Item 1: No. 1. White Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N.C., 1909

H.C. White Co., N. Bennington, Vt. Gelatin silver print. No. 1 in a set of 25 stereocards. Text on reverse: "This plant, located just North of the City of Greensboro, N.C., is the largest denim mill in the world. It is owned by the Proximity Manufacturing Company, which also operates another large denim plant at Greensboro, known as Proximity Mill. The two plants have an aggregate of 110,000 spindles and 3500 looms, and employ about 2500 operatives. They consume 60,000 bales of cotton annually (30,000,000 lbs.), and have a daily output of over 200,000 yards of denim." The White Oak Cotton Mills made denim. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.