laconia French, Ames Worsted Co., Bachman Uxbridge Worsted, A.D. Ellis Mills Inc., Brampton Woolen Co., Spring Cotton Mills, A.D. Julliard & Co., Worumbo Sponging Co., Merrimack Manufacturing Co., D. Jordaan & Zonen's Textielfabrieken N.V., Jewell Brook Woolen Mills, Eastland Woolen Mills, Canton Cotton Mills, Judson Mills, Toyo Seiju Kaisha Ltd., Rock Hill Printing & Finishing Co., Studebaker Corp., along with others. The envelopes contain, correspondence, some with blueprints, many with diagrams and all with Shop Orders, and casting specifications for Textile Machinery Parts. The archive is not complete, as the envelopes each bear an account number, and not contiguous.