Item 5: No. 5. Drawing frames, White Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N.C., 1907

H.C. White Co., N. Bennington, Vt. Gelatin silver print. No. 5 in a set of 25 stereocards. Text on reverse: "To insure uniformity in weight, so that the yarn when spun shall run even, the card slivers are doubled and drawn out, redoubled and again drawn out, somewhat in the manner of a candy maker pulling taffy, only here the process is continuous. Six strands of the card sliver are fed in together at the back of the drawing frames, pulled out and delivered as one; and the process repeated. This produces a sliver more uniform in weight, and in which the fibres are more parallel." The White Oak Cotton Mills made denim. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.