Item 9: No. 9. Spoolers, White Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N.C., 1909

H.C. White Co., N. Bennington, Vt. Gelatin silver print. No. 9 in a set of 25 stereocards. Text on reverse: "Two kinds of yarn are delivered at the spinning frames, known as warp and filling, which make respectively the lengthwise and crosswise threads of the cloth. The filling is in its completed form ready for the loom, the warp must first be gotten into shape for dyeing and then arranged in parallel rows or sheets of thread for weaving. The first of these processes is spooling, and consists simply in unwinding the yarn from the small bobbins on which it is spun, and re-winding it on large spools." The White Oak Cotton Mills made denim. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.