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Jute manufacturing in India - Jute beaming machine DUNIH 2006.1.59.15

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Jute manufacturing in India - Jute beaming machine

Slide, colour, from a collection of slides contained in a blue and white plastic slide box, relating to the harvesting of raw jute in India and dated September 1961. This particular image depicts a beaming machine ,possibly in an Indian Jute mill, which winds the bobbins onto a 'swift', which once beamed is put into the loom to become the warp threads in weaving.

Number: DUNIH 2006.1.59.15
Name: Jute manufacturing in India - Jute beaming machine
Date: 1961-09
Maker: Not Specified
Location: In Store